Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Orkney Islands Council
Council Offices, School Place
Kirkwall
KW15 1NY
UK
Contact person: Denise Link
Telephone: +44 01856873535
E-mail: Denise.Link@orkney.gov.uk
Fax: +44 01856876158
NUTS: UKM65
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.orkney.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00369
I.1) Name and addresses
Highlands and Islands Enterprise
An Lòchran, 10 Inverness Campus
Inverness
IV2 5NA
UK
Telephone: +44 1463383084
E-mail: hieprocurement@hient.co.uk
NUTS: UKM6
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.hie.co.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00313
I.1) Name and addresses
Orkney Islands Council
Council Offices, School Place
Kirkwall
KW15 1NY
UK
Telephone: +44 01856873535
E-mail: procurement@orkney.gov.uk
Fax: +44 01856876158
NUTS: UKM65
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.orkney.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00369
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Invitation to Tender for the Provision of Web Services
Reference number: OIC/PROC/1905
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72415000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The provision of web services to the orkney.com website for up to 3 years with 2 x 12 extensions available.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
250 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
72415000
72413000
72212224
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM65
Main site or place of performance:
Orkney Islands
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Orkney Islands Council (OIC) and Highlands & Islands Enterprise (HIE) work in partnership to support key sectors and companies of growth to market their products and services through the jointly funded Orkney Marketing programme. For the purposes of this contract OIC will act as the contracting authority while HIE will be the lead contact for the management of the contract.
Submissions are invited from contractors who can provide web service for the orkney.com website. The contract will initially be for 3 years (1 August 2024 to 31 July 2027) with a further 2 x 12 months subject to availability of budgets. There will also be break clauses at Year 1 and Year 2 which will only be applied if funding for year 2 or year 3 becomes unavailable - Contractors will be advised of any changes by 24 December 2024 (year 2) and 24 December 2025 (year 3).
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Methodology
/ Weighting: 40
Quality criterion: Project Delivery
/ Weighting: 50
Quality criterion: Fair Work Practices
/ Weighting: 0
Quality criterion: Website Hosting Technical Requirement
/ Weighting: 0
Quality criterion: Cyber Security Reponse
/ Weighting: 0
Price
/ Weighting:
10
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.1.8) 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:
2024/S 000-016256
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: OIC/PROC/1905
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
08/08/2024
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 7
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 7
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 6
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 7
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
NB Communication Ltd
Stewart Building, Esplanade
Lerwick
ZE10LL
UK
Telephone: +44 1595696155
E-mail: pcs@nbcommunication.com
NUTS: UKM66
Internet address(es)
URL: www.nbcommunication.com
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 214 500.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
Orkney Islands Council reserves the right to cancel the procurement at any stage and not award a Contract the expenditure, work or effort undertaken by bidders prior to the award of any Contract is accordingly a matter solely for the commercial judgement of bidders.
Late tenders will not be considered by the Council and all questions are to be submitted via the Questions and Answers section of this contract advertisement on PCS.
An economic operator that suffers, or risks suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or Court of Session.
Tenderers should complete the SPD (Scotland) contained within the SPD Module attached to this notice.
(SC Ref:791604)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Sheriff Court
Watergate
Kirkwall
KW15 1PD
UK
Telephone: +44 1856872110
E-mail: kirkwall@scotcourts.gov.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: http://www.scotcourts.gov.uk
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Sheriff Court
wa
Kirkwall
KW15 1DP
UK
Telephone: +44 1856872110
E-mail: kirkwall@scotcourts.gov.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: http://www.scotcourts.gov.uk
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Sheriff Court
Watergate
Kirkwall
KW15 1DP
UK
Telephone: +44 1856872110
E-mail: kirkwall@scotcourts.gov.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: http://www.scotcourts.gov.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
26/02/2025