Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Council for the Cirriculum Examinations Assessment
29 Clarendon Road, Clarendon Dock
BELFAST
BT3 9ED
Country
United Kingdom
Region 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
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
Education
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
ID 5320915 DAC 38/24 DE CCEA - Specialist Support for the Development of Computer Adaptive Tests (CATs)
Reference number
ID 5320915 DAC 38/24
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
ID 5320915 DAC 38/24 DE CCEA - Specialist Support for the Development of Computer Adaptive Tests (CATs)
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: £492,000
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 72314000 - Data collection and collation services
- 80000000 - Education and training services
- 72266000 - Software consultancy services
- 73210000 - Research consultancy services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKN - Northern Ireland
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
ID 5320915 DAC 38/24 DE CCEA - Specialist Support for the Development of Computer Adaptive Tests (CATs)
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
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:
- absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation:
This is a Direct Award Contract that can only be provided by one supplier. No other supplier has the technical knowledge to deliver the requirement. In applying regulation 32 derogation, CCEA published a VEAT Noticed in the Official Journal.
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
1
Title
Contract
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
29 April 2024
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
JBS EXECUTIVE EDUCATION LIMITED
The Old Schools Trinity Lane
CAMBRIDGE
CB2 1TN
Telephone
+44 1223769322
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: £492,000
Total value of the contract/lot: £492,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
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 construction and procurement delivery (CPD) for. further. action. If this occurs and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels. within the specified period, this may be. considered grounds for termination of the contract at. your expense as provided for in the Conditions of Contract. In lieu of termination,. CPD may. issue a Notice of Written Warning or a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance. A supplier in. receipt of multiple Notices of Written. Warning or a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance. may, in accordance with The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended), be. excluded. from future public procurement competitions for a period of. up to three years.
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