- 1. Department of Finance
- 2. Department of Agriculture Environment and Rural Affairs NI
- 3. Department of Finance
- 4. Department for Communities NI
- 5. Department for Infrastructure NI
- 6. Department for the Economy NI
- 7. Department of Education NI
- 8. Department of Health NI
- 9. Northern Ireland Office
- 10. The Executive Office
- 11. Northern Ireland Housing Executive
- 12. Ulster University
- 13. Utility Regulator Northern Ireland
- 14. NI Council For Integrated Education
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.1) Name and addresses
Department of Agriculture Environment and Rural Affairs NI
Dundonald House
Belfast
BT4 3SB
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.1) Name and addresses
Department of Finance
Clare House, 303 Airport Road West
BELFAST
BT3 9ED
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.1) Name and addresses
Department for Communities NI
Lighthouse Building, 1 Cromac Place
Belfast
BT7 2JB
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.1) Name and addresses
Department for Infrastructure NI
Clarence Court Adelaide Street
Belfast
BT2 8GB
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.1) Name and addresses
Department for the Economy NI
Netherleigh, Massey Avenue
Belfast
BT4 2JP
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.1) Name and addresses
Department of Education NI
Rathgael House
Bangor
BT19 7PR
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.1) Name and addresses
Department of Health NI
Castle Buildings
Belfast
BT4 3SQ
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.1) Name and addresses
Northern Ireland Office
Stormont House
Belfast
BT4 3SH
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.1) Name and addresses
The Executive Office
Stormont Castle
Belfast
BT4 3TT
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.1) Name and addresses
Northern Ireland Housing Executive
2 Adelaide Street
Belfast
BT2 8BP
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.1) Name and addresses
Ulster University
Cromore Road
Coleraine
BT52 1SA
ssdadmin.cpd@finance-ni.gov.uk
Telephone
+44 2870123456
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.1) Name and addresses
Utility Regulator Northern Ireland
Queens House 14 Queen Street
Belfast
BT1 6ED
ssdadmin.cpd@finance-ni.gov.uk
Telephone
+44 2870123456
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.1) Name and addresses
NI Council For Integrated Education
25 College Gardens
Belfast
BT9 6BS
ssdadmin.cpd@finance-ni.gov.uk
Telephone
+44 2870123456
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 involves joint procurement
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
DoF - Supply Fitting and Cleaning of Curtains and Blinds to the NICS
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 39515000 - Curtains, drapes, valances and textile blinds
two.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
two.1.4) Short description
The Framework is for the supply and fitting of window blinds and curtains for office accommodation and the cleaning of existing blinds for use across the Northern Ireland Civil Service and the wider public sector. It is anticipated that the Framework Agreement will commence 1 May 2021 for 4 years until 30 April 2025. Following award of the Framework Agreement, a Direct Award will be made to the Most Economically Advantageous Tender in relation to PSD.
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: £597,136
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 39515400 - Blinds
- 39515410 - Interior blinds
- 39515430 - Venetian blinds
- 39515440 - Vertical blinds
- 45421143 - Installation work of blinds
- 45421145 - Installation work of roller blinds
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKN - NORTHERN IRELAND
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Framework is for the supply and fitting of window blinds and curtains for office accommodation and the cleaning of existing blinds for use across the Northern Ireland Civil Service and the wider public sector. It is anticipated that the Framework Agreement will commence 1 May 2021 for 4 years until 30 April 2025. Following award of the Framework Agreement, a Direct Award will be made to the Most Economically Advantageous Tender in relation to PSD.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
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.
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
four.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
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 235-581458
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 March 2021
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
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: 3
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
APEX BLINDS LIMITED
16 Kitchen Hill
Lurgan
BT66 6AZ
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: £985,000
Total value of the contract/lot: £597,136
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 (as amended) 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.