Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Mid Ulster District Council
Burn Road
Cookstown
BT80 8DT
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
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Transform Programme for Mid Ulster District Council
Reference number: ID 2068389
II.1.2) Main CPV code
80000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Mid Ulster District Council wishes to appoint a contractor to undertake the delivery of a new transform programme. The key aims of the programme are to:
— recruit a minimum of 160 businesses to progress onto programme support by 30.6.2022,
— use all reasonable endeavours to create a minimum of 230 new jobs by 30.11.2023,
— use all reasonable endeavours to generate a minimum of 15 quality business referrals to Invest Northern Ireland by 31.12.2022.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
263 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
80500000
80510000
80521000
80530000
79410000
79411100
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Mid Ulster District Council wishes to appoint a contractor to undertake the delivery of a new transform programme. The key aims of the programme are to:
— recruit a minimum of 160 businesses to progress onto programme support by 30.6.2022,
— use all reasonable endeavours to create a minimum of 230 new jobs by 30.11.2023,
— use all reasonable endeavours to generate a minimum of 15 quality business referrals to Invest Northern Ireland by 31.12.2022.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quaility
/ Weighting: 80
Cost criterion: Price
/ Weighting: 20
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
The Client may at any time before the completion of the contract period invite the contractor to agree to extend for any period up to and including 24 months commencing from the termination date of the original contract period.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
Yes
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.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2019/S 132-324537
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 1
Title: Contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
23/10/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Global Education NI Ltd
104-108 Spencer Road
Londonderry
BT47 6AG
UK
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
URL: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 263 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
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 public procurement competitions. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR 2015.
Belfast
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
CPD comply with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, and have applied a 10 day standstill period. This notification provides full information on the award decision. The standstill period has provided time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
23/10/2019