Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Department for the Economy
Dundonald House, Upper Newtownards Road
Belfast
BT4 3SB
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
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 2497045 DfE — Provision of Expert Mining Engineering Advice
Reference number: 2497045
II.1.2) Main CPV code
71000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Department for the Economy (DfE), the Department’s Agencies and dependent bodies require a contractor to provide advice and expertise in all aspects of mine engineering. The contractor will provide advice on the safety and remediation options for abandoned mines throughout Northern Ireland, thereby assisting the Department to carry out its functions under the Mineral Development Act (Northern Ireland) 1969. In addition, the contractor will be required to review operational and planned underground mining activities including the Kilroot Salt Mine, Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim (owned and operated by the Irish Salt Mining and Exploration Co. Ltd (ISME).
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
125 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
71310000
71332000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Department for the Economy (DfE), the Department’s Agencies and dependent bodies require a contractor to provide advice and expertise in all aspects of mine engineering. The contractor will provide advice on the safety and remediation options for abandoned mines throughout Northern Ireland, thereby assisting the Department to carry out its functions under the Mineral Development Act (Northern Ireland) 1969. In addition, the contractor will be required to review operational and planned underground mining activities including the Kilroot Salt Mine, Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim (owned and operated by the Irish Salt Mining and Exploration Co. Ltd (ISME).
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 run for an initial period of 3 years and will contain options to extend for a further period of up to and including 24 months.
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:
2019/S 242-595050
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
12/03/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
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: 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
Wardell Armstrong LLP
SIR Henry Doulton House Forge Lane
Stoke-On-Trent
ST1 5BD
UK
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
URL: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
The contractor is an SME:
No
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:
: 125 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The pricing schedule applied and the setting of cost/profit margins is a commercial decision for economic operators when submitting a bid. Neither CPD or the authority can provide any guarantee of the level of business under this contract. 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.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The UK does not have any special review body with responsibility for appeal/mediationprocedures in publicprocurement competitions. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court,Commercial Division, towhich proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the Public ContractsRegs
UK
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
CPD complied with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 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. The 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
13/03/2020