Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Northern Ireland Colleges
Patrick Street
Newry
BT35 8DN
UK
E-mail: theresa.conway@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.1) Name and addresses
FE North West Regional College
Strand Road
Londonderry
BT48 7AL
UK
E-mail: theresa.conway@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.1) Name and addresses
FE South Eastern Regional College
Victoria Avenue
Newtownards
BT23 7EH
UK
E-mail: theresa.conway@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.1) Name and addresses
FE Northern Regional College
Antrim Campus, Fountain Street
Antrim
BT41 4AL
UK
E-mail: theresa.conway@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.1) Name and addresses
FE Southern Regional College
Patrick Street
Newry
BT35 8DN
UK
E-mail: theresa.conway@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.1) Name and addresses
FE Belfast Metropolitan College
Titanic Quarter Campus, 7 Queens Road
Belfast
BT3 9DT
UK
E-mail: theresa.conway@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.1) Name and addresses
FE South West College
2 Mountjoy Road
Omagh
BT79 7AH
UK
E-mail: theresa.conway@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 involves joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
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
DfE — The Provision of Print Services for FE Colleges.
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79824000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
On behalf of the six Regional Colleges in Northern Ireland. ‘NI Colleges’. :- — Southern Regional College. SRC. — Belfast Metropolitan College. BMC. — North West Regional College. NWRC. — South West College. SWC. — South Eastern Regional College. SERC. — Northern Regional College, SRC wishes to appoint a service provider for the provision of printing services. The contract shall take effect on 13.1.2017 and will remain in force for 2 years with options to extend for a further 3 periods of 1 year each.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
2 250 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79823000
79800000
79810000
79000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
On behalf of the six Regional Colleges in Northern Ireland. ‘NI Colleges’. :- — Southern Regional College. SRC. — Belfast Metropolitan College. BMC. — North West Regional College. NWRC. — South West College. SWC. — South Eastern Regional College. SERC. — Northern Regional College, SRC wishes to appoint a service provider for the provision of printing services. The contract shall take effect on 13 January 2017 and will remain in force for 2 years with options to extend for a further 3 periods of 1 year each.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 24
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
Options to extend for a further 3 periods of 1 year each.
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
Options to extend for a further 3 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:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
The figure indicated in II.1.5 represents the upper limit of estimated contract value which ranges from [GBP 1 500 000 to GBP 2 250 000)]. This range reflects the potential scale of the contract and takes into account such changes to the scope/and or scale which may result from future operational requirements.
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.2) Conditions related to the 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.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
09/11/2016
Local time: 15:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Tender must be valid until:
07/02/2017
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
09/11/2016
Local time: 15:30
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
Yes
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures.
UK
UK
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures.
UK
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 the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. This provides time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
04/10/2016