Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Derry City and Strabane District Council
Council Offices, 98 Strand Road
Derry
BT48 7NN
Contact
Via eTendersNI Messaging
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.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via
https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
Electronic communication requires the use of tools and devices that are not generally available. Unrestricted and full direct access to these tools and devices is possible, free of charge, at
https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
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
T24-044BUS PEACEPLUS Farming and Environmental Champions
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85322000 - Community action programme
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Derry City and Strabane District Council invite suppliers to tender for PeacePlus Farming and Environmental Champions. This is a Farming and Community based Environment project focusing on the concept of environmental changes. This project is focused in the Sperrin District Electoral Area (DEA) and the key benefit of this project should be to participants from within that DEA although participation from farmers groups and rural communities across the council area and immediate cross-border area is also welcomed. Participants will explore and engage with their local environment, completing local actions designed to improve the environment, heritage biodiversity and water quality management. It will support efforts to establish a NW Environmental Champions Centre of Excellence at Silverbrook Mill and to make Environmental Champions Sustainable. The project will engage with the network of community based and farmer groups across the DCSDC district on a cross border basis in East Donegal and will deliver a series of best practices visits, identifying gaps, challenges and opportunities, while farmers health checks and capacity building support will be available to local groups. Please refer to the CfT documents for further detail.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £78,920
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85322000 - Community action programme
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKN0A - Derry City and Strabane
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Derry City and Strabane District Council invite suppliers to tender for PeacePlus Farming and Environmental Champions. This is a Farming and Community based Environment project focusing on the concept of environmental changes. This project is focused in the Sperrin District Electoral Area (DEA) and the key benefit of this project should be to participants from within that DEA although participation from farmers groups and rural communities across the council area and immediate cross-border area is also welcomed. Participants will explore and engage with their local environment, completing local actions designed to improve the environment, heritage biodiversity and water quality management. It will support efforts to establish a NW Environmental Champions Centre of Excellence at Silverbrook Mill and to make Environmental Champions Sustainable. The project will engage with the network of community based and farmer groups across the DCSDC district on a cross border basis in East Donegal and will deliver a series of best practices visits, identifying gaps, challenges and opportunities, while farmers health checks and capacity building support will be available to local groups. Please refer to the CfT documents for further detail.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
two.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: £78,920
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
36
This contract is subject to renewal
No
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: No
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: Yes
Identification of the project
PEACEPLUS Programme 2021-2027. Investment Area 1.1 Co-designed Local PEACEPLUS Action Plans
Section three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information
three.1) Conditions for participation
three.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
three.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
three.2) Conditions related to the contract
three.2.3) Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract
Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract
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.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date
17 May 2024
Local time
12:00pm
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
four.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Tender must be valid until: 13 November 2024
four.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date
17 May 2024
Local time
12:30pm
Section six. Complementary information
six.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: No
six.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Royal Courts of Justice NI
Belfast
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Royal Courts of Justice NI
Belfast
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures
As per PCR 2015
six.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Royal Courts of Justice NI
Belfast
Country
United Kingdom