Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Northern Regional College
Farm Lodge Building
Ballymena
BT43 7DF
UK
Contact person: Louise Scott
E-mail: SSDAdmin.CPD@finance-ni.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.nrc.ac.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/topics/procurement
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
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
DfE Northern Regional College (NRC) — Supply, Delivery, Installation and Commissioning of Electrical and Electronic Trainers with Virtual Instrumentation
II.1.2) Main CPV code
31000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
Northern Regional College is seeking tenders from suppliers for the supply and delivery of 36 electrical and electronic trainers with virtual instrumentation to their Farm Lodge and Newtownabbey Campus. Northern Regional College requires 36 electrical and electronic trainers with virtual instrumentation that will deliver training in DC Circuits, AC Circuits, Semi-Conductors, Operational Amplifiers, Fundamentals of Digital Logic, Microcontroller programming and AC Power and 18 electrical and electronic trainers with virtual instrumentation that will be able to deliver training in DC Circuits, AC Circuits, semi-conductors, operational amplifiers, fundamentals of digital logic and microcontroller programming for use by students from Level 2 to Level 6 engineering courses as well as industrial customers.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
31200000
31600000
31640000
31680000
31700000
31710000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Northern Regional College is seeking tenders from suppliers for the supply and delivery of 36 electrical and electronic trainers with virtual instrumentation to their Farm Lodge and Newtownabbey Campus. Northern Regional College requires 36 electrical and electronic trainers with virtual instrumentation that will deliver training in DC Circuits, AC Circuits, semi-conductors, operational amplifiers, fundamentals of digital logic, microcontroller programming and AC Power and 18 electrical and electronic trainers with virtual instrumentation that will be able to deliver training in DC Circuits, AC Circuits, semi-conductors, operational amplifiers, fundamentals of digital logic and microcontroller programming for use by students from Level 2 to Level 6 Engineering courses as well as industrial customers.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Cost criterion: Total cost
/ Weighting: 100
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 12
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
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
- Accelerated procedure
Justification:
The open procedure has been chosen, with the accelerated route being used due to urgency substantiated by the client.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
20/03/2019
Local time: 15:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Tender must be valid until:
18/06/2019
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
20/03/2019
Local time: 15:30
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
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 notice of unsatisfactory performance and the contract may be terminated. The issue of a notice 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 12 months from the date of issue of the notice. The Authority expressly reserves the rights:
(I) not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice;
(II) to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering Competition and in no circumstances will the Authority be liable for any costs incurred by candidates.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures
n/a
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 the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. This provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
04/03/2019