Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council
Cloonavin 66 Portstewart Road
Coleraine
BT52 1EY
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
ID 3093404 Invest NI - Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council - LED Programme – Alchemy 3
Reference number
ID 3093404
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 79410000 - Business and management consultancy services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The Council is seeking to appoint a Contractor to deliver two aspects of the Alchemy Programme; 1. One-to-one mentoring 2. Skills Development Workshops The key aim of Alchemy is to help businesses access the support they need through provision of high quality information with a sound diagnosis of their business issues and the development of an appropriate Action Plan. The brokerage to third party mentors is the recognised best practice for Council to provide the business client with the right solution.
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: £205,600
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 79411100 - Business development consultancy services
- 80000000 - Education and training services
- 80500000 - Training services
- 80510000 - Specialist training services
- 80521000 - Training programme services
- 80530000 - Vocational training services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKN - NORTHERN IRELAND
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Council is seeking to appoint a Contractor to deliver two aspects of the Alchemy Programme; 1. One-to-one mentoring 2. Skills Development Workshops The key aim of Alchemy is to help businesses access the support they need through provision of high quality information with a sound diagnosis of their business issues and the development of an appropriate Action Plan. The brokerage to third party mentors is the recognised best practice for Council to provide the business client with the right solution.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: AC1 Implementation / Weighting: 15
Quality criterion - Name: AC2 Resource Allocation / Weighting: 16
Quality criterion - Name: AC3 Contract and Account Management / Weighting: 14
Quality criterion - Name: AC4 Contract Manager Experience / Weighting: 20
Quality criterion - Name: AC5 Proposed Team Experience - Business Development / Weighting: 11
Quality criterion - Name: AC6 Proposed Team Experience – Sales, Marketing and ICT / Weighting: 10
Quality criterion - Name: AC7 Proposed Team Experience – Business Processes Efficiencies / Weighting: 4
Quality criterion - Name: AC8 Proposed Team Experience – Specialist Areas / Weighting: 5
Quality criterion - Name: AC9 Proposed Workshop Methodology / Weighting: 5
Cost criterion - Name: AC10 This is a fixed price Contract / Weighting: 0
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
The Client may at any time before the completion of the Contract Period invite the Contractor to agree to extendfor any period up to and including 12 months commencing from the termination date of the original Contract Period
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: Yes
Identification of the project
EU Investment for Growth and Jobs Programme 2014-2020 (EUIGJ)
two.2.14) Additional information
This is a fixed price contract. The funding model for this Contract is £205,600 ex VAT for the InitialContract Period. In order to meet contract delivery requirements, the daily rate is set at £400 excluding VAT.
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: 2020/S 222-547436
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
27 January 2021
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
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: 4
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
D Fitzpatrick Associates
64 Garland Hill
BELFAST
BT8 6YL
deirdrefitzpatrick@btopenworld.com
Telephone
+44 2890799224
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - UNITED KINGDOM
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: £205,600
Total value of the contract/lot: £205,600
Section six. Complementary information
six.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 three 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..
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
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 PCR 2015
UK
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures
CPD complied with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 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.