Award

Advice Services - Welfare Reform Mitigations

  • Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council

F15: Voluntary ex ante transparency notice

Notice identifier: 2022/S 000-021824

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-02ffbf

Published 9 August 2022, 10:26am



Section one: Contracting authority/entity

one.1) Name and addresses

Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council

07827258108

Lisburn

BT27 4RL

Email

amanda.culbert@lisburncastlereagh.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

Regional or local authority

one.5) Main activity

General public services


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Advice Services - Welfare Reform Mitigations

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 85312310 - Guidance services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Delivery of a Generalist Advice Services across the Council Area - the contract is being varied to include welfare reform Mitigations

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: £183,793.13

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKN0E - Lisburn and Castlereagh

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Delivery a Generalist Advice Services across the Lisburn Castlereagh City Council area. The current contract will be modified to include Welfare Reform Mitigations up to the end of March 2024, subject to funding from the Department for Communities.

Financial year 2223 - £88,222.51

Financial year 2324 - £95,570.62 (subject to funding)

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 80

Cost criterion - Name: Total cost / Weighting: 20

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

  • New works/services, constituting a repetition of existing works/services

Explanation:

This relates to the variation of an existing contract. Additional funding has been provided by the Department for Communities to include welfare reform mitigations for financial years 2223 and 2324 to the Advice Services Contract. The advice services contract is run by Community Advice Lisburn and Castlereagh.

This direct award is permitted by Regulation 72(1)(b) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015

(b) for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor that have become necessary and were not included in the initial procurement, where a change of contractor—

• cannot be made for economic or technical reasons such as requirements of interchangeability or interoperability with existing equipment, services or installations procured under the initial procurement,

provided that any increase in price does not exceed 50% of the value of the original contract;

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number: 2022/S 000-013599


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

9 August 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

Community and Advice Lisburn Castlereagh

Lisburn

Email

john.belshaw@calcni.com

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKN0E - Lisburn and Castlereagh
Internet address

https://www.etendersni.gov.uk

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: £1,050,293.10


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

The Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council

Lisburn

Country

United Kingdom