Concession award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
authority/entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Belfast Metropolitan College
Titanic Quarter Campus, 7 Queens Road
Belfast
BT3 9DT
UK
Contact person: Collaboration.CPDfinance-ni.gov.uk
E-mail: Collaboration.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.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
Provision of Catering and Vending Services for Belfast Metropolitan College (ID 1558325)
Reference number: ID 1558323
II.1.2) Main CPV code
55520000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Provision of catering and vending services to Belfast Metropolitan College (BMC). BMC is seeking to appoint a service provider with the relevant skills and experience to deliver and manage their campus catering facilities. The catering operation is regarded as an important element of BMC’s business operation and will need to reflect the high standards and public profile of the BMC.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
287 500.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
55523000
55524000
55510000
55523100
42933000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Provision of catering and vending services to Belfast Metropolitan College (BMC). BMC is seeking to appoint a service provider with the relevant skills and experience to deliver and manage their campus catering facilities. The catering operation is regarded as an important element of BMC’s business operation and will need to reflect the high standards and public profile of the BMC.
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement, dynamic purchasing system or concession
Duration in months: 67
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) Form of procedure
Award procedure with prior publication of a concession notice
Section V: Award of contract
Title: Contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
16/10/2018
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
OCS Group UK Ltd
Unit 38, Airways Industrial Estate
Dublin
Dublin 17
IE
Telephone: +353 1/704/7700
E-mail: jonathan.mallon@ocs.co.uk
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 concession and main financing terms (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot/concession: 4 500 000.00 GBP
Total value of the concession/lot:
287 500.00
GBP
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
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 twelve months from the date of issue of the certificate... The Authority expressly reserves the rights:
(I) not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice;
(II) to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering Competition;
(III) to award a contract(s) in respect of any part(s) of the services covered by this notice; and
(IV) to award contract(s) in stages and in no circumstances will the Authority be liable for any costs incurred by tenderers.
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.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
CPD complied with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and applied a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days). The notification provided full information on the award decision. This provided time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract was entered into.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
23/10/2018