Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Northern Regional College
Farm Lodge Buildings
Ballymena
BT43 7DF
UK
E-mail: ICT.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.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Education
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
CFT1077590 — DfE — NRC — Online Content Resource Provider.
Reference number: CFT1077590
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72500000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Northern Regional College wish to engage with a supplier for the provision and implementation of an online learning resource library for: — Curriculum provision in areas including IT, Interactive Media, Project Management, Communication, Leadership and Career Development. — Continuing Professional Development (CPD) provision in areas including Instructional Design, Moodle, IT, PRINCE2, Web Development, Marketing, Microsoft Office and Social Media. The College is taking forward a project to provide an integrated and networked facility which will support the development and delivery of courses using blended learning delivery methods. It will also integrate with and leverage existing investment in Digital Learning through enhancing use of the Colleges Digital Learning Environment (DLE) and expand its utilisation in line with the Digital Learning Strategy 2016-19. The College currently uses Moodle as its DLE.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
128 454.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
72500000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Northern Regional College wish to engage with a supplier for the provision and implementation of an online learning resource library for: — Curriculum provision in areas including IT, Interactive Media, Project Management, Communication, Leadership and Career Development. — Continuing Professional Development (CPD) provision in areas including Instructional Design, Moodle, IT, PRINCE2, Web Development, Marketing, Microsoft Office and Social Media. The College is taking forward a project to provide an integrated and networked facility which will support the development and delivery of courses using blended learning delivery methods. It will also integrate with and leverage existing investment in Digital Learning through enhancing use of the Colleges Digital Learning Environment (DLE) and expand its utilisation in line with the Digital Learning Strategy 2016-19. The College currently uses Moodle as its DLE.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Content and quality
/ Weighting: 30
Cost criterion: Fault resolution and customer support
/ Weighting: 10
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
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the Directive
Explanation
This opportunity was advertised in the Journal under CFT822487 as an Open Procurement. However, as no suitable bids were received and the initial conditions of contract were not substantially altered it was moved to a negotiated 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:
2017/S 179-366972
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
19/09/2017
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Linkedin Ireland Unlimited Company
Emea Head Office Gardiner House, Wilton Plaza
Dublin
2
IE
Telephone: +44 7557539929
E-mail: sjones@linkedin.com
NUTS: IE
Internet address(es)
URL: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 128 454.00
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.
Belfast
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
24/11/2017