Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Highlands and Islands Enterprise
313
An Lòchran, 10 Inverness Campus
Inverness
IV2 5NA
UK
Telephone: +44 1463245245
E-mail: hieprocurement@hient.co.uk
NUTS: UKM6
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.hie.co.uk
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00313
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local agency/office
I.5) Main activity
Economic and financial affairs
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Research Appraisal Evaluation and Delivery Framework - Lot 2 Appraisal and Evaluation
Reference number: FTS 012
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79300000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
THIS IS A CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE AND AS SUCH THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS IS COMPLETE.
The Research, Appraisal, Evaluation and Delivery (RAED) Frameworks were procured in 3 Lots:
Lot 1 Strategic and Operational Planning/Delivery Support
Lot 2 Appraisal and Evaluation
Lot 3 Research
These Frameworks offer HIE staff an efficient, cost-effective, and streamlined approach for procuring external support and expertise to assist in the assessment and delivery of projects, to provide development support, and to provide robust and impartial research and evaluation evidence to support resource allocation and policy development.
This Contact Notice relates to Lot 2.
See Scope of Requirements for full details.
The Frameworks commenced on 26th September 2022 and will be for an initial 3 year period to 25th September 2025, unless terminated in accordance with the provisions of the Framework. HIE have the option to extend for a period or periods together not exceeding 1 year following the Initial Term with the 4 year expiry date being 25th September 2026.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
1 080 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79310000
79311400
79311410
72221000
79314000
79330000
79400000
79411100
79419000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM6
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
This Lot will primarily focus on internal project appraisal (pre and post approval), assessing the impacts of HIE’s project and programme interventions and bespoke impact/analysis commissions in response to exogeneous shocks. Commissions awarded under this proposed Lot will be varied and dependent on organisational demand and wider economic context:
- Impact Assessment
- Feasibility studies and options appraisal
- Wider impact assessment and analysis
- Evaluation and review
The budget currently available for the initial 3 year period is GBP 810 000 (excluding VAT).
This Framework will be non-exclusive i.e. HIE reserves the right, in certain circumstances, to procure out with the Framework as and when required.
This Framework will also be available for call-off by HIE as well as any other Contracting Authority wholly or partly under the control of, or funded by HIE, at any point during the term of this Framework (subject to case-by-case approval by HIE).
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Cyber Security
/ Weighting: Pass/Fail
Quality criterion: Delivery Methodology
/ Weighting: 45%
Quality criterion: Management Methodology
/ Weighting: 10%
Quality criterion: Management & Delivery Team - Core Team
/ Weighting: 12.5%
Quality criterion: Management & Delivery Team - Additional Resources
/ Weighting: 2.5%
Price
/ Weighting:
30%
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
HIE reserves the right, on giving reasonable written notice from time to time, to require changes to the Services (whether by way of the removal of Services, the addition of new Services, or increasing or decreasing the Services or specifying the order in which the Services are to be performed or the locations where the Services are to be provided). HIE shall not require any such change other than where it is permitted by Regulation 72 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
In accordance with Regulation 72(1)(a) of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015, HIE reserves the right to make changes to the volume, scope or location of the Services to be supplied under the Framework following a review of the Services by HIE, particularly with regard to demand and budgetary availability or where HIE’s strategic focus changes as a result of changes in Scottish Government policy or as a result of a direction given by the Scottish Government.
Where HIE determines (at our sole discretion) that demand under one or more Lots is lower than expected, HIE reserves the right to re-allocate the budget for that Lot to one or more of the other Lots, subject to the maximum total budget of GBP 3 560 000.
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
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
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:
2022/S 000-008005
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: FTS0012
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
28/09/2022
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 11
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 8
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 11
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 11
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
DWS Associates Limited
21 Argyll Square,
OBAN
PA34 4AT
UK
NUTS: UKM
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Cambridge Economic Associates Limited
16 Tenison Avenue,
CAMBRIDGE
CB1 2DY
UK
NUTS: UKH12
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
EKOS Limited
St George's Studios, 93-97 St George's Road,
GLASGOW
G3 6JA
UK
NUTS: UKM82
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Frontline Consultants Limited
11 Academy Street,
COATBRIDGE
ML5 3AW
UK
NUTS: UKM84
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
EKOS Consulting (UK) Limited t/a ekosgen
Fourth Floor, 137 Sauchiehall Street,
GLASGOW
G2 3EW
UK
NUTS: UKM82
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
SQW Limited
Oxford Centre For Innovation, New Road,
OXFORD
OX1 1BY
UK
NUTS: UKJ14
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
RSM UK Consulting LLP
6th Floor 25 Farringdon Street,
LONDON
EC4A 4AB
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 1 080 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
It is estimated that the total value of the services over the maximum duration of 4 years will be GBP 1 080 000 (ex VAT). This is the figure which has been used in II.1.7 & V.2.4.
(SC Ref:708076)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Inverness Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court
The Inverness Justice Centre, Longman Road
Inverness
IV1 1AH
UK
Telephone: +44 1463230782
E-mail: inverness@scotcourts.gov.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/the-courts/court-locations/inverness-sheriff-court-and-justice-of-the-peace-court
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
An economic operator that suffers, or is at risk of suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 or the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 , may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
05/10/2022