Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Belfast Metropolitan College
125 - 153 Millfield
BELFAST
BT1 1HS
Contact
SSDAdmin.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.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 3192030 - DfE BMC - Provision of cleaning services to Belfast Metropolitan College
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 79993000 - Building and facilities management services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The College requires a contract for the provision of cleaning services. the contract will have an initial period of 36 months with options to extend for a further 2 x 12 months. The Contractor shall provide a professionally managed, high quality cleaning service that provides a comprehensive, efficient, user friendly, customer focused and cost effective service to meet the needs of Belfast Met and its students, staff and visitors.
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: £834,299.38
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 79993100 - Facilities management services
- 90900000 - Cleaning and sanitation services
- 90911200 - Building-cleaning services
- 98341130 - Janitorial services
- 98341110 - Housekeeping services
- 90919200 - Office cleaning services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKN - Northern Ireland
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The College requires a contract for the provision of cleaning services. the contract will have an initial period of 36 months with options to extend for a further 2 x 12 months. The Contractor shall provide a professionally managed, high quality cleaning service that provides a comprehensive, efficient, user friendly, customer focused and cost effective service to meet the needs of Belfast Met and its students, staff and visitors.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: As per tender documents / Weighting: 30
Cost criterion - Name: As per tender documents / Weighting: 70
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
2 optional extension periods of up to 12 months each
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: 2021/S 000-006037
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
16 June 2021
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 6
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 2
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 6
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
ARAMARK IRELAND HOLDINGS LTD
NORTHERN CROSS
DUBLIN
17
Country
Ireland
NUTS code
- IE - Ireland
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: £834,299.38
Total value of the contract/lot: £834,299.38
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 to the UK
This is not applicable to 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.