Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Fermanagh and Omagh District Council
2 Townhall Street
Enniskillen
BT74 7BA
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.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
ID 3276330 - Innovating Business Growth for Fermanagh and Omagh District Council
Reference number: ID 3276330
II.1.2) Main CPV code
80500000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Fermanagh and Omagh District Council has secured part funding from Invest Northern Ireland and the European Regional Development Fund under the Investment for Growth and Jobs (2014-2020) Programme (EUIGJ) Local Economic Development (LED) Measure to deliver a new business support programme to local companies in the Fermanagh and Omagh District Council area. Innovating Business Growth is a hybrid programme to provide support to businesses across the district from inception through sales innovation to growth. The programme will incorporate two strands, specifically: • Sales Academy • Kick Start 2 programme
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
260 500.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
80000000
80510000
80521000
80530000
79410000
79411100
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN0
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Fermanagh and Omagh District Council has secured part funding from Invest Northern Ireland and the European Regional Development Fund under the Investment for Growth and Jobs (2014-2020) Programme (EUIGJ) Local Economic Development (LED) Measure to deliver a new business support programme to local companies in the Fermanagh and Omagh District Council area. Innovating Business Growth is a hybrid programme to provide support to businesses across the district from inception through sales innovation to growth. The programme will incorporate two strands, specifically: • Sales Academy • Kick Start 2 programme
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: AC1 Project Management
/ Weighting: 20
Quality criterion: AC2 Contract Account Management
/ Weighting: 15
Quality criterion: AC3 Contract Manager Experience
/ Weighting: 10
Quality criterion: AC4 Proposed Workshop Methodology
/ Weighting: 10
Quality criterion: AC5 Conferences
/ Weighting: 10
Quality criterion: AC6 Proposed Team Experience - Business Development
/ Weighting: 12
Quality criterion: AC7 Proposed Team Experience – Sales, Marketing ICT
/ Weighting: 11
Quality criterion: AC8 Proposed Team Experience – Business Processes Efficiencies
/ Weighting: 6
Quality criterion: AC9 Proposed Team Experience – Specialist Areas
/ Weighting: 6
Cost criterion: Contract Price
/ Weighting: 0
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:
Yes
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 098-260105
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: 2
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: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Full Circle
Unit 7-8
BELFAST
BT8 7QN
UK
Telephone: +44 2890691027
E-mail: info@fullcircle.eu.com
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)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 260 500.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
Contract Monitoring. The successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored in line with PGN 01/12. 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 Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance and the contract may be terminated. The issue of a Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance will 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 for a period of twelve months from the date of issue of the certificate.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR 2015 as amended.
Belfast
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
CPD complied with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) and incorporated a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract was communicated to tenderers. That notification provided full information on the award decision. This provided time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract was entered into.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
21/07/2021