Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Invest NI
Bedford Square, Bedford Street
BELFAST
BT2 7ES
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.1) Name and addresses
Invest Northern Ireland
Bedford Square, Bedford Street
Belfast
BT2 7ES
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.2) Joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
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
DfE - Invest NI - FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL SKILLS TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR CLIENT FACING STAFF
Reference number: ID4190446
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
DfE - Invest NI - FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL SKILLS TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR CLIENT FACING STAFF
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
600 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79400000
80510000
80570000
80500000
80521000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN0
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
DfE - Invest NI - FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL SKILLS TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR CLIENT FACING STAFF
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 60
Cost criterion: Cost
/ Weighting: 40
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
The contract is for initial 2year period with an option to extend for a further 2 years
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:
2022/S 000-017014
IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice
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
31/08/2022
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
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: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Chartered Accountants Ireland
32-38 Linenhall Street
BELFAST
BT2 8BG
UK
Telephone: +44 02890435840
E-mail: shannon.gibney@charteredaccountants.ie
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:
: 600 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
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 your performance does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, this.. can be considered grounds for.. termination of the contract at your expense as provided for in the Conditions of Contract. In lieu of.. termination, CPD may issue a Notice.. of Written Warning or a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance. A supplier in receipt of multiple.. Notices of Written Warning or a Notice of.. Unsatisfactory Performance may, in accordance with The Public Contracts Regulations 2015. (as. amended) be excluded from future public.. procurement competitions for a period of up to three years. The figure stated in V.2.4 is a. maximum that can be spent through the framework over the full term and does not give any guarantee of any level of business that may. be awarded under the agreement.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures. 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 as amended.
UK
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
01/09/2022