Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Derry City and Strabane Council
98 Strand Road
Derry
BT48 7NN
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
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Business Innovation and Growth Programme for Derry City and Strabane District Council
Reference number: 2313652
II.1.2) Main CPV code
80500000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Derry City and Strabane District Council is seeking to appoint a contractor to work with SME's within the Derry City and Strabane District Council (DCSDC) area. The contractor will provide bespoke mentoring support with the overarching output to create and/or increase levels of employment.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
748 300.00
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:
UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Derry City and Strabane District Council is seeking to appoint a contractor to work with SME's within the Derry City and Strabane District Council (DCSDC) area. The contractor will provide bespoke mentoring support with the overarching output to create and/or increase levels of employment.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Proposed methodology
/ Weighting: 32
Quality criterion: Team experience
/ Weighting: 24
Quality criterion: Marketing and communications
/ Weighting: 16
Quality criterion: Monitoring, reporting, quality and contract management
/ Weighting: 8
Cost criterion: Total contract price
/ Weighting: 20
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
An option to extend for one period of 12 months.
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:
2020/S 017-036728
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 1
Title: Business Innovation and Growth Programme for Derry City and Strabane District Council
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
10/06/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 3
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: 3
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
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:
: 748 300.00
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.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures
UK
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
11/06/2020