Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service
1 Seymour Street
Lisburn
BT27 4SX
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
ID 2930408 DOH - NIFRS — Advertising and Related Services to Raise Awareness of the Dangers of Fire and to Provide General Fire Safety Education
Reference number: ID 2930408
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79341200
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) wishes to appoint an agency to deliver advertising and related services for campaign advertising to raise awareness of the dangers of fire and to provide general fire safety education. This contract is expected to commence in October 2020 for an initial period of one year with the option to extend for two further 1-year periods, dependent on internal business case approval.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
240 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79341000
79340000
79341400
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) wishes to appoint an agency to deliver advertising and related services for campaign advertising to raise awareness of the dangers of fire and to provide general fire safety education. This contract is expected to commence in October 2020 for an initial period of one year with the option to extend for two further 1-year periods, dependent on internal business case approval.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: AC1 Strategic solution
/ Weighting: 19.6
Quality criterion: AC2 Media strategy, rationale and media plan
/ Weighting: 39.9
Quality criterion: AC3 Proposal for research and evaluation
/ Weighting: 10.5
Cost criterion: AC4 Total media cost
/ Weighting: 20
Cost criterion: AC5 Average hourly rate
/ Weighting: 10
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
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:
2020/S 150-369108
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
21/09/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Genesis Advertising Ltd
33 College Gardens
Belfast
BT9 6BT
UK
Telephone: +44 2890313344
E-mail: helen.blakley@wearegenesis.co.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:
: 240 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
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 special review body with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures in public procurement competitions. 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.
As above
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
CPD has complied with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and incorporated a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) from the point information on the award of contract was communicated to tenderers. That 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
22/09/2020