Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Department for International Development
Abercrombie House, Eaglesham Road
East Kilbride
G75 8EA
UK
Contact person: Paul Graham
Telephone: +44 1355843909
E-mail: p-graham@dfid.gov.uk
NUTS: UKM95
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-international-development
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-international-development/about/procurement
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Preventing Maternal Deaths — Bridging Extension
Reference number: 7960
II.1.2) Main CPV code
75211200
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Preventing Maternal Deaths — The programme will work to reduce women’s recourse to unsafe abortion and keep increasing the uptake of Family Planning (FP), focusing specifically on marginalised and young women.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
5 675 714.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM95
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The extension will build on the previous programme to prevent unintended pregnancies through provision of integrated and effective Sexual and Reproductive Health services and family planning with a focus on reaching youth and harder to reach populations. This extension is critical to avoid a break in availability of quality services for women and adolescents until the new successor Women’s Integrated Sexual Health (WISH) programmes up and running. This three-month extension will sustain the delivery of a proportion of vital FP services currently provided through the PMD programme in Bangladesh, DRC, Ethiopia, Pakistan, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Zambia,Zimbabwe, Uganda, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Senegal. Only those countries and channels in WISH are included as part of this extension.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
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
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the contracting authority and in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the Directive
Explanation
The Contracting Authority has completed a competitive tender process for “Women’s Integrated Sexual Health” Programme (WISH) which will replace the existing “Preventing Maternal Deaths (PMD) programme”.The current PMD contract expires on 30.6.2018. Recent and unpredictable events have disrupted the Contracting Authority’s ability to award the WISH contracts before the end of the current PMD contract. The contracting agent anticipates that WISH will be operational within this 3 month extension period.
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:
2018/S 083-188236
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 7960
Title: Preventing Maternal Deaths — Bridging Extension
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
10/05/2018
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Marie Stopes International (MSI)
Conway Street, Fitzroy Square
London
UK
NUTS: UKI
The contractor is an SME:
No
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:
: 5 675 714.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Gerry O'Connor, Department for International Development
Eaglesham Road
East Kilbride
G75 8EA
UK
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Gerry O'Connor, Department for International Development
Eaglesham Road
East Kilbride
G75 8EA
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
23/05/2018