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Published 20 Nov 2023, 15:07 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

ID 4232666 - DfC - Videography Services

Official notice

Authority: Department for Communities NI (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£120,000exc. VAT33.3% above published estimate
Submissions closed 15 Jan 2024awarded 12 Mar 2024
Awarded to MORROW COMMUNICATIONS LTD

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Corporate Communications Team within DfC wishes to appoint a Contractor for the provision of videography services. These videos will be required to promote Departmental messages and will vary in length and complexity. Videos will be commissioned by the Department as and when required. It is not possible to know exactly how many will be required. Full details of requirements are set out in the Specification document (ID 4232666 – Specification).

CPV: Advertising, propaganda and information film and video-tape production · Information film production · Information video-tape production · Motion picture and video production services · Motion picture and video services · Motion picture and video tape production and related services · Training-film and video-tape production

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£120,000
Extensions: Option to extend for a further period of up to and including 12 months. · The Contract period shall commence on award (expected to be February 2024) and will run for a period of three years, with an option to extend for a further period of up to and including 12 months.Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 49.8%Price: 40%Social value: 10.2%
Published sub-criteria (5)
  • AC1 - Proposed Methodology: 30%
  • AC2 - Personnel Experience: 12%
  • AC3 - Contract Management: 7.8%
  • AC5 - Total Scenario Cost: 40%
  • AC4 - Social Value: 10.2%
Published award criteria (5)
  • AC1 - Proposed Methodology: 30
  • AC2 - Personnel Experience: 12
  • AC3 - Contract Management: 7.8
  • AC4 - Social Value: 10.2
  • AC5 - Total Scenario Cost: 40
Conditions of participation1
  • Technical & professional ability

    As per Tender documentation

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Yes
First published
20 Nov 2023, 15:07 GMT
Last source update
20 Mar 2024, 14:14 GMT
Award evaluation window
15 Jan 2024 – …
Authority reference
ID 4232666
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-009027
Classification (CPV)
Advertising, propaganda and information film and video-tape productionInformation film productionInformation video-tape productionMotion picture and video production servicesMotion picture and video servicesMotion picture and video tape production and related servicesTraining-film and video-tape production
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-041b55 Find a Tender
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

CPD complied with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) and incorporated a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract was communicated to tenderers. That notification provided full information on the award decision. This provided time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract was entered into.

Publisher note: The value of this contract is estimated between £120,000 and £160,000 overall. DfC does not guarantee any level of business under this contract. The successful Contractor’s performance on this Contract will be managed as per the specification and 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 Construction and Procurement Delivery (CPD) for further action. If this occurs and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, this may 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.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: eTendersNI · Who buys & how to bid on eTendersNI
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free Northern Ireland registration
Submission deadline
15 Jan 2024, 15:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
15 Jan 2024, 15:30 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

15 Jan 2024 → 14 Apr 2024 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    15 Jan 2024, 15:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    15 Jan 2024, 15:30 GMT
  3. Notice published
    20 Mar 2024, 14:14 GMT
  4. Bids must remain valid until
    14 Apr 2024, 23:59 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    20 Mar 2024, 14:14 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £160,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 88 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 12 Mar 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
MORROW COMMUNICATIONS LTDSMEContract£160,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
8bids · 8 electronic · 8 from abroad8——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Department for Communities NI

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawGeneral public services Causeway Exchange, 1-7 Bedford Street, BELFAST, UK, BT2 7EGContact email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • 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.Review body Belfast

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.