Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Department for Communities
C/O 303 Airport Road West
Belfast
BT3 9ED
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.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
DAC 88/19 DFC Post Excavation Backlog
Reference number: 2477611
II.1.2) Main CPV code
71351914
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Direct award contract for post excavation backlog.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
203 981.20
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
71351914
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Direct award contract for post excavation backlog.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
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
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason: protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights
Explanation
Protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights
Explanation:
There are derogations under the regulations to award a contract to a single supplier for reasons connected with the protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights (Regulation 32(2)(b)(iii)), no other supplier has the licence to complete the reports which were started by the Centre for Archaeological Fieldwork (CAF).
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 183-446454
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 1
Title: ID 2477611 DAC 88/19 DfC Post Excavation Backlog
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
07/10/2019
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
Queen's University Belfast
University Road
Belfast
BT7 1NN
UK
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
URL: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 203 981.20
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
A standstill period of 10 days was put in place following publication of the VEAT.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The UK does not have any special review body with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures in publicprocurement competitions. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, towhich proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCRs 2015
Belfast
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
07/10/2019