Contract

Appointment of a Strategic Partner to Provide Specialist Design Support

  • Renfrewshire Council

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2021/S 000-003929

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-0296c1

Published 26 February 2021, 3:40pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Renfrewshire Council

Renfrewshire House, Cotton Street

Paisley

PA1 1JB

Email

cpu@renfrewshire.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 3003000300

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKM83 - Inverclyde, East Renfrewshire and Renfrewshire

Internet address(es)

Main address

http://www.renfrewshire.gov.uk

Buyer's address

https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00400

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

one.5) Main activity

General public services


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Appointment of a Strategic Partner to Provide Specialist Design Support

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Work with Renfrewshire Council to assess the impact of Covid-19 on the Council's ongoing service design programme.

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: £282,600

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKM83 - Inverclyde, East Renfrewshire and Renfrewshire
Main site or place of performance

Renfrewshire

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Provision of professional services to support the ongoing service design programme and assess the impact of Covid-19 on the scope of the design.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Pass/Fail / Weighting: Pass/Fail

Price - Weighting: Pass/Fail

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: Yes

Description of options

The initial commitment is to services up to 128,600 GBP (ex VAT), however, the tender included an option, at the sole discretion of the Council to award further additional services under the terms and conditions of this contract. The value of these further additional services is currently estimated to be an additional 154,000 GBP (ex VAT).

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

Negotiated Contract - Regulation 33.(1)(b)(iii) of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below

  • The services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
    • protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights

Explanation:

Services required to assess the impact of Covid-19 on Renfrewshire Council's change programme 'Right for Renfrewshire' which was designed in partnership with Castlerigg Consultants in 2019 using their unique tools and methodology. As this work requires access to these tools only Castlerigg can provide the necessary professional services.

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes


Section five. Award of contract

Contract No

RC-CCL-21

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

13 January 2021

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 1

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: 1

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

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Castlerigg Consulting

Suit 1 Telford House, Warwick Road

Carlise

CA1 2BT

Telephone

+44 7794335392

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKD1 - Cumbria
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: £282,600

Total value of the contract/lot: £282,600


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

(SC Ref:645203)

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Court of Session

Parliament Square

Edinburgh

EH1 1RQ

Country

United Kingdom

six.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures

Please refer to VI.4.3

UK

Country

United Kingdom

six.4.3) Review procedure

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures

An economic operator that suffers or risks suffering, loss or damage attributable to breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (SSI 2015/446, as amended) may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session in accordance with Regulation 88 of the 2015 Regulations

six.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained

Court of Session

Parliament Square

Edinburgh

EH1 1RQ

Country

United Kingdom