Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
Welsh Government
Corporate Procurement Services, Cathays Park
Llandudno Junction
CF10 3NQ
Contact
James Roberts
Telephone
+44 3000257095
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKL - Wales
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0007
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
Welsh Language Transmission Interventions
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 73300000 - Design and execution of research and development
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Welsh Government (WG) intend to award a contract to appoint specialists in behavioural science to work in collaboration with WG and partners to create and trial interventions and/or to improve existing interventions to support parents to transmit the Welsh language to their children.
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: £166,666
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKL - Wales
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Negotiated Procedure
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
Negotiated without a prior call for competition
- The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
- absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation:
This is a voluntary ex ante transparency notice and is intended to provide notice of the Authority's intention to award a contract to deliver practical interventions to increase the use of Welsh in families by looking at the wide variety of interventions used with families in non-Welsh-language related fields.
Welsh Government will observe a 30 day standstill period from the date of publication of this VEAT, during which time will not enter into a contractual agreement.
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union Justification for selected award procedure: Negotiated Procedure without competition
The procurement falls within the scope of application of the Directive: The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason: absence of competition for technical reasons
Welsh language transmission and behavioural change techniques and communication area of work is a highly specialist field with a limited amount of operators. Claremont Communications have already completed the initial phase of work via an open mini competition through the Crown Commercial Services framework (RM3796).
Claremont Communications therefore developed a detailed knowledge base on intergenerational transmission based on behavioural science, and are familiar with the content and proposed actions of the National policy on Welsh language transmission and use in families and the stakeholders and partners that will be part of the new project, they are best placed to complete this second phase of work and would represent value for money for Welsh Government. Onboarding a new contractor at this stage would cause significant inconvenience and substantial duplication of costs .
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/concession
Contract No
C091/2022/2023
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract/concession
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
26 May 2022
five.2.2) Information about tenders
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
Claremont Communications
108 Clerkenwell Workshops, Clerkenwell Close
London
EC1R0AT
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKI - London
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot/concession: £166,666
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
(WA Ref:121823)
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
High Court
Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
Telephone
+44 2079477501
Country
United Kingdom