Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
The Executive Office
Stormont Castle, Stormont
Belfast
BT4 3ST
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
TEO — EU Exit Advertising and Public Information Campaign
Reference number: ID 2283215
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79341000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Executive Office (TEO) wishes to appoint a contractor to deliver an advertising and public information campaign, to support communication activity across the Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS), in the event of the UK leaving the EU without an agreed EU Exit deal. A public information campaign has been developed by the UK Government, however a need for targeted and detailed NI specific communications will exist. The campaign will aim to:
— raise awareness of what EU exit means for Northern Ireland,
— target key stakeholders with relevant information; and where possible, provide reassurance to all citizens.
The contract duration is 19 months and it is anticipated this contract will commence in September 2019. The contracting authority are proceeding with a reduced time limit for this tender competition due to the urgency and nature of this requirement.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
750 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79340000
79341400
79341200
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Executive Office (TEO) wishes to appoint a contractor to deliver an advertising and public information campaign, to support communication activity across the Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS), in the event of the UK leaving the EU without an agreed EU Exit deal. A public information campaign has been developed by the UK Government, however a need for targeted and detailed NI specific communications will exist. The campaign will aim to:
— raise awareness of what EU exit means for Northern Ireland,
— target key stakeholders with relevant information; and where possible, provide reassurance to all citizens.
The contract duration is 19 months and it is anticipated this contract will commence in September 2019. The contracting authority are proceeding with a reduced time limit for this tender competition due to the urgency and nature of this requirement.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: AC1 Advertising and public information campaign strategy
/ Weighting: 31.5
Quality criterion: AC2 Creative proposal
/ Weighting: 28
Quality criterion: AC3 Understanding of the key challenges
/ Weighting: 7
Quality criterion: AC4 Proposals for research and evaluation
/ Weighting: 3.5
Cost criterion: AC5 Total Cost of all Scenarios
/ Weighting: 25
Cost criterion: AC6 Average Hourly Rate
/ Weighting: 5
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
Open procedure
- Accelerated procedure
Justification:
The contracting authority proceeded with a reduced time limit for this tender competition due to the urgency and nature of this requirement.
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 138-340226
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 1
Title: TEO — EU Exit Advertising and Public Information Campaign
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
10/09/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Anderson Spratt Group Ltd
Anderson House
Belfast
BT4 2GU
UK
Telephone: +44 2890802020
E-mail: dbrennan@asgireland.com
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)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 750 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
Contract monitoring. The successful contractor’s performance on this contract will be managed as per the specification and regularly. monitored (see Procurement Guidance Note 01/12 — contract management — procedures and principles). 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 notice of unsatisfactory performance and this contract may be terminated. A central register of such notices for supplies and services contracts will be maintained and published on the CPD website. Any contractor in receipt of a notice of unsatisfactory performance will be required to declare this in future tender submissions for a period of 3 years from the date of issue of the notice. It may also 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.
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:
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 Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
12/09/2019