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Published 4 Aug 2021, 08:34 BST

Official UK procurement notice

DfE - InterTradeIreland - Equity Advisory Service (Venture Capital Professional)

Official notice

Authority: InterTradeIreland (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£255,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 7 Sept 2021awarded 5 Oct 2021
Awarded to BRANDISH LIMITED

What is being bought

Published requirement description

DfE - InterTradeIreland - Equity Advisory Service (Venture Capital Professional)

  • Recurrence: Every 3 years

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 · Financial management consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1DfE - InterTradeIreland - Equity Advisory Service (Venture Capital Professional)…AwardedRenewalPublished value£255,000

DfE - InterTradeIreland - Equity Advisory Service (Venture Capital Professional) Additional information: This contract is for 3 years duration

Delivery listed: Ireland (IE), Northern Ireland
Extensions: Renewal every 3 yearsVariant bids: 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)
  • Qualitative Criteria: 60%
  • Quantitative Criteria: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Qualitative Criteria: 60
  • Quantitative Criteria: 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
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 · Every 3 years
First published
4 Aug 2021, 08:34 BST
Last source update
6 Oct 2021, 08:54 BST
Award evaluation window
7 Sept 2021 – …
Authority reference
ID 3531397
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-024854
Classification (CPV)
Business and management consultancy and related servicesBusiness and management consultancy servicesBusiness development consultancy servicesBusiness services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and securityFinancial management consultancy services
Delivery area
Ireland (IE)Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02d07a 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 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: 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 notice
Submission deadline
7 Sept 2021, 15:00 BST
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
7 Sept 2021, 15:30 BST

Timeline

7 Sept 2021 → 6 Dec 2021 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    7 Sept 2021, 15:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    7 Sept 2021, 15:30 BST
  3. Notice published
    6 Oct 2021, 08:54 BST
  4. Bids must remain valid until
    6 Dec 2021, 23:59 GMT

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 6 Oct 2021
  1. Status changed to complete
    6 Oct 2021, 08:54 BST
  2. Buyer details updated
    6 Oct 2021, 08:54 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £255,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 5 Oct 2021
Awarded toValueDateStatus
BRANDISH LIMITEDSMEContract£255,000 †—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

InterTradeIreland

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawGeneral public services Old Gasworks Business Park,, Newry, UK, BT34 2DEContact name, 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. 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 amendedMediation body Belfast
  • The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation proceduresReview body N/A

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • BRANDISH LIMITEDAwarded supplier 31 FITZWILLIAM SQUARE, DUBLIN, IE, 2Contact email

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.