Contract award notice – utilities
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
NORTHERN IRELAND WATER LIMITED
NI054463
Westland House,40 Old Westland Road
BELFAST
BT146TE
UK
E-mail: sourcing@niwater.com
NUTS: UKN06
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.niwater.com/home/
I.6) Main activity
Water
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
C1220 - External Taxation
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79221000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Northern Ireland Water Group (The Client) is a group of companies registered in Northern Ireland which are governed under the Companies Act 2006 and subject to UK tax legislation and HMRC compliance. The Client is fully owned by its shareholder, the Department for Infrastructure, and is economically regulated by the Utility Regulator. The Client has been building its own in-house tax competency and plans to increasingly carry out its business-as-usual tax activities in-house. The Client appointed its current tax advisers in 2018. This Contract has appointed Contractors to work alongside the Client's internal tax professionals to provide relevant tax advice in order to assist with the Client's tax compliance, and review Client submissions to HMRC as appropriate.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
Yes
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
3 600 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
Lot No: 1
II.2.1) Title
General Taxation Advice
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79221000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
General Taxation Advice
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 80
Cost criterion: Price
/ Weighting: 20
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
II.2.14) Additional information
Contract awarded for 3 years with the option to extend for 1+1+1.
Lot No: 2
II.2.1) Title
Capital Alowances
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79221000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Capital Allowances
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 80
Cost criterion: Price
/ Weighting: 20
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
II.2.14) Additional information
Contract Awarded for 3 years with the option to extend for 1+1+1.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Negotiated with call for competition
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:
2024/S 000-002429
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
01/07/2024
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Deloitte MCS Limited
03311052
Belfast
UK
NUTS: UKN
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Chandler KBS
36-839-9986
Penarth
CF64 1SA
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The figure of £3.6m represents the anticipated contract value which ranges from £3m to £5m.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Northern Ireland Water
Belfast
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
09/07/2024