Official UK procurement notice
DfE - Invest NI - Design, Management and Delivery of the Accelerator Programme
Authority: Invest Northern Ireland (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionInvest NI wishes to appoint a Contractor to design, develop, manage and deliver an Accelerator programme to support high growth Innovation Driven Enterprises (IDEs) to establish in Northern Ireland. This programme will represent a key component of the start-up ecosystem for IDEs in Northern Ireland.
CPV: Development consultancy services · Research and development consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£2,540,000
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)
- Quality: 70%
- Cost: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 70
- Cost: 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 22 Nov 2023, 12:45 GMT
- Last source update
- 8 Feb 2024, 15:44 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 9 Jan 2024 – …
- Authority reference
4908603- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-004276- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-041bf1Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment
- Review procedure
CPD complied with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and incorporated a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract was communicated to. tenderers. That notification provided full information on the award decision. This provided time for the unsuccessful tenderers to. challenge the award decision before the contract was entered into.
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 their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, it may be grounds for termination of the contract at the Contractor's expense. In lieu of termination they may be issued with a Notice of Written Warning or a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance. A central register of such Notices for supplies and services Contracts will be maintained and published on the CPD website. Any Contractor in receipt of multiple Notices of Written Warning or Notices of Unsatisfactory Performance will be required to declare this in future tender submissions for a period of three years from the date of issue of the Notice. It may also result in the Contractor being excluded from all procurement competitions being undertaken by Centres of Procurement Expertise.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 9 Jan 2024, 15:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 9 Jan 2024, 15:30 GMT
Timeline
9 Jan 2024 → 8 Apr 2024 · 4 dates- Submission deadline9 Jan 2024, 15:00 GMT
- Bids opened9 Jan 2024, 15:30 GMT
- Notice published8 Feb 2024, 15:44 GMT
- Bids must remain valid until8 Apr 2024, 23:59 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete8 Feb 2024, 15:44 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| IAN BROWNESMEContract | £2,340,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract · IAN BROWNESME
- Signed
- 30 Jan 2024
- Value
- £2,340,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids · 2 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 amended.Review body
- The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures.Review body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- IAN BROWNEAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical selection criteria