Tender

DoF 5147000 - CPD Procurement of Fire Consultant (Revised)

  • CPD - Construction Division

F02: Contract notice

Notice identifier: 2023/S 000-036344

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-04231b

Published 11 December 2023, 11:30am



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

CPD - Construction Division

303 Airport Road West

BELFAST

BT3 9ED

Contact

construct.infofinance-ni.gov.uk

Email

construct.info@finance-ni.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 2890816555

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UK - United Kingdom

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps

Buyer's address

https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps

one.2) Information about joint procurement

The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body

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

Electronic communication requires the use of tools and devices that are not generally available. Unrestricted and full direct access to these tools and devices is possible, free of charge, at

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

DoF 5147000 - CPD Procurement of Fire Consultant (Revised)

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 71315200 - Building consultancy services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

This Framework Competition Is For The Appointment Of Up To 2no. EO's For The Provision Of A Service To Both; Provide A Fire Safety Design And Advisory Service To Internal CPD Design Teams, And To Provide A Fire Safety Design Review And Verification Service To External ICT Teams

two.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: £110,000

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: Yes

Tenders may be submitted for all lots

Maximum number of lots that may be awarded to one tenderer: 1

two.2) Description

two.2.1) Title

Lot 1 Northern Area

Lot No

1

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 71317100 - Fire and explosion protection and control consultancy services
  • 75251110 - Fire-prevention services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKN - Northern Ireland
Main site or place of performance

Northern area of NI

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

This Framework Competition Is For The Appointment Of Up To 2no. EO's For The Provision Of A Service To Both; Provide A Fire Safety Design And Advisory Service To Internal CPD Design Teams, And To Provide A Fire Safety Design Review And Verification Service To External ICT Teams

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

two.2.6) Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: £55,000

two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months

16

This contract is subject to renewal

No

two.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: No

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

two.2) Description

two.2.1) Title

Lot 2 Southern Area

Lot No

2

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 71317100 - Fire and explosion protection and control consultancy services
  • 75251110 - Fire-prevention services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKN - Northern Ireland
Main site or place of performance

Southern area of NI

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

This Framework Competition Is For The Appointment Of Up To 2no. EO's For The Provision Of A Service To Both; Provide A Fire Safety Design And Advisory Service To Internal CPD Design Teams, And To Provide A Fire Safety Design Review And Verification Service To External ICT Teams

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

two.2.6) Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: £55,000

two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months

16

This contract is subject to renewal

No

two.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: No

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

two.2.12) Information about electronic catalogues

Tenders must be presented in the form of electronic catalogues or include an electronic catalogue

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 three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information

three.1) Conditions for participation

three.1.2) Economic and financial standing

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

three.1.3) Technical and professional ability

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

three.2) Conditions related to the contract

three.2.2) Contract performance conditions

The Economic Operators’ performance on this Framework Agreement will be regularly.... monitored. As part of its contract management procedures, the Contracting Authority will use the Protocol for Managing Poor Supplier.... Performance contained in Annex K of the Construction Procurement Toolkit see https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/sites/default/files/.... publications/dfp/Construction%20Toolkit%20%28pdf%20version%2030%20Sept%2022%20%281%29.PDF%29.PDF. If an Economic.... Operator has received more than one current Notice of Written Warning or a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance, the Contracting.... Authority, at its discretion, can consider an Economic Operator’s exclusion from future procurements, being undertaken on behalf of.... bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Public Procurement Policy (NIPP), for a minimum period of 12 months or 3 years respectively.. A... list. of bodies subject to Northern Ireland Public Procurement Policy.

three.2.3) Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract

Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Open procedure

four.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system

The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement

Framework agreement with several operators

Envisaged maximum number of participants to the framework agreement: 2

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

8 January 2024

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: 8 September 2025

four.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders

Date

8 January 2024

Local time

3:30pm


Section six. Complementary information

six.1) Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: No

six.3) Additional information

The Authority expressly reserves the right (a) not to award any Contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by.... publication of this notice; (b) To make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering competition; and in.... no circumstances will the Authority be liable for any costs incurred by candidates participating in this competition. Contracts awarded as... a result of this procurement process shall be considered as a contract made in Northern Ireland and subject to the exclusive jurisdiction... of the Northern Ireland Courts. The Contracting Authority reserves the right not to award any contracts as a result of this competition.... The process may be terminated or suspended at any time without cost or liability to the Contracting Authority. While it intends to do so,... the Contracting Authority does not bind itself or others to enter into any contract arising out of the procedures envisaged by this notice.... No contractual rights expressed or implied arise out of the notice or procedures envisaged by it. The Contracting Authority reserves the... right to vary its requirements and the procedures relating to the conduct of the award process. The Contracting Authority shall disqualify... any Economic Operator which is ineligible under Regulation 57 of the Public Contracts Regulations (PCR) (subject to any overriding public... interest requirement) and reserves the right to disqualify any organisation which: (a) Provides information or confirmations which later... prove to be untrue or incorrect; (b) Does not supply the information within the timescale required by this notice or by the Invitation... to Tender Documentation or as otherwise required during the process. Instructions on how to submit a tender; - Suppliers must be... registered on the Contracting Authorities e-procurement portal, eTendersNI available on the following link: https://etendersni.gov.uk/... epps/home.do All suppliers should follow the instructions on how to submit a tender within the Introduction and Brief Explanation... document held within the documents area for this procurement on the eTendersNI portal.

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

CPD

Clare House

Belfast

BT3 9ED

Country

United Kingdom