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Published 21 May 2024, 12:59 BST

Official UK procurement notice

DfE - Harland and Wolff - Accounting and Administration Support

Official notice

Authority: Department for the Economy (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£700,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 24 Jun 2024

What is being bought

Published requirement description

DfE is seeking to appoint a service provider to support the compensation activities. This service should also include the preservation, storage and digitisation of the employee records which are currently held in hard copy form, on DfE’s behalf.

CPV: Accounting, auditing and fiscal services · Archiving services · Cataloguing services · Government services · Office-support services · Supporting services for the government

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Published value£700,000
Extensions: The initial Contract period will be 36 months. The client may extend for any period up to and including 48 monthsVariant 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: 60%Price: 40%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality: 60%
  • Cost: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 60
  • Cost: 40
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
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
21 May 2024, 12:59 BST
Last source update
21 May 2024, 12:59 BST
Award evaluation window
24 Jun 2024 – …
Authority reference
ID4495052
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-016007
Classification (CPV)
Accounting, auditing and fiscal servicesArchiving servicesCataloguing servicesGovernment servicesOffice-support servicesSupporting services for the government
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN0)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04693d Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Review and risk notes
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

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 your performance does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, this can 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
Submission deadline
24 Jun 2024, 15:00 BST
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
24 Jun 2024, 15:30 BST

Timeline

21 May 2024 → 22 Sept 2024 · 4 dates
  1. Notice published
    21 May 2024, 12:59 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    24 Jun 2024, 15:00 BST
  3. Bids opened
    24 Jun 2024, 15:30 BST
  4. Bids must remain valid until
    22 Sept 2024, 23:59 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Department for the Economy

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawGeneral public services 39 - 49 Adelaide Street, BELFAST, UK, BT2 8FDContact email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The UK does not have any special review body with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures in public procurement competitions. Any challenges are dealt with by the High Court Commercial Division to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the Public Contracts RegulationReview body uk

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria