Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
NEPO
Northern Design Centre, Abbots Hill, Baltic Business Quarter
Gateshead
NE8 3DF
UK
Telephone: +44 1916380040
E-mail: professional.services@nepo.org
NUTS: UKC
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.nepo.org
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
NEPO525 Executive Recruitment
Reference number: NEPO525
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79600000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Association of North East Councils Trading As the North East Procurement Organisation (NEPO) is seeking to establish a multi-supplier Framework Agreement for the provision of Executive Recruitment services for use by Contracting Authorities throughout the UK.
The opportunity can be accessed via the NEPO eTender system. Suppliers wishing to be considered for this Framework Agreement must register their expression of interest and submit a tender through the NEPO eTender System. If not already registered, candidates should register on the NEPO eTender system at https://procontract.due-north.com/register.
Tenders must be submitted using the link above. Tenders submitted via post or email methods will not be accepted. If you require time-critical assistance on submitting your Tender please contact the System Support Team on 0330 0050352. For non time-critical issues, such as passwords, general account queries and location of information etc, please contact Proactis Supplier Support Helpdesk Ticketing System (http://proactis.kayako.com/) and select ProContract V3 support. You will then need to log in or submit a ticket to register your issue. Alternatively, you can email ProContractSuppliers@proactis.com this will automatically log a support ticket on the Proactis Supplier Support Helpdesk.
NEPO does not give any guarantee and/or warrant the actual value of orders (if any) which will be placed with the successful suppliers by any Contracting Authority using the Framework Agreement pursuant to this process and accepts no liability thereof
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
10 000 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKC
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
NEPO are using an open procedure for the procurement of this Framework Agreement for the provision of executive recruitment services for use by Contracting Authorities throughout the UK.
The Framework Agreement will consist of a maximum of eight Suppliers who are able to provide executive recruitment services for executive and senior leadership roles.
Tenderers will be evaluated in accordance with the award criteria contained within the invitation to tender documents.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 30
Quality criterion: Social Value
/ Weighting: 10
Price
/ Weighting:
60
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.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
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:
2022/S 000-004495
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 1
Contract No: NEPO525
Title: NEPO525
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
27/04/2022
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 13
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Advantage Resourcing UK Ltd
27 - 28 Eastcastle Street
London
W1W 8DH
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Badenoch and Clark Limited
10 Bishops Square
London
E1 6EG
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Harvey Nash Limited
3 Noble Street LDN:W
London
EC2V 7EE
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Osborne Thomas Ltd
71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden
London
WC2H 9JQ
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Penna Plc
10 Bishop's Square
London
E1 6EG
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Randstad Solutions Limited
450 Capability Green
Luton
LU1 3LU
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Sellick Partnership Limited
Queens Court, 24 Queen Street
Manchester
M2 5HX
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Service Care Solutions Limited
Arthur House, 12-13 Starkie Street
Preston
PR1 3LU
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 10 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
NEPO
Northern Design Centre, Abbots Hill, Baltic Business Quarter
Gateshead
NE8 3DF
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
07/06/2022