Award

Economic Evaluation of Kew

  • Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

F15: Voluntary ex ante transparency notice

Notice identifier: 2023/S 000-021135

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-03e454

Published 21 July 2023, 2:30pm



Section one: Contracting authority/entity

one.1) Name and addresses

Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

Kew Green

RICHMOND

TW93AE

Email

procurement@kew.org

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKI75 - Hounslow and Richmond upon Thames

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.kew.org/

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

one.5) Main activity

Environment


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Economic Evaluation of Kew

Reference number

RBGKEW1190

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 66000000 - Financial and insurance services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Service provision required for Kew to update its Economic Valuation in 2023.

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: £141,500

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 66000000 - Financial and insurance services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKI - London

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Service provision required for Kew to update its Economic Valuation in 2023.

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: 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 procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations

Explanation:

The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew recently ran an open competition, and now intends to award a contract for the provision of Economic Evaluation of Kew, at an estimated value of £141,500.

The pre-tender estimate indicated that the value of the Contract fell below the Threshold for advertising on the Finder a Tender Service (FTS). Acting in good faith, the Contract opportunity was published on both Contracts Finder and the Delta eProcurement platform. Subsequently the bids received, and the proposed contract award, were above the legal threshold for advertising on FTS. The competition was nevertheless conducted in accordance with the principles of Public Sector Procurement, and compliant with Regulation 110 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015

This notice is not a request for expressions of interest - please do not apply to be invited to tender. This notice is published for reasons of transparency.

This was an Open competition of Contracts Finder and Delta in compliance with Regulation 110 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

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

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract/concession

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

20 July 2023

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

Oxford Economics Ltd

Oxford

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKJ - South East (England)
Companies House

Oxford Economics Ltd

The contractor/concessionaire is an SME

No

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot/concession: £141,500


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

If you wish to challenge this decision please ensure that you contact Joanna McKelvey, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Head of Procurement & Contract Management, on procurement@kew.org, clearly detailing the basis of the challenge, within 10 calendar days of the publication of this notice.

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

TBC

Kew, Richmond

Country

United Kingdom