Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Fermanagh and Omagh District Council
2 Townhall Street
Enniskillen
BT74 7BA
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
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
ID 3276330 - Innovating Business Growth for Fermanagh and Omagh District Council
Reference number
ID 3276330
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 80500000 - Training services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Fermanagh and Omagh District Council has secured part funding from Invest Northern Ireland and the European Regional Development Fund under the Investment for Growth and Jobs (2014-2020) Programme (EUIGJ) Local Economic Development (LED) Measure to deliver a new business support programme to local companies in the Fermanagh and Omagh District Council area. Innovating Business Growth is a hybrid programme to provide support to businesses across the district from inception through sales innovation to growth. The programme will incorporate two strands, specifically: • Sales Academy • Kick Start 2 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: £260,500
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
- UKN0 - Northern Ireland
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Fermanagh and Omagh District Council has secured part funding from Invest Northern Ireland and the European Regional Development Fund under the Investment for Growth and Jobs (2014-2020) Programme (EUIGJ) Local Economic Development (LED) Measure to deliver a new business support programme to local companies in the Fermanagh and Omagh District Council area. Innovating Business Growth is a hybrid programme to provide support to businesses across the district from inception through sales innovation to growth. The programme will incorporate two strands, specifically: • Sales Academy • Kick Start 2 programme
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: AC1 Project Management / Weighting: 20
Quality criterion - Name: AC2 Contract Account Management / Weighting: 15
Quality criterion - Name: AC3 Contract Manager Experience / Weighting: 10
Quality criterion - Name: AC4 Proposed Workshop Methodology / Weighting: 10
Quality criterion - Name: AC5 Conferences / Weighting: 10
Quality criterion - Name: AC6 Proposed Team Experience - Business Development / Weighting: 12
Quality criterion - Name: AC7 Proposed Team Experience – Sales, Marketing ICT / Weighting: 11
Quality criterion - Name: AC8 Proposed Team Experience – Business Processes Efficiencies / Weighting: 6
Quality criterion - Name: AC9 Proposed Team Experience – Specialist Areas / Weighting: 6
Cost criterion - Name: Contract Price / Weighting: 0
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
European Regional Development Fund under the Investment for Growth and Jobs (2014-2020) Programme (EUIGJ) Local Economic Development (LED) Measure
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 098-260105
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
20 July 2021
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
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: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Full Circle
Unit 7-8
BELFAST
BT8 7QN
Telephone
+44 2890691027
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: £260,500
Total value of the contract/lot: £260,500
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
Contract Monitoring. The successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored in line with PGN 01/12. 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 Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance and the contract may be terminated. The issue of a Certificate 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 twelve months from the date of issue of the certificate.
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
six.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures
CPD complied with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) and incorporated a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract was communicated to tenderers. That 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.