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Published 20 Jan 2021, 16:32 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

DE 3332827 APPOINTMENT OF AN ECONOMIC OPERATOR TEAM (EOT) FOR BLESSED TRINITY COLLEGE, BELFAST

Official notice

Authority: Blessed Trinity College Board of Governors (Education)

ServicesRestricted procedure
Published estimate£1,750,000exc. VAT29.9% below published estimate
Submissions closed 26 Feb 2021awarded 15 Mar 2022
Awarded to Hood Mcgowan Kirk Partnership

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The objective of this procurement is to appoint an Economic Operator Team (EOT) who will develop the Employer’s Requirements in relation to the delivery of a new post primary for Blessed Trinity College. The existing Blessed Trinity College does not meet the present need or the accommodation standards as specified within the current Department of Education Secondary School Building Handbook. The appointed EOT shall provide the professional services applicable to RIBA (2020) Stages 0 to 7 and also as specified within this document. The EOT shall develop the design to RIBA (2020) Stage 4 Technical Design before appointing a Contracting Team to deliver the project throughout all remaining RIBA Plan of Work (2020) Stages 5 to 7. Following the Contracting Team’s procurement and appointment the EOT shall undertake the management of the Contracting Team on behalf of theFor a complete description of this procurement please refer to CfT contract documents and draft Scope of Services.

CPV: Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedPublished value£1,750,000
Delivery: Northern Ireland · Blessed Trinity College, 619 Antrim Road, Belfast
Second stage: up to 5 candidates invited to tenderVariant 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: 70%Price: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
  • QUALITY: 70
  • Price: 30
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    Please refer to PQQ Documents

What this means for your bid
  • 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
Restricted 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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
20 Jan 2021, 16:32 GMT
Last source update
5 May 2022, 09:04 BST
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-011595
Classification (CPV)
Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN0)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-028bf9 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Performance terms

The Economic Operators’ performance on this Contract 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 Procurement Guidance Note PGN 01/12 – Contract Management Principles and Procedures:. www.finance-ni.gov.uk/publications/procure… ↗. . 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 can be viewed at: . www.finance-ni.gov.uk/articles/list-public… ↗.

Review and risk notes
Review procedure

This procurement is governed by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and provides for. economic operators who have suffered, or who risk suffering, loss, or damage, as a. consequence of an alleged breach of the duty owed in accordance with Regulation 91 to start. proceedings in the High Court.. . A standstill period will commence at the point information. on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide. information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10. calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision. before the contract is entered into.. Any proceedings relating to any perceived noncompliance. with the relevant law must be stated within 30 days, beginning with the date. when the economic operator first knew, or ought to have known that grounds for starting the. proceedings had risen. (A court may extend the time limit to 3 months, where the court. considers that there is good reason for doing so)

Publisher note: CPD, in its capacity as a Central Purchasing Body, is administering this procurement on behalf of the Contracting Authority.. . The Contracting Authority expressly reserves the right:. . i. to award one, some, all or no Lots; . ii. not to award any contract/framework agreement as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice or to cancel the procurement at any stage; and. iii. 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 Economic Operators or Candidates. Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken prior to contract award is accordingly at the sole risk of the Economic Operator or Candidate participating in this procurement process. This project will be used to progress the Government’s wider social, economic and environmental objectives.. . . No business whatsoever is guaranteed under any resulting framework agreement or contract indeed there is no guarantee that any framework agreement or contract will be put in place in relation to this notice. No compensation etc will be paid if a contract or framework agreement is withdrawn for any reason. Economic Operators should take part in this process only on the basis that they fully understand and accept this position. .

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

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=3332827 ↗

Submission deadline
26 Feb 2021, 15:00 GMT
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

26 Feb 2021 → 5 May 2022 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    26 Feb 2021, 15:00 GMT
  2. Bids must remain valid until
    26 Jun 2021, 23:59 BST
  3. Notice published
    5 May 2022, 09:04 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    5 May 2022, 09:04 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,226,7001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 10
Contracts signed 1latest 15 Mar 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Hood Mcgowan Kirk PartnershipSMEContract£1,226,700 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
10bids · 10 electronic · 1 from abroad0——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Blessed Trinity College Board of Governors

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation 619 Antrim Road, Belfast, BELFAST, UK, BT15 4DZContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Department of Finance, Construction Procurement Delivery, Procurement Operations BranchReview body Belfast

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria