Contract

DfI - Active School Travel Programme

  • Department for Infrastructure
  • Department for Infrastructure NI

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2023/S 000-002875

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-0391e6

Published 31 January 2023, 9:30am



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Department for Infrastructure

10-18 Adelaide Street

BELFAST

BT2 8GB

Email

SSDAdmin.CPD@finance-ni.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UK - United Kingdom

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps

Buyer's address

https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps

one.1) Name and addresses

Department for Infrastructure NI

Clarence Court Adelaide Street

Belfast

BT2 8GB

Email

ssdadmin.cpd@finance-ni.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region 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 involves 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

DfI - Active School Travel Programme

Reference number

ID4350948

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 80550000 - Safety training services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

DfI, in partnership with PHA, seeks to commission a new programme which will encourage and support more children to regularly walk and cycle to school. The scope of this contract invites the design, provision and delivery of a programme of co-ordinated sustainable travel to school activities which will result in more children cycling, wheeling, scooting and walking to school more safely and more often. The programme will support schools to develop a culture of active travel within the whole school, which will be sustained after the lifetime of the programme. The programme will be delivered to 60 level one schools; 30 level two schools; 50 level three schools and ongoing engagement with 319 schools as part of the extended support network.

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: £678,000

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 80550000 - Safety training services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKN0 - Northern Ireland

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

DfI, in partnership with PHA, seeks to commission a new programme which will encourage and support more children to regularly walk and cycle to school. The scope of this contract invites the design, provision and delivery of a programme of co-ordinated sustainable travel to school activities which will result in more children cycling, wheeling, scooting and walking to school more safely and more often. The programme will support schools to develop a culture of active travel within the whole school, which will be sustained after the lifetime of the programme. The programme will be delivered to 60 level one schools; 30 level two schools; 50 level three schools and ongoing engagement with 319 schools as part of the extended support network.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 60

Cost criterion - Name: Cost / Weighting: 40

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: Yes

Description of options

The contract is for an initial 6mths with 1 option to extend for up to 12mths

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: 2022/S 000-035656

four.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 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

24 January 2023

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 1

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0

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: 1

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

SUSTRANS LIMITED

2 CATHEDRAL SQUARE

BRISTOL

BS1 5DD

Email

businessdevelopment@sustrans.org.uk

Telephone

+44 01179150112

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UK - United Kingdom
Internet address

https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps

The contractor is an SME

No

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £678,000

Total value of the contract/lot: £678,000


Section six. Complementary information

six.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 contract over the full term and does not give any guarantee of any level of business..

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

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Country

United Kingdom