Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Department of Finance
303 Airport Road West
BELFAST
BT3 9ED
Contact
collaboration.cpdfinance-ni.gov.uk
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.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
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 3131618 - Portering Services and Short Term Storage of Furniture
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 98341120 - Portering services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Portering Services and Short Term Storage of Furniture for the NICS. Inviting tenders from companies to provide an office furniture portering and furniture storage service throughout its own property and estate buildings and the properties of its clients.
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: £541,985.90
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 63120000 - Storage and warehousing services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKN - NORTHERN IRELAND
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Portering Services and Short Term Storage of Furniture for the NICS. Inviting tenders from companies to provide an office furniture portering and furniture storage service throughout its own property and estate buildings and the properties of its clients.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: As per the tender documents / Weighting: 30
Cost criterion - Name: As per the tender documents / Weighting: 70
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
Option to extend for an additional 24 months
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
two.2.14) Additional information
There is no guarantee of volumes and those given are estimates only. Option to extend for additional 24 Months.
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 217-533997
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
26 January 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
GTM RELOCATIONS LTD.
Unit 27, City Business Park
BELFAST
BT17 9HY
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: £541,985.90
Total value of the contract/lot: £541,985.90
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
The contractor’s performance on this contract will be managed as per specification and regularly monitored see Procurement Guidance. Note 01/12 contract. 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 Construction Procurement Delivery (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 the contract may be terminated. The issue of a notice 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 12 months from the date of issue of the certificate.. The authority expressly reserved the rights:. (i) not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by. publication of this notice;. (ii) to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering competition; and in. no circumstances will the authority be liable for any costs incurred by candidates;. (iii) to award (a) contract(s) in respect of any part(s) of. the (services) covered by this notice; and. (iv) to award contract(s) in stages and in no circumstances will the authority be liable for any. costs incurred by candidates.
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
This is not applicable in the UK
This is not applicable in the 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 applied a standstill period (minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the. award of contract was communicated to tenderers. The 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.