Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
Dundonald House, Upper Newtownards Road, Ballymiscaw
Belfast
BT4 3SB
UK
Contact person: Paul Clements
E-mail: paul.clements@finance-ni.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.daera-ni.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/topics/procurement
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
DAERA — Delivery of DAERA Farm Business Investment Scheme.
II.1.2) Main CPV code
77000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Department. DAERA requires an external Contractor to support the Department with the delivery of the Business Investment Scheme. BIS. There is a 15 000 000 GBP capital budget for the delivery of this Tier 1 Scheme. The overall aim of the Scheme, is to improve the business competitiveness and sustainability of agricultural and horticultural businesses.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
1 987 500.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
77110000
77100000
79500000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
Main site or place of performance:
N. Ireland.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Department. DAERA. requires an external Contractor to support the Department with the delivery of the Business Investment Scheme. BIS. There is a 15 000 000 GBP capital budget for the delivery of this Tier 1 Scheme. The overall aim of the Scheme, is to improve the business competitiveness and sustainability of agricultural and horticultural businesses.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 50
Cost criterion: Price
/ Weighting: 50
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:
Yes
Identification of the project:
NIRDP 2014-20 vote code 89850.
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:
2016/S 151-273203
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 0
Contract No: 1
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
07/11/2016
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 2
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Countryside Services Ltd
97 Moy Road
Dungannon
BT71 7DX
UK
Telephone: +44 2887789770
E-mail: andrew.kerr@countrysideservices.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)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 1 987 500.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures
NA
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
The following text was published in the Contract Notice for this competition: CPD will comply with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and, where appropriate, will incorporate a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. This provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
11/11/2016