Official UK procurement notice
DAERA - Provision of Climate Change Support Services - Climate N.Ireland (ClimateNI) Project
Authority: DAERA: Climate Change and Green Growth Policy Division
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDAERA funds the Climate Northern Ireland Project (Climate NI). Climate NI is an intersectoral network devoted to increasing understanding of climate change impacts and risks within Northern Ireland and promoting adaptation and mitigation actions necessary to address these. In order to support DAERA in meeting its requirements under the Climate Change Act 2008 and the Climate Change Act (Northern Ireland) 2022, DAERA wishes to appoint a “Contractor” who will be responsible for delivering the requirements set out in the specification. The Contractor must also provide a Secretariat and Administration function to the Climate NI Project Steering Group. It is envisaged that this contract will require the working time of approximately three to four full time members of staff (based upon a 37-hr working week) with additional input from expert support staff, as and when required for a period of 3 years with 2 optional extension periods of 12 months each. TUPE is applicable to this contract (please refer to the tender documents for further details).
- Recurrence: August 2028
CPV: Business and management consultancy and related services · Business and management consultancy services · Development consultancy services · Management-related services · Research consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£997,500
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Qualitative Criteria: 70%
- Quantitative Criteria: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Qualitative Criteria: 70
- Quantitative Criteria: 30
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 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 · August 2028
- First published
- 9 May 2023, 13:50 BST
- Last source update
- 5 Jul 2023, 13:26 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 16 Jun 2023 – …
- Authority reference
4696805- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-019151- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03c72cFind a Tender
- Performance terms
As detailed in the tender documents
- Review procedure
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 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 Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance and the contract may be terminated. The issue of a Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance will 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 twelve months from the date of issue of the certificate..
Publisher note: 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 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 Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance and the contract may be terminated. The issue of a Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance will 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 twelve months from the date of issue of the certificate
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps ↗
- Submission deadline
- 14 Jun 2023, 15:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 16 Jun 2023, 00:00 BST
Timeline
14 Jun 2023 → 12 Sept 2023 · 4 dates- Submission deadline14 Jun 2023, 15:00 BST
- Bids opened16 Jun 2023, 00:00 BST
- Notice published5 Jul 2023, 13:26 BST
- Bids must remain valid until12 Sept 2023, 23:59 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete5 Jul 2023, 13:26 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| NORTHERN IRELAND ENVIRONMENT LINKSMEContract | £975,415 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract · NORTHERN IRELAND ENVIRONMENT LINKSME
- Signed
- 5 Jul 2023
- Value
- £975,415
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
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 amendedReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- NORTHERN IRELAND ENVIRONMENT LINKAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria