Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Agri-food Biosciences Institute
18a Newforge Lane
BELFAST
BT9 5PX
SSDAdmin.CPD@finance-ni.gov.uk
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
Buyer's address
https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
3626236 DAERA – AFBI – LiDAR DIGITAL TOPOGRAPHIC SCAN OF NORTHERN IRELAND
Reference number
ID 3626236
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 71354100 - Digital mapping services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The appointed Contractor will be responsible for acquiring, processing and delivering a LiDAR scan of the land area of Northern Ireland. The LiDAR data set must cover the entire land area of Northern Ireland and be provided at an absolute minimum resolution of 16 points per square metre under leaf-off conditions. It will be delivered formatted as digital terrain model, a digital surface model and fully classified LAS file format. The Contractor is responsible for carrying out the flight(s) needed to gather the LiDAR data using a helicopter or conventional fixed wing aircraft. Due the large scale of the areas to be covered, the use of drones will not be accepted.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £742,752
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 71354200 - Aerial mapping services
- 71222200 - Rural areas mapping services
- 71222100 - Urban areas mapping services
- 48000000 - Software package and information systems
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKN - Northern Ireland
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The appointed Contractor will be responsible for acquiring, processing and delivering a LiDAR scan of the land area of Northern Ireland. The LiDAR data set must cover the entire land area of Northern Ireland and be provided at an absolute minimum resolution of 16 points per square metre under leaf-off conditions. It will be delivered formatted as digital terrain model, a digital surface model and fully classified LAS file format. The Contractor is responsible for carrying out the flight(s) needed to gather the LiDAR data using a helicopter or conventional fixed wing aircraft. Due the large scale of the areas to be covered, the use of drones will not be accepted.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: AC1 Proposed Methodology / Weighting: 24
Quality criterion - Name: AC2 Implementation and Resource Plan / Weighting: 12
Quality criterion - Name: AC3 Key Personnel Experience / Weighting: 9
Quality criterion - Name: AC4 Contract Manager Experience / Weighting: 9
Quality criterion - Name: AC5 Contract Management and Contingency / Weighting: 6
Cost criterion - Name: Total Contract Price / Weighting: 40
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
After the initial contract period, there is one option to extend for 12 months. Provisional timetable for recourse to the options: 24 months from the award of the contract.
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2021/S 000-024828
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
1
Title
Contract
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
22 December 2021
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 5
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 5
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Terratec AS
Vækerøveien 3
Oslo
0281
Telephone
+47 45466300
Country
Norway
NUTS code
- NO - Norway
Internet address
https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £742,752
Total value of the contract/lot: £742,752
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
The successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored in line with PGN 01/12. 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 Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance and the contract may be terminated... The issue of a Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance will 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 for a.. period of twelve months from the date of issue of the certificate..
six.4) Procedures for review
six.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.
Belfast
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures
CPD complied with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended). and incorporated a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at 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.