Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Orkney Islands Council
Council Offices, School Place
Kirkwall
KW15 1NY
UK
Telephone: +44 01856873535
E-mail: bruce.pinkerton@orkney.gov.uk
Fax: +44 01856876158
NUTS: UKM65
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.orkney.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00369
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
Provision of Business Gateway Services in Orkney
Reference number: OIC/PROC/1554
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79411100
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Orkney Islands Council wishes to engage a single contractor with the competence, capability and capacity to deliver two separate programmes of Business Gateway Services. Firstly, the provision of business support services for the Business Gateway Service in Orkney, and secondly the provision of the Council funded Business Improvement and Growth Service (‘BIG Service’).
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
405 500.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79400000
79410000
79411100
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM65
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
In liaison with the local Business Gateway Manager, delivery of the Business Gateway and additional BIG Service funded support will largely be through:
-one-to-one consultancy, principally undertaken at the Business Gateway office in Kirkwall, but occasionally at a client’s premises; and
-workshops and specialist events – at suitable venues arranged by the contractor, run in Kirkwall, Stromness and in remoter areas around the islands (subject to local demand).
Additional information on the service requirement is contained within the attached documentation.
At the time of tender issue, it is anticipated that the maximum overall contract value which includes the potential periods of extension to 31 May 2028 is GBP405,500 although no guarantee is given as to actual expenditure. The budget across each service is as follows:
Programme 1 Core Service – up to GBP277,500 exclusive of VAT over the initial term of the contract (36 months) and including the potential contract extensions (two periods of 12 months).
Programme 2 BIG Service – up to GBP128,000 exclusive of VAT over the initial term of the contract (36 months) and including the potential contract extensions (two periods of 12 months). This budget is discretionary and not guaranteed.
No guarantee is given as to actual expenditure.
Bids that exceed the budget will not be considered.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Service Delivery
/ Weighting: 45
Quality criterion: Contract Management
/ Weighting: 20
Quality criterion: Contract Implementation
/ Weighting: 5
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
II.2.14) Additional information
The contract will consist as follows:
Programme 1 for the Core service of Business Gateway Services and Programme 2 for the Enhanced Business Growth Support Services
For the avoidance of doubt, as notified in the Invitation to Tender - Appendix 6, the price evaluation is carried out on the rate per hour figures submitted within bids.
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:
2023/S 000-003766
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: OIC/PROC/1554
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
18/04/2023
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 3
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 3
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 3
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
CRC Advisory Ltd
Finmory, 4 Soulisquoy Loan
Kirkwall
KW15 1BY
UK
NUTS: UKM65
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 395 250.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
Orkney Islands Council reserves the right to cancel the procurement at any stage and not award a Contract. The expenditure, work or effort
undertaken by bidders prior to the award of any Contract is accordingly a matter solely for the commercial judgement of bidders.
Late Tenders will not be considered by the Council.
An economic operator that suffers, or risks suffering loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts
(Scotland)Regulations 2015 may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or Court of Session.
Tenderers should complete the SPD (Scotland) contained within the SPD Module attached to this notice.
(SC Ref:729928)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Kirkwall Sheriff Court
Kirkwall
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
02/05/2023