Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Invest Northern Ireland
Bedford Square, 1 Bedford St
Belfast
BT2 7ES
UK
E-mail: SSDAdmin.CPD@finance-ni.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.investni.com/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/topics/procurement
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 5050091 - DfE - Invest NI - Provision of PR and Media Relations Services in India, Middle East and Africa (IMEA) Region
Reference number: ID 5050091
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79416000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Invest Northern Ireland wishes to appoint a Contractor to provide Public Relations (PR) and media relations services to support their business development activities across India, Middle East and Africa. The Contractor shall have the ability to deliver PR and media activity across the IMEA region. Invest NI does not require the Contractor to have a physical presence / office location in each of these markets. However, the Contractor must have the ability to be able to deliver work in these markets, if required. This could be via a regional office presence or via collaboration with a third-party sub-contractor whereby the Contractor retains the main contractor status for the duration of the Contract but works with a third-party supplier based in that particular market. Tenderers should refer to the Specification Schedule for more details on the services required.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
400 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79416100
79416200
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Invest Northern Ireland wishes to appoint a Contractor to provide Public Relations (PR) and media relations services to support their business development activities across India, Middle East and Africa. The Contractor shall have the ability to deliver PR and media activity across the IMEA region. Invest NI does not require the Contractor to have a physical presence / office location in each of these markets. However, the Contractor must have the ability to be able to deliver work in these markets, if required. This could be via a regional office presence or via collaboration with a third-party sub-contractor whereby the Contractor retains the main contractor status for the duration of the Contract but works with a third-party supplier based in that particular market. Tenderers should refer to the Specification Schedule for more details on the services required.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Qualitative Criteria
/ Weighting: 65
Cost criterion: Quantitative Criteria
/ Weighting: 35
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
The Client will have the option to extend the contract by two further periods of one year each.
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:
2024/S 000-006000
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
31/05/2024
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
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: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
REDHILL COMMUNICATIONS UK LTD
820 The Crescent
Colchester
CO4 9YQ
UK
E-mail: anit.kurian@redhill.asia.net
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:
: 400 000.00
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. 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
31/05/2024