Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Invest NI
Bedford Square, 1 Bedford St,
BELFAST
BT2 7ES
SSDAdmin.CPD@finance-ni.gov.uk
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 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 5473034 DfE Invest NI - Resource Matching (Industrial Symbiosis) Service
Reference number
5473034
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 90713000 - Environmental issues consultancy services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Invest NI has a requirement for a Supplier to deliver a programme of Resource Matching (Industrial Symbiosis) activity in Northern Ireland over the period 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2027 with the option for three further periods of any period up to and including 12 months each up to March 2030.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £1,643,232
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 60000000 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
- 90714500 - Environmental quality control services
- 79920000 - Packaging and related services
- 90710000 - Environmental management
- 79723000 - Waste analysis services
- 90700000 - Environmental services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKN - Northern Ireland
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Invest NI has a requirement for a Supplier to deliver a programme of Resource Matching (Industrial Symbiosis) activity in Northern Ireland over the period 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2027 with the option for three further periods of any period up to and including 12 months each up to March 2030.
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: £1,643,232
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
24
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: Yes
Description of options
There is the option for three further periods of any period up to and including 12 months each up to March 2030.
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
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
27 January 2025
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: 27 April 2025
four.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date
27 January 2025
Local time
3:30pm
Section six. Complementary information
six.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: Yes
six.3) Additional information
The.. successful contractor’s. performance on the contract will be. regularly monitored in line with the tender documentation... 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 their performance still does not improve to satisfactory. levels within the specified period, it. may be regarded as an.. act. of. grave professional misconduct and they may be issued with a. Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance and. the contract may be... terminated.. The issue of a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance can. result in the Contractor being excluded from. all procurement... competitions being. undertaken by Centres of Procurement Expertise. on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern. Ireland Procurement... Policy for a period of. three years from the date of issue. The. Authority expressly reserves the rights; not to award. any contract. as a.. result of the procurement. process commenced by publication of. this notice; to make whatever changes it may see fit. to the content.. and. structure of the tendering. Competition; to award (a). contract(s) in respect of any part(s) of the services covered by.. this notice; and. to. award contract(s) in stages and. 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 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...