Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Department of Education
Rathgael House, Baloo Road
Bangor
BT19 7PR
UK
Contact person: SSDAdmin.CPDfinance-ni.gov.uk
E-mail: ssdadmin.cpd@finance-ni.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
Address of the buyer profile: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
I.1) Name and addresses
Department of Education NI
Rathgael House
Bangor
BT19 7PR
UK
E-mail: ssdadmin.cpd@finance-ni.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
Address of the buyer profile: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
DE - CCMS FSCN Primary School Counselling Services
Reference number: ID3454227
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85312300
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
DE - CCMS FSCN Primary School Counselling Services
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
500 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85312320
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN0
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
DE - CCMS FSCN Primary School Counselling Services
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 70
Cost criterion: Cost
/ Weighting: 30
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2021/S 000-011368
IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 1
Title: Contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
20/07/2021
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
RELATE NORTHERN IRELAND
3 - 4 GLENGALL STREET
BELFAST
BT12 5AB
UK
Telephone: +44 02890323454
E-mail: dave@relateni.org
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
URL: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 500 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The successful Contractor’s performance on this Contract will be managed as per the specification and regularly monitored (see.... Procurement Guidance Note 01/12 - Contract Management - Procedures and Principles). Contractors not delivering on contract.... requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If a contractor fails to reach satisfactory.... levels of contract performance they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified time, they still fail to reach satisfactory.... levels of contract performance, the matter will be escalated to senior management in CPD for further action. If this occurs and their.... performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, it may be regarded as an act of grave professional.... misconduct and they may be issued with a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance and this Contract may be terminated. A central. register.... of such Notices for supplies and services contracts will be maintained and published on the CPD website. Any contractor in. receipt of a... Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance will be required to declare this in future tender submissions for a period of three. years from the... date of issue of the Notice. It may also result in the contractor being excluded from all procurement competitions being. undertaken by... Centres of Procurement Expertise on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Procurement Policy...
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The UK does not have any special review body with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures in public procurement competitions. Any challenges are dealt with by the High Court Commercial Division to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the Public Contracts Regulations.
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UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
20/07/2021