Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
DfE South West College
Burn Road
Cookstown
BT80 8DN
UK
E-mail: michelle.frew@finance-ni.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/topics/procurement
I.2) 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/
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://etendersni.gov.uk/
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
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
DfE Supply and Delivery of Motor Vehicle Equipment for South West College.
Reference number: 1039072
II.1.2) Main CPV code
09211000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
SWC is a Non-Departmental Public Body sponsored by the Department for the Economy. The College services the geographical area of Counties Tyrone and Fermanagh. There are five campus locations at Cookstown, Dungannon, Omagh, two at Enniskillen (Fairview Campus and Technology and Skills Centre) and a number of out centres. The College has approximately 500 full-time staff and a similar number of part-time staff and an annual budget of approximately 42 000 000 GBP. The College offers a wide range of vocational and non-vocational courses such as Training for Success and provides a service to the community, local schools, business and industry. It provides courses ranging from basic skills to Higher National Diploma and Degree Level programmes. The supply of motor vehicle equipment is deemed both an essential and critical activity of SWC which must be managed efficiently and cost effectively and in line with relevant legislation and standards.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
140 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
09211100
09211400
31000000
31440000
31610000
34300000
42651000
44510000
44511000
44512000
44512800
44512920
44512900
44531300
44531510
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN0
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
SWC is a Non-Departmental Public Body sponsored by the Department for the Economy. The College services the geographical area of Counties Tyrone and Fermanagh. There are five campus locations at Cookstown, Dungannon, Omagh, two at Enniskillen (Fairview Campus and Technology and Skills Centre) and a number of out centres. The College has approximately 500 full-time staff and a similar number of part-time staff and an annual budget of approximately 42 000 000 GBP. The College offers a wide range of vocational and non-vocational courses such as Training for Success and provides a service to the community, local schools, business and industry. It provides courses ranging from basic skills to Higher National Diploma and Degree Level programmes. The supply of motor vehicle equipment is deemed both an essential and critical activity of SWC which must be managed efficiently and cost effectively and in line with relevant legislation and standards.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Price
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
140 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 48
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
At end of final contract period.
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:
The initial contract shall be for 12 months with the option to extend for 3 further periods of up to 12 months subject to satisfactory performance.
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 III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
III.2.2) Contract performance conditions
The successful contractors performance on the contract will be regularly monitored. A Contractor 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.
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:
16/11/2017
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:
14/02/2018
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
16/11/2017
Local time: 15:30
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
Yes
Estimated timing for further notices to be published:
3 months prior to end of final contract period.
VI.3) Additional information
The estimated total contract value is between 140 000 GBP and 210 000 GBP for the contract period including all possible extensions. The 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. The pricing strategy applied and the setting of cost/profit margins are a commercial decision for economic operators when submitting a bid for this competition. In addition, neither CPD nor the Authority can provide any guarantee as to the level of business under this contract.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures.
As above.
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. 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
12/10/2017