Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
FE Northern Regional College
Farm Lodge Buildings
Ballymena
BT43 7DF
UK
E-mail: ryan.beech@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.1) Name and addresses
FE Belfast Metropolitan College
Titanic Quarter Campus, 7 Queens Road
Belfast
BT3 9DT
UK
E-mail: ryan.beech@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.1) Name and addresses
FE Northern Regional College
Farm Lodge Buildings
Ballymena
BT43 7DF
UK
E-mail: ryan.beech@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.1) Name and addresses
FE North West Regional College
Strand Road
Londonderry
BT48 7AL
UK
E-mail: ryan.beech@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.1) Name and addresses
FE South Eastern Regional College
Victoria Avenue
Newtownards
BT23 7EH
UK
E-mail: ryan.beech@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.1) Name and addresses
FE Southern Regional College
Patrick Street
Newry
BT35 8DN
UK
E-mail: ryan.beech@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.1) Name and addresses
FE South West College
2 Mountjoy Road
Omagh
BT79 7AH
UK
E-mail: ryan.beech@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 involves 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
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 — NRC — The Provision of Internal Audit Services for the Further Education Colleges in Northern Ireland.
Reference number: 862070
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79212000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Northern Regional College (NRC) on behalf of the 6 Regional Colleges in Northern Ireland (‘NI Colleges’) wishes to appoint a Contractor for the provision Internal Audit Services; — Northern Regional College (NRC) — Southern Regional College (SRC) — North West Regional College (NWRC) — South West College (SWC) — Belfast Metropolitan College (BMC) — South Eastern Regional College (SERC). The contract shall take effect in August 2017 for a period of 36 months with options to extend for a further 3 periods of 12 months each.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
990 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79212200
79210000
79212100
79212300
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Northern Regional College (NRC) on behalf of the 6 Regional Colleges in Northern Ireland (‘NI Colleges’) wishes to appoint a Contractor for the provision Internal Audit Services; — Northern Regional College (NRC) — Southern Regional College (SRC) — North West Regional College (NWRC) — South West College (SWC) — Belfast Metropolitan College (BMC) — South Eastern Regional College (SERC). The contract shall take effect in August 2017 for a period of 36 months with options to extend for a further 3 periods of 12 months each.
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:
990 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 36
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
After the initial contract period, there are options to extend for a further 3 periods of 12 months each.
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:
After the initial contract period, there are options to extend for a further 3 periods of 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 estimated total contract value is between 660 000 GBP and 990 000 GBP for the total contract period including all possible extensions. The range reflects the potential scale of the contract and takes into account such changes to the scope and/or scale which may result from future operational requirements.
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
List and brief description of selection criteria:
As per Tender documentation.
Minimum level(s) of standards required:
As per Tender documentation.
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
List and brief description of selection criteria:
As per Tender documentation.
Minimum level(s) of standards required:
As per Tender documentation.
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
III.2.2) Contract performance conditions
As per Tender documentation.
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:
08/06/2017
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:
06/09/2017
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
08/06/2017
Local time: 15:30
Information about authorised persons and opening procedure:
Only CPD Procurement Staff with access to the project on eTendersNI.
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
Yes
Estimated timing for further notices to be published:
6 years.
VI.3) Additional information
Contract Monitoring. 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
UK
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
02/05/2017