Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Consumer Council for Northern Ireland
Seatem House, 28-32 Alfred Street
BELFAST
BT2 8EN
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.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via
https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the above-mentioned address
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 4423666 - DfE - Consumer Council - Financial Services advertising
Reference number
ID 4423666
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 79341000 - Advertising services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The Consumer Council is seeking to appoint a Contractor who can provide advertising and communications services to the organisation, including campaign management, implementation, creative direction and evaluation. There is no guarantee on the volume of work that will be required. The core requirements of this contract are to: 1. Promote the services and information offered by the Consumer Council to drive action, be that website traffic, engagement, or phone calls; 2. Provide end-to-end campaign management, including but not limited to audience research, creative direction, campaign planning, campaign implementation, media buying, and evaluation; 3. Reach the targeted audiences across Northern Ireland in a cost-effective manner to achieve the campaign goals; 4. Allow the Consumer Council to utilise industry best practice in advertising and communication in order to reach its objectives, particularly in consumer empowerment; 5. Deliver an awareness and advertising campaign in the winter of 2022-2023 on educating consumers about illegal money lending. A budget of £50,000 has been approved and must be spent before 31 March 2023. No guarantee can be given to the level and value of work to be placed throughout the lifetime of the contract. All aspects are subject to the continuing availability of funds and to the continuing assessment of advertising need. Full details of requirements are set out in the Specification document (ID 4423666 – Specification).
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £150,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 79340000 - Advertising and marketing services
- 79341400 - Advertising campaign services
- 79341200 - Advertising management services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKN - Northern Ireland
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Consumer Council is seeking to appoint a Contractor who can provide advertising and communications services to the organisation, including campaign management, implementation, creative direction and evaluation. There is no guarantee on the volume of work that will be required. The core requirements of this contract are to: 1. Promote the services and information offered by the Consumer Council to drive action, be that website traffic, engagement, or phone calls; 2. Provide end-to-end campaign management, including but not limited to audience research, creative direction, campaign planning, campaign implementation, media buying, and evaluation; 3. Reach the targeted audiences across Northern Ireland in a cost-effective manner to achieve the campaign goals; 4. Allow the Consumer Council to utilise industry best practice in advertising and communication in order to reach its objectives, particularly in consumer empowerment; 5. Deliver an awareness and advertising campaign in the winter of 2022-2023 on educating consumers about illegal money lending. A budget of £50,000 has been approved and must be spent before 31 March 2023. No guarantee can be given to the level and value of work to be placed throughout the lifetime of the contract. All aspects are subject to the continuing availability of funds and to the continuing assessment of advertising need. Full details of requirements are set out in the Specification document (ID 4423666 – Specification).
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: AC1 - Strategic Solution / Weighting: 25.2
Quality criterion - Name: AC2 - Media Strategy, Rationale and Media Plan / Weighting: 25.2
Quality criterion - Name: AC3 - Key Personnel Experience / Weighting: 4.9
Quality criterion - Name: AC4 - Business Continuity / Weighting: 4.2
Quality criterion - Name: AC5 - Social Value / Weighting: 10.5
Cost criterion - Name: AC6 - Total Campaign Delivery Cost / Weighting: 20
Cost criterion - Name: AC7 - Average Hourly Rate / Weighting: 10
two.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: £150,000
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
12
This contract is subject to renewal
Yes
Description of renewals
Options to extend for a further two periods of up to 12 months each.
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: No
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
Options to extend for a further two periods of up to 12 months each.
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
two.2.14) Additional information
The estimated total contract value in ii.2.6 is a maximum estimated figure for the entire period of the contract. There is no guarantee of work or spend given. Options will align with budgets which are subject to confirmation and approval by the Consumer Council and are not guaranteed.
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.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date
19 December 2022
Local time
3:00pm
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
four.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Tender must be valid until: 19 March 2023
four.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date
19 December 2022
Local time
3:30pm
Information about authorised persons and opening procedure
Only CPD Procurement Staff with access to the project on eTendersNI.
Section six. Complementary information
six.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: No
six.3) Additional information
Contract Monitoring. The successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored. 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 your performance does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, this can be considered grounds for termination of the contract at your expense as provided for in the Conditions of Contract. In lieu of termination, CPD may issue a Notice of Written Warning or a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance. A supplier in receipt of multiple Notices of Written Warning or a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance may, in accordance with The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) be excluded from future public procurement competitions for a period of up to three years. The Authority expressly reserves the. rights:. (I) not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice; (II) to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering Competition; (III) to award (a) contract(s) in respect of any part(s) of the services covered by this notice; and (IV) to award contract(s) in stages. In no circumstances will the Authority be liable for any costs incurred by candidates.
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 will comply with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) and, where appropriate, will incorporate a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. This provides time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.