Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Oxford City Council
St Aldate's Chambers, St Aldates
Oxford
OX1 1DS
UK
Contact person: Miss Kay Allsopp
Telephone: +44 7917791906
E-mail: KAllsopp@oxford.gov.uk
NUTS: UKJ14
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.oxford.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.oxford.gov.uk
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Contract for the Provision of Resilience Support to the Revenues and Benefits Service of Oxford City Council
Reference number: DN326973
II.1.2) Main CPV code
48400000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Oxford City Council ("the Council") is re-tendered its contract for off-site Housing benefit and Council tax reduction and off-site Council tax processing. The contract is used on a permanent basis to provide resilience to the Revenues and Benefits service, mostly at times of peak demand.
Any volumes of work detailed in the ITT are based on historic figures and the Council cannot guarantee any level of business.
The Council anticipate 18 000 Council tax changes annually (mostly discounts/exemptions and change of address) with most resilience needed September to December. For Benefits there could be up to 6 000 change of circumstances (majority) and new claims needed through the year, peak times are August to December, plus the first 2 months of the financial year.
The opportunity was advertised on the South east Portal and has now been awarded.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
488 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKJ14
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Oxford City Council ("the Council") is re-tendered its contract for off-site Housing benefit and Council tax reduction and off-site Council tax processing. The contract is used on a permanent basis to provide resilience to the Revenues and Benefits service, mostly at times of peak demand.
Any volumes of work detailed in the ITT are based on historic figures and the Council cannot guarantee any level of business.
The Council anticipate 18 000 Council tax changes annually (mostly discounts/exemptions and change of address) with most resilience needed September to December. For Benefits there could be up to 6 000 change of circumstances (majority) and new claims needed through the year, peak times are August to December, plus the first 2 months of the financial year.
The opportunity was advertised on the South east Portal and has now been awarded.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 60 %
Price
/ Weighting:
40 %
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:
2018/S 050-110697
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: DN326973
Title: Contract for the Provision of Resilience Support to the Revenues and Benefits Service of Oxford City Council
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
26/06/2018
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
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
Northgate Public Services (UK) Limited
Peoplebuilding 2, Peoplebuilding Estate, Maylands Avenue
Hemel Hempstead
HP2 4NW
UK
NUTS: UKJ3
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 488 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Oxford City Council
St Aldate’s Chambers, St Aldate’s
Oxford
OX1 1DS
UK
E-mail: mnewman@oxford.gov.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: www.oxford.gov.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
26/06/2018