Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Invest NI
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
DfE Invest NI - PR Services GB and Europe
Reference number: ID 3758909
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79416000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
DfE Invest NI - PR Services GB and Europe
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
600 000.00
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
DfE Invest NI - PR Services GB and Europe
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 contract is for an initial period of 12 months with the option to extend the contract for a three further periods of up to 12 months 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
II.2.14) Additional information
The contract is for an initial period of 12 months with the option to extend the contract for a three further periods of up to 12 months each.
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:
2021/S 000-027327
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
02/03/2022
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
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: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Crowded Hour LLC DBA Tempus Media
CHATHAM
07928
US
E-mail: john@tempusmedia.ie
NUTS: US
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:
: 600 000.00
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.
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.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
CPD will comply with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) 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
03/03/2022