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Published 21 Dec 2023, 08:41 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

ID 4982258 DfC - NMNI - Bluegrass Omagh Programmer

Official notice

Authority: National Museums Northern Ireland·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£330,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 5 Feb 2024awarded 27 Feb 2024
Awarded to Statement Productions Ltd.

What is being bought

Published requirement description

National Museums NI is seeking to establish a contract to support the production and management of Bluegrass Omagh in the months of May 2024, 2025 and 2026. The contract will commence upon contract award (approximately February 2024) and will be for an initial period of 3 years. National Museums NI may offer one additional extension option, for any period up to and including, twelve months.

CPV: Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security · Cultural event organisation services · Event services · Miscellaneous business and business-related services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedPublished value£330,000
Extensions: National Museums NI may offer one additional extension option, for any period up to and including, twelvemonthsVariant 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: 69.60000000000001%Price: 20%Social value: 10.4%
Published sub-criteria (5)
  • AC1 Proposed Methodology: 33.6%
  • AC2 Key Personnel Experience: 25.6%
  • AC3 Contract Management and Risk Management: 10.4%
  • AC5 Annual Management Fee: 20%
  • AC4 Social Value: 10.4%
Published award criteria (5)
  • AC1 Proposed Methodology: 33.6
  • AC2 Key Personnel Experience: 25.6
  • AC3 Contract Management and Risk Management: 10.4
  • AC4 Social Value: 10.4
  • AC5 Annual Management Fee: 20
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 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
21 Dec 2023, 08:41 GMT
Last source update
29 Feb 2024, 08:44 GMT
Award evaluation window
5 Feb 2024 – …
Authority reference
4982258
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-006458
Classification (CPV)
Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and securityCultural event organisation servicesEvent servicesMiscellaneous business and business-related services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0428fd Find a Tender
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

CPD complied with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 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 successful Contractor’s performance 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 CPD for further action. If this.. occurs and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, it may be grounds for termination.. of the contract at the Contractor's expense. In lieu of termination they may be issued with a Notice of Written Warning or a Notice of... Unsatisfactory Performance. A central register of such Notices for supplies and services Contracts will be maintained and published.. on the CPD website. Any Contractor in receipt of multiple Notices of Written Warning or Notices of Unsatisfactory Performance will be.. required to declare this in future tender submissions for a period of three years from the date of issue of the Notice. It may also result in.. the Contractor being excluded from all procurement competitions being undertaken by Centres of Procurement

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
5 Feb 2024, 15:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
5 Feb 2024, 15:30 GMT

Timeline

5 Feb 2024 → 5 May 2024 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    5 Feb 2024, 15:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    5 Feb 2024, 15:30 GMT
  3. Notice published
    29 Feb 2024, 08:44 GMT
  4. Bids must remain valid until
    5 May 2024, 23:59 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 29 Feb 2024
  1. Status changed to complete
    29 Feb 2024, 08:44 GMT
  2. Buyer details updated
    29 Feb 2024, 08:44 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £330,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 27 Feb 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Statement Productions Ltd.SMEContractSubcontracting: declared£330,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

National Museums Northern Ireland

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawGeneral public services 153 Bangor Rd, Belfast, UK, BT3 9EDContact email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland, Royal Courts of JusticeReview body Belfast
  • The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures.Review body Belfast

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria