Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Special EU Programmes Body
2 Clarence Street West
Belfast
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.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
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
ID 2251133 – SEUPB — Supply and Delivery of Acoustic Telemetry Equipment for Tracking Salmon in Inshore and Offshore Marine Areas
II.1.2) Main CPV code
71351900
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
Loughs Agency and its Project partners Marine Institute, AFBI and University of Glasgow are currently seeking to purchase Acoustic receivers for underwater deployment and matching acoustic transmitting tags for insertion into salmon and sea trout. A supply contract is required, to run for the duration of the Seamonitor project from 2019 to 2022 under which Loughs Agency and its project partners require acoustic tags for implantation in fish and receivers to be deployed in coastal waters to record the movements of tagged fish.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
674 584.18
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
38290000
71351920
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Loughs Agency and its Project partners Marine Institute, AFBI and University of Glasgow are currently seeking to purchase Acoustic receivers for underwater deployment and matching acoustic transmitting tags for insertion into salmon and sea trout. A supply contract is required, to run for the duration of the Seamonitor project from 2019 to 2022 under which Loughs Agency and its project partners require acoustic tags for implantation in fish and receivers to be deployed in coastal waters to record the movements of tagged fish.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
This contract is for an initial period of 1 year and allows for 2 further optional extension periods of 1 year each.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
Yes
II.2.14) Additional information
Following evaluation, SEUPB were unable award this contract, as there were no tenders received which demonstrated compliance with all of the stated criteria the tender documentation. As a result of this, CPD on behalf of SEUPB moved to the negotiated procedure, in accordance with Reg 32 2a of The PCR 2015 in order to satisfy SEUPB’s requirements and to allow for an award of contract.
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 173-421707
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
05/11/2019
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
R.S. AQUA Ltd
Hurst Barns
Privett
GU34 3PL
UK
Telephone: +44 1730828222
E-mail: info@rsaqua.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:
: 674 584.18
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The panel were unable to conclude with an award of contract, following their evaluation as there were no tenders received which demonstrated compliance with all of the criteria as stated within the tender documentation. As a result of this, CPD on behalf of SEUPB moved to the negotiated procedure, in accordance with Regulaton 32 (2)(a) of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 in order to satisfy SEUPB’s requirements and to allow for an award of contract. Neither CPD nor the authority can provide any guarantee as to the level of business under this contract.
Contract monitoring — the successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored. 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 certificate of unsatisfactory performance and the contract may be terminated. The issue of a certificate of unsatisfactory performance will 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 for a period of 12 months from the date of issue of the certificate.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The UK does not have a 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 Public Contracts Regulations.
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, where appropriate, will incorporate a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. Applying Reg 86 (5), CPD have not incorporate a standstill period as only one tender was received.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
05/11/2019