Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Department for Economy
Netherleigh House, Massey Avenue
Belfast
BT4 2JP
UK
Contact person: strategicdelivery.cpd@finance-ni.gov.uk
E-mail: strategicdelivery.cpd@finance-ni.gov.uk
NUTS: UKN
Internet address(es)
Main address: 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
DfE — Project Stratum — Implementation Support
II.1.2) Main CPV code
71316000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
DfE — project stratum — implementation support.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
344 680.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
DfE — project stratum — implementation support.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: As per tender documents
/ Weighting: 70
Cost criterion: As per tender documents
/ Weighting: 30
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
A period of up to 12 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:
2020/S 232-573936
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 1
Title: DfE — Project Stratum — Implementation Support
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
22/02/2021
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Analysys Mason Ltd Dublin
Suite 242 The Capel Building Marys Abbey
Dublin
IE
NUTS: IE
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:
: 344 680.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
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. Insert appropriate reservations of rights and disclaimers of liability here consider — e.g ‘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;
III. to award (a) contract(s) in respect of any part(s) of the (services) covered by this notice; and
IV. to award contract(s) in stages.
And in no circumstances will the Authority be liable for any costs incurred by candidates’. This project will be used to progress the Government’s wider. social, economic and environmental objectives.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures
Belfast
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
19/03/2021