Official UK procurement notice
DfE - Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council - Digital Transformation Programme
Authority: Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council (Local council)·Consortium: 11 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAntrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced Contractor (or Consortium) to work with small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) across NI – that are deemed to have digital transformation potential and related ambitions across any sector. The Contractor will deliver all components of the Digital Transformation Programme and support participant companies to embark on a ‘digital transformation journey’ geared to the integration of digital technologies into key areas of their business, fundamentally changing how they operate and/or deliver value to customers. The programme will operate across all council areas in NI and is based on a collaboration of all 11 local authorities. The Programme support must have a highly interactive and practical focus blending expertise in innovation/ business strategy and the specialist technical knowledge aligned to the advanced digital technologies deemed most appropriate for each business.
CPV: Business and management consultancy and related services · Business and management consultancy services · Business development consultancy services · Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security · Education and training services · Specialist training services · Training services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£1,602,225
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 (9)
- AC1 Delivery Against Schedule: 4.8%
- AC2 Marketing: 5.6%
- AC3 Proposed Methodology – One-to-Many Events: 12%
- AC4 Proposed Methodology – Core Participant Support: 16%
- AC5 Account Manager Experience: 11.2%
- AC6 Proposed Delivery Team Experience: 11.2%
- AC7 Proposed Technical Expertise: 11.2%
- AC8 Contract and Account Management: 8%
- AC9 Total Contract Price: 20%
Published award criteria (9)
- AC1 Delivery Against Schedule: 4.8
- AC2 Marketing: 5.6
- AC3 Proposed Methodology – One-to-Many Events: 12
- AC4 Proposed Methodology – Core Participant Support: 16
- AC5 Account Manager Experience: 11.2
- AC6 Proposed Delivery Team Experience: 11.2
- AC7 Proposed Technical Expertise: 11.2
- AC8 Contract and Account Management: 8
- AC9 Total Contract Price: 20
- 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
- Closed
- 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
- 24 Sept 2021, 13:25 BST
- Last source update
- 24 Sept 2021, 13:25 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 28 Oct 2021 – …
- Authority reference
ID 3635956- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-023818- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- Performance terms
The Client will monitor the Contractor’s performance as detailed in the Specification... Schedule and in the Commercial Conditions of Contract Schedule 3 Contract Management/Monitoring Schedule.
- Review procedure
CPD will comply with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) 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.
Publisher note: Contract Monitoring. The successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored in line with PGN 01/12. 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 notice- Submission deadline
- 28 Oct 2021, 15:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 28 Oct 2021, 15:30 BST
Timeline
24 Sept 2021 → 26 Jan 2022 · 4 dates- Notice published24 Sept 2021, 13:25 BST
- Submission deadline28 Oct 2021, 15:00 BST
- Bids opened28 Oct 2021, 15:30 BST
- Bids must remain valid until26 Jan 2022, 23:59 GMT
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
12 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Ards and North Down Borough CouncilContracting authority
- Armagh City Banbridge and Craigavon Borough CouncilContracting authority
- Belfast City CouncilContracting authority
- Causeway Coast and Glens Borough CouncilContracting authority
- Derry City and Strabane District CouncilContracting authority
- Fermanagh and Omagh District CouncilContracting authority
- Lisburn and Castlereagh City CouncilContracting authority
- Mid Ulster District CouncilContracting authority
- Mid and East Antrim Borough CouncilContracting authority
- Newry Mourne and Down District CouncilContracting authority
- European UnionFunder
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
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.