Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
The Executive Office
Stormont Estate
BELFAST
BT4 3TT
UK
E-mail: SSDAdmin.CPD@finance-ni.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.executiveoffice-ni.gov.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
ID 5751682 - TEO - AV Services for NI Public Inquiries
II.1.2) Main CPV code
51300000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Executive Office on behalf of themselves and the Northern Ireland Civil Service and the Northern Ireland Office have a requirement for the electronic presentation of evidence, audio visual and web streaming fully managed services to support multiple concurrent inquiries. The requirement is as follows: • Provision of AV solution for Public Inquires which will include the provision and support of all hardware, Audio-visual/web streaming services and support for the oral hearings, including the distribution and display of evidence; • Electronic presentation of evidence at the oral hearings; and • Initially inquiry locations are expected to be (this will be determined by each inquiry): o 1st Floor Bradford Court, 1 Bradford Court, Galwally, Belfast, BT8 6RB. o 3rd Floor Corn Exchange, 31 Gordon Street, Belfast, BT1 2LG. The contract will be for an initial period of 5 years, with two options to extend by up to 12 months each. Please refer to ID 5751682 – Specification for further detail on the requirements.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
3 000 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
51310000
51313000
51314000
32353000
32333000
92370000
32350000
32320000
32321200
32321300
32343100
32351300
32340000
32342410
32342412
32351000
32210000
32232000
32322000
32323000
32323300
50300000
50340000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Executive Office on behalf of themselves and the Northern Ireland Civil Service and the Northern Ireland Office have a requirement for the electronic presentation of evidence, audio visual and web streaming fully managed services to support multiple concurrent inquiries. The requirement is as follows: • Provision of AV solution for Public Inquires which will include the provision and support of all hardware, Audio-visual/web streaming services and support for the oral hearings, including the distribution and display of evidence; • Electronic presentation of evidence at the oral hearings; and • Initially inquiry locations are expected to be (this will be determined by each inquiry): o 1st Floor Bradford Court, 1 Bradford Court, Galwally, Belfast, BT8 6RB. o 3rd Floor Corn Exchange, 31 Gordon Street, Belfast, BT1 2LG. The contract will be for an initial period of 5 years, with two options to extend by up to 12 months each. Please refer to ID 5751682 – Specification for further detail on the requirements.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
3 000 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 60
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:
Yes
Description of options:
Following the initial contract period, there are 2 options to extend for up to 1 year 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 figure indicated in Section II 1.5 represents the maximum contract value. However, as this is a call off contract that is demand driven there is no guarantee to the level of work. The estimated contract value is a range between £1m and £3m which will be determined by the usage off the contract depending on the number of enquiries at both locations.. Neither CPD nor the Authority can provide any guarantee as to the level of business under this contract. The Contracting Authority does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender. Economic Operators remain responsible for all costs and expenses incurred by them or by any third party acting under instructions from the Economic Operator in connection with taking part in this procurement process regardless of whether such costs arise as a consequence, directly or indirectly of any amendments made to the procurement documents by the Contracting Authority at any time. No legally binding contract shall arise (and an Economic Operator shall. have no legitimate expectation that a contract will be entered into) until such time as entry into the Contract has been confirmed by the. Contracting Authority. Economic Operators should note that all dates, time periods and figures in relation to values and volumes specified. in this notice and the procurement documents are approximate only and the Contracting Authority reserves the right to change any or all of them.
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
III.2.2) Contract performance conditions
The appointment to the contract will be subject to the preferred supplier demonstrating that the minimum requirements specified in the selection questionnaire continue to be met and that there being no material adverse change to the standing of the supplier. The appointment will also be subject to all other necessary due diligence being carried out by the Authority. Contract performance will be subject to the conditions specified in the contract and the successful Supplier’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored..
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.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
25/03/2025
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:
23/06/2025
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
25/03/2025
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 in line with the tender documentation. 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 can 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 three years from the date of issue.. 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. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR 2015 as amended.
Belfast
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 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
20/02/2025