Contract notice
Section I: Contracting 
        authority        
      
I.1) Name and addresses
  Education Authority NI
  40 Academy Street
  Belfast
  BT1 2NQ
  UK
  
            E-mail: educationresource.procure@eani.org.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.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 electronically to:
https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
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
Education
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
  II.1.1) Title
EDR-22-013 Residential Facilities and Outdoor Activities
II.1.2) Main CPV code
  92000000
 
  II.1.3) Type of contract
  Services
  II.1.4) Short description
  EDR 22-013 - FRAMEWORK FOR RESIDENTIAL FACLITIES AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES - The Education Authority (EA) invites tenders for the provision of residential facilities and outdoor activities to the EA including NI educational bodies as follows; at some point during the life of the Framework Agreement these bodies may wish to utilise the agreement and should have access, at any point, with the permission of EA. Primary and Post Primary schools under the control of the EA, Catholic Maintained Schools, Independent Schools in NI, Irish Medium Schools in NI, both Controlled and, Voluntary Grammar Schools, Nursery School for NI (both controlled and Catholic Maintained), school meals kitchens on-site at all of these schools, and Controlled Youth Facility's. Further Education Colleges in NI Grant Controlled Integrated Education Schools in NI Independent School in NI Libraries NI EA Teachers’ and Educational Facilities Council for the Curriculum, Examination and Assessment NI (CCEA) Armagh Observatory and Planetarium Middletown Facility for Autism Controlled Schools Support Council (CSSC) Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education (NICIE) This Framework Agreement will contain 4 Sections: Section 1 Residential Facilities catered with Outdoor Activities Section 2 Residential Facilities self-catering with Outdoor Activities Section 3 Residential Facilities catered without Activities Section 4 Residential Facilities self-catering without Activities
  II.1.5) Estimated total value
  Value excluding VAT: 
			3 292 800.00 
			  GBP
  II.1.6) Information about lots
  
            This contract is divided into lots:
            
        No
      
 
II.2) Description
  
    II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
    92600000
    98000000
    II.2.3) Place of performance
    NUTS code:
    UKN
    II.2.4) Description of the procurement
    EDR 22-013 - FRAMEWORK FOR RESIDENTIAL FACLITIES AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES - The Education Authority (EA) invites tenders for the provision of residential facilities and outdoor activities to the EA including NI educational bodies as follows; at some point during the life of the Framework Agreement these bodies may wish to utilise the agreement and should have access, at any point, with the permission of EA. Primary and Post Primary schools under the control of the EA, Catholic Maintained Schools, Independent Schools in NI, Irish Medium Schools in NI, both Controlled and, Voluntary Grammar Schools, Nursery School for NI (both controlled and Catholic Maintained), school meals kitchens on-site at all of these schools, and Controlled Youth Facility's. Further Education Colleges in NI Grant Controlled Integrated Education Schools in NI Independent School in NI Libraries NI EA Teachers’ and Educational Facilities Council for the Curriculum, Examination and Assessment NI (CCEA) Armagh Observatory and Planetarium Middletown Facility for Autism Controlled Schools Support Council (CSSC) Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education (NICIE) This Framework Agreement will contain 4 Sections: Section 1 Residential Facilities catered with Outdoor Activities Section 2 Residential Facilities self-catering with Outdoor Activities Section 3 Residential Facilities catered without Activities Section 4 Residential Facilities self-catering without Activities
    II.2.5) Award criteria
    Criteria below:
    
                    Quality criterion: Social Value delivery plan and methodology
                    / Weighting: 10
    
                    Cost criterion: Financial Response
                    / Weighting: 90
    II.2.6) Estimated value
    Value excluding VAT: 
			3 292 800.00 
			  GBP
    II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
    
                Duration in months: 48
    
                  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
                        
  
                    IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
                  
  The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement with several operators.
  
                            Envisaged maximum number of participants to the framework agreement: 15
  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:
  2022/S 000-033341
  IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
  
              Date:
              12/04/2023
  
                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:
                11/07/2023
  IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
  
              Date:
              12/04/2023
  
              Local time: 15:30
 
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
          This is a recurrent procurement:
          
        No
      
VI.4) Procedures for review
  VI.4.1) Review body
  
    The UK does not currently have any such bodies with responsibilities for appeal/mediation procedures
    Belfast
    UK
   
 
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
13/03/2023