Contract

Invest NI - LED Business Growth Programme

  • Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2021/S 000-010512

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-02b081

Published 13 May 2021, 10:15am



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council

Mossley Mill

NEWTOWNABBEY

BT36 5QA

Contact

SSDAdmin.CPDfinance-ni.gov.uk

Email

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.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

Invest NI - LED Business Growth Programme

Reference number

3217925

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 80500000 - Training services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Invest NI - LED Business Growth 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: £320,000

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 80000000 - Education and training services
  • 80510000 - Specialist training services
  • 80521000 - Training programme services
  • 80530000 - Vocational training services
  • 79410000 - Business and management consultancy services
  • 79411100 - Business development consultancy services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKN - Northern Ireland

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Invest NI - LED Business Growth Programme

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Implementation / Weighting: 11.2

Quality criterion - Name: Marketing / Weighting: 9.6

Quality criterion - Name: Proposed Mentoring Methodology / Weighting: 16

Quality criterion - Name: Proposed Workshop Methodology / Weighting: 9.6

Quality criterion - Name: Contract Manager Experience / Weighting: 12.8

Quality criterion - Name: Team Experience / Weighting: 9.6

Quality criterion - Name: Contract and Account Management / Weighting: 11.2

Cost criterion - Name: Total Contract Price / Weighting: 20

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: Yes

Description of options

The Council may, at any time before the completion of the initial Contract period, invite the Contractor to agree to extend for any period up to and including 12 months commencing from the expiration date of the original Contract period.

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

ERDF/INI/BCC funded project


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: 2021/S 037-093833


Section five. Award of contract

Contract No

1

Title

Business Growth Programme for Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

11 May 2021

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 5

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: 5

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

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

MALLUSK ENTERPRISE PARK LIMITED

Mallusk Drive

NEWTOWNABBEY

BT36 4GN

Email

emma.garrett@mallusk.org

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: £320,000

Total value of the contract/lot: £320,000


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

Contract Monitoring. The successful Contractor’s performance on this Contract will be managed as per the specification and regularly. monitored (see Procurement Guidance Note 01/12 - Contract Management - Procedures and Principles). 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 Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance and this Contract may be terminated. A. central register of such Notices for supplies and services contracts will be maintained and published on the CPD website.. . Any contractor. in receipt of a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance will be required to declare this in future tender submissions for a period of three. years from the date of issue of the Notice. It may also 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..

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

The UK does not have any special review body with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures in public procurement competitions. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR 2015as amended

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Country

United Kingdom

six.4.3) Review procedure

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures

CPD will comply with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended)