Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Department of Education
Rathgael House, Balloo Road
Bangor
BT19 7NA
DE.DEWebMail@education-ni.gov.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main 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
Education
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
ID 4458407 DE - Standardisation of Pre-School Education Programme Scoping Study
Reference number
4458407
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The Department of Education (DE) is working towards standardisation of the DE Pre-school Education Programme (PSEP) throughout Northern Ireland. The overall aim of the contract is to appoint a Contractor to conduct a research study that will: • provide an analysis of the current state of readiness of individual PSEP settings of moving to a minimum of 22.5 hours per week standardised offer, including identifying opportunities for greater alignment of other aspects of PSEP; • examine the current training and qualification requirements within PSEP and provide costed options for a programme of CPD; and • examine the current advice and support available within PSEP and provide costed options for models of delivering advice and support.
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: £195,639
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services
- 79600000 - Recruitment services
- 79420000 - Management-related services
- 79410000 - Business and management consultancy services
- 73210000 - Research consultancy services
- 79419000 - Evaluation consultancy services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKN - Northern Ireland
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Department of Education (DE) is working towards standardisation of the DE Pre-school Education Programme (PSEP) throughout Northern Ireland. The overall aim of the contract is to appoint a Contractor to conduct a research study that will: • provide an analysis of the current state of readiness of individual PSEP settings of moving to a minimum of 22.5 hours per week standardised offer, including identifying opportunities for greater alignment of other aspects of PSEP; • examine the current training and qualification requirements within PSEP and provide costed options for a programme of CPD; and • examine the current advice and support available within PSEP and provide costed options for models of delivering advice and support.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: AC1 - Proposed Methodology - Current state of sector for moving to standardised PSEP / Weighting: 10.4
Quality criterion - Name: AC2 - Proposed Methodology - Training and qualification requirements of the workforce to provide a high quality standardised PSEP / Weighting: 10.4
Quality criterion - Name: AC3 - Proposed Methodology - Analysis of the advice and support available to all PSEP and costed options for providing consistent and high-quality advice and support to all PSEP settings to support delivery of a standardised offer / Weighting: 10.4
Quality criterion - Name: AC4 - Lead Consultant Experience / Weighting: 10.4
Quality criterion - Name: AC5 - Team Experience / Weighting: 17.6
Quality criterion - Name: AC6 - Contract and Contingency Management / Weighting: 10.4
Quality criterion - Name: AC7 - Social Value / Weighting: 10.4
Cost criterion - Name: AC8 Total Contract Price / Weighting: 20
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
Following the initial contract period there is one option to extend for up to six 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
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: 2023/S 000-000454
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
28 February 2023
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
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: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
RSM UK Consulting LLP
NUMBER ONE LANYON QUAY
BELFAST
BT13LG
Telephone
+44 2890234343
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: £200,000
Total value of the contract/lot: £195,639
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
Contract Monitoring. The successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored. 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