Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Agri-food and Biosciences Institute
Stoney Road
Belfast
BT5 3SD
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
ID 2502088 — DAERA AFBI — Supply and Delivery of Liquid Media for the Statutory TB Culture Laboratory
Reference number: ID 2502088
II.1.2) Main CPV code
33698100
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
AFBI require a contractor to supply and deliver liquid media for the isolation of mycobacterium species including mycobacterium bovis. Media will be ordered as required by the tuberculosis laboratory within the bacteriology branch and delivered to the central stores, veterinary sciences division. It is estimated that AFBI will require the supply of a minimum of 3 000 tubes in the first year and subsequently in each year thereafter. Orders will be placed with the contractor as and when required by AFBI. It is estimated that typical order volumes will be a minimum of 600 tubes and six boxes of supplement per order, however these volumes are subject to change and no minimum order volume is guaranteed.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
350 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
33690000
33600000
33000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
AFBI require a contractor to supply and deliver liquid media for the isolation of mycobacterium species including mycobacterium bovis. Media will be ordered as required by the tuberculosis laboratory within the bacteriology branch and delivered to the central stores, veterinary sciences division. It is estimated that AFBI will require the supply of a minimum of 3 000 tubes in the first year and subsequently in each year thereafter. Orders will be placed with the contractor as and when required by AFBI. It is estimated that typical order volumes will be a minimum of 600 tubes and six boxes of supplement per order, however these volumes are subject to change and no minimum order volume is guaranteed.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
The client may invite the contractor to agree to extend the contract for any period up to and including 12 months commencing from the Initial contract period expiry date. Thereafter, the parties may agree to extend the contract for further periods of up to and including 96 months beyond the end of the first extension period.
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
Figure in II.I.7) is an estimated total contract value including optional extensions.
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:
2020/S 013-025666
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
05/05/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Aquilant Northern Ireland Ltd
Maryland Industrial Estate
Newtownards
BT23 6BL
UK
Telephone: +44 2890448800
E-mail: rachel.mcelrath@aquilantservices.co.uk
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:
: 350 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The successful contractor’s performance on this contract will be managed as per the specification and regularly monitored (see Procurement Guidance Note 01/12 — contract management — procedures and principles). 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 notice of unsatisfactory performance and this contract may be terminated. A central register of such notices for supplies and services contracts will be maintained and published on the CPD website. Any contractor in receipt of a notice of unsatisfactory performance will be required to declare this in future tender submissions for a period of 3 years from the date of issue of the notice. It may also 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.
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
UK
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
CPD complied with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
05/05/2020