Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Norfolk County Council
Floor 3, County Hall, Martineau Lane
Norwich
NR1 2DH
UK
Contact person: Sarah Hardy
E-mail: sourcingteam@norfolk.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.norfolk.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc/aspx/Home
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
Business Assurance Framework
Reference number: NCCT41790
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Norfolk County Council has established a framework with one supplier to provide the Council with delivery of reviews, options appraisals, assurance and due diligence activity as required regarding the commercial viability and business strategy of current and proposed local authority companies, traded services, non-financial investments and asset acquisitions and disposals and provision of advice if requested on business positioning, marketing and pricing.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
1 200 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79400000
79410000
79411000
79411100
79412000
66171000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKH15
UKH16
UKH17
Main site or place of performance:
Norfolk.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Norfolk County Council has established a framework with one supplier to provide the Council with delivery of reviews, options appraisals, assurance and due diligence activity as required regarding the commercial viability and business strategy of current and proposed local authority companies, traded services, non-financial investments and asset acquisitions and disposals and provision of advice if requested on business positioning, marketing and pricing. Please note that in addition to the framework Norfolk County Council will be contracting for 2 pieces of work (let as call-off contracts to the framework) under this procurement exercise. Other than these 2 pieces of work (which are exemplars of the type of services Norfolk will be contracting for), there is no guarantee under the framework of the financial amount or volume of work that will be transacted through this framework.
The value in this Contract Notice is an estimate only. It is anticipated that most contracts let under the framework will be under 100 000.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Expertise
/ Weighting: 35
Quality criterion: Approach and methodology
/ Weighting: 35
Price
/ Weighting:
30
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
Framework is for 2 years with a possible extension of another 2 years.
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
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2019/S 065-152061
Section V: Award of contract
Title: Business Assurance Framework
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
22/05/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Grant Thornton UK LLP
30 Finsbury Square
London
EC2A 1AG
UK
NUTS: UKI
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.grantthornton.co.uk/
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:
: 1 200 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Norfolk County Council
Norwich
UK
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Norfolk County Council
Norwich
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court. Proceedings must be brought within 30 days from the date of knowledge (the date on which the economic operator first knew or ought to have known that grounds for starting the proceedings had arisen) unless the Court considers that there is good reason for extending the period within which proceedings may be brought, in which case the Court may extend that period up to a maximum of 3 months from the date of knowledge.
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Norfolk County Council
Norwich
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
28/05/2019