Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
Dundonald House, Upper Newtownards Road
Belfast
BT4 3SB
UK
Contact person: SSDAdmin.CPDfinance-ni.gov.uk
E-mail: SSDAdmin.CPD@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.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
CFT1627370 — DAERA — The Development and Maintenance of the Northern Ireland Air Quality website and provision of specialist Air Quality Services
II.1.2) Main CPV code
48000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
CFT1627370 — DAERA — The Development and Maintenance of the Northern Ireland Air Quality website and provision of specialist air quality services. The creation of an air quality website has provided a portal for access to information on air quality for Northern Ireland. The website and archive has proved to be a primary source of air pollution information in Northern Ireland for district Councils, government departments, consultants, academics and the general public. It is the client's intention to maintain this website and further enhance it by the addition of optional new features within this renewal contract. This contract is the continuation of the collation and dissemination of data and information about air pollution in Northern Ireland via a dedicated website. The website must display timely information on actual or predicted exceedances of alert thresholds and any information relating to this relayed to the public.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
239 947.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
72000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
CFT1627370 — DAERA — The Development and Maintenance of the Northern Ireland Air Quality website and provision of specialist air quality services. The creation of an air quality website has provided a portal for access to information on air quality for Northern Ireland. The website and archive has proved to be a primary source of air pollution information in Northern Ireland for district councils, government departments, consultants, academics and the general public. It is the client's intention to maintain this website and further enhance it by the addition of optional new features within this renewal contract. This contract is the continuation of the collation and dissemination of data and information about air pollution in Northern Ireland via a dedicated website. The website must display timely information on actual or predicted exceedances of alert thresholds and any information relating to this relayed to the public.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 70
Price
/ Weighting:
30
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:
2019/S 040-090645
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 1
Title: Contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
30/04/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Ricardo-AEA Ltd
The Gemini Building Fermi avenue
Didcot
OX11 0QR
UK
E-mail: salessupporttteam@ricardo-aea.com
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
URL: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 239 947.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
In relation to V2.2) Information about tenders:
— number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0,
— number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The UK does not have any special review body with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures in public procurement competitions. 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.
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 have applied a 10 day standstill period. This notification provides full information on the award decision. The standstill period has provided time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
28/05/2019