Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
National Museums Northern Ireland
303 Airport Road West
BELFAST
BT3 9ED
UK
Contact person: ssdadmin.cpdfinance-ni.gov.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.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
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
DfC - National Museums NI - Market Research and Insight Services
Reference number: ID 5128844
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79300000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
DfC - National Museums NI - Market Research and Insight Services
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
500 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79310000
79311000
79312000
79000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN0
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
DfC - National Museums NI - Market Research and Insight Services
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Qualitative Criteria
/ Weighting: 70
Cost criterion: Quantitative Criteria
/ Weighting: 30
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
The contract will be for 3 years with 2 optional extensions bringing the total contract duration to up to 5 years.
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
The contract will be for a minimum of 3 years with 2 optional extensions bringing the total contract duration to up to 5 years.
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 000-009897
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
19/06/2024
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 6
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: 6
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Client Analysis Relationship Development CARD GROUP
13 University Street
BELFAST
BT7 1FY
UK
Telephone: +44 2894477463
E-mail: albert.hamilton@card-group.com
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:
: 500 000.00
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. 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 Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance and this Contract. may be.. terminated. A central register of such Notices for supplies and services contracts will be maintained and published on the. CPD website. Any. contractor in receipt of a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance will be required to declare this in future tender. submissions for.. a period of three years from the date of issue of the Notice. It may also 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.
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. Postal address
Belfast
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
CPD will comply with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and, where appropriate, will incorporate a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. This provides time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
20/06/2024