Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
The Elliot Foundation Academies Trust
144 York Way
London
N1 0AX
UK
Contact person: Lorraine Ashover
Telephone: +44 1256467107
E-mail: tenders@minervapcs.com
NUTS: UKI43
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/minervapcs/aspx/Home
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.elliotfoundation.co.uk/
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Other: Education institute
I.5) Main activity
Education
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
The Elliot Foundation Academies Trust — Payroll, HR Admin and Associated Services
Reference number: MPN-10155
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79211110
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Elliot Foundation Academies Trust is a Multi Academy Trust consisting of twenty eight schools. The schools are located across three regions: the West Midlands, East Anglia and West London. Currently all the schools are primary schools, although expansion into secondary is not ruled out in the future. The Elliot Foundation Academies Trust is conducting a tender process to award a contract for the provision of ‘Payroll, HR Admin and Associated Services’. The contract is to commence on 1 January 2021.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
570 888.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79211110
79631000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKI43
Main site or place of performance:
The central team are based at 144 York Road, London, N1 0AX with 28 schools located across three regions: West Midlands, East Anglia and West London.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Elliot Foundation Academies Trust is a Multi Academy Trust consisting of 28 schools. The schools are located across three regions: the West Midlands, East Anglia and West London. Currently all the schools are primary schools, although expansion into secondary is not ruled out in the future. The Elliot Foundation Academies Trust is conducting a tender process to award a contract for the provision of ‘Payroll, HR Admin and Associated Services’. The contract is to commence on 1 January 2021. A detailed statement of requirements has been provided as part of the tender documentation. The Trust requires a supplier to undertake the Payroll, HR Admin and associated services in accordance with good practice so as to provide a high service standard throughout the Trust for the benefit of their staff. The supplier will be responsible for the provision of skilled payroll and HR administration personnel to provide an efficient, timely and proactive Payroll, HR Admin and associated services provision. In addition, they will be required to provide day to day support to the Trust’s Central HR and Finance staff as well as named representatives at each school.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: All criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
/ Weighting: 75
Price
/ Weighting:
25
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
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted 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 136-335848
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: The Elliot Foundation Academies Trust
Title: Payroll, HR Admin and Associated Services
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
28/10/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 5
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 2
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: 5
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
MHR International Ltd
Peterbridge House, The Lakes
Northampton
NN4 7HB
UK
NUTS: UKF24
The contractor is an SME:
No
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:
: 570 888.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Please refer to Section VI.4.3
Please refer to Section VI.4.3
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
The Elliot Foundation Academies Trust incorporated a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract was communicated to tenderers. That notification provided full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which was for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provided time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract was entered into. The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
28/10/2020