Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
EDUCATION AUTHORITY NI
40 Academy Street
Belfast
BT1 2NQ
Contact
facilities.procureeani.org.uk
facilities.procure@eani.org.uk
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKN - Northern Ireland
Internet address(es)
Main 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
FMM-20-041 Supply and Delivery of Hand Sanitiser and Dispensers
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 33740000 - Hand and nails care products
two.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
two.1.4) Short description
The Education Authority (EA) intends to establish a Framework Agreement for the provision of supplying and delivering Hand Sanitisers and Dispensers to various locations throughout Northern Ireland. The framework Agreement will be
established on behalf of EA, Voluntary Grammars, Integrated, Independent schools. The Council for Curriculum Examination Assessment (CCEA), the Armagh Planetarium, the Armagh Observatory, Libraries NI, various colleges of further and higher education, Controlled Schools Support Council (CSSC) and the Centre for Autism at Middletown may also wish to use this Framework. The Framework Agreement will be established for an initial period of 24 months with the potential of 2 further 12 month extensions.
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: £10,000,000
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 33631200 - Emollients and protectives
- 33741000 - Hand care products
- 42968000 - Dispensers
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKN - Northern Ireland
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Further to the information in section II.1.4, This procurement has been advertised as an Open Procedure as per the original Contract Notice 2021/S 000-005537.
The EA awarded the first stage of the Framework Agreement (see notice 2022/S 000-014179) to four suppliers.
This notice is to confirm the Award of a fifth supplier on to the Framework Agreement following a second phase of evaluation (incremental award). No further Awards onto the Framework Agreement is expected and the Evaluation has now closed.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Qualitative Criteria / Weighting: 30
Price - Weighting: 70
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
After the initial contract period there is potential to extend for 2 further periods of 12 months
two.2.14) Additional information
This is an award notice for the second stage of an incremental award. Previous award notice is 2022/S 000-014179 for the following suppliers:
• Creative Activity
• Green Cross Supplies
• Healthcare Essentials
• John Preston & Co (Belfast) Ltd
This award notice will add the supplier:
• Healthy Bean Ltd
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 procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations
Explanation:
Please note that the Public Contracts Regulations (2015) applied to this procurement. This procurement was completed via the Open Procurement procedure and this award does not involve the award of a contract without prior publication.
This is an award notice for the second stage of an incremental award. Previous award notice is 2022/S 000-014179 for the following suppliers:
• Creative Activity
• Green Cross Supplies
• Healthcare Essentials
• John Preston & Co (Belfast) Ltd
This award notice will add the supplier:
• Healthy Bean Ltd
Please note that the total overall value of the procurement is £10,000,000 across the five suppliers awarded onto the Framework Agreement.
four.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
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
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
23 May 2022
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 47
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 44
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
Healthy Bean Ltd
501 Cochrane Lodge, 5 West Parkside
London
SE10 0ZD
Telephone
+44 02034882755
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: £10,000,000
Total value of the contract/lot: £10,000,000
Section six. Complementary information
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 2015
Belfast
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures
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 2015.
The EA operated 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.