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Published 4 Oct 2021, 08:45 BST

Official UK procurement notice

DFE - INVEST NI - FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT FOR THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF EXHIBITION STANDS

Official notice

Authority: Invest Northern Ireland (Central government)

Framework agreement2 lotsGoodsOpen procedureSME suitableMax 2 lots to bid
Framework ceiling (notional)£3,400,000total for 2 lots · framework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Submissions closed 4 Nov 2021awarded 23 Mar 2022
Lots 2max 2 to bid

What is being bought2 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

DfE - Invest NI - Framework Agreement for the Design and Construction of Exhibition Stands

CPV: Exhibition equipment · Exhibition stands

How this framework works

From the published notice
Places
up to 4 suppliers · 5 bids on the busiest of 2 lots (1.3 per place) · 2 appointed

Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure

2 lots · all with a published value · a supplier may bid for at most 2 of them · same evaluation weights on every lot

Every one of these 2 lots carries the same published figure, £1: it is the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.

Shared scope across all lots

Applies to lots 1, 2.

DfE - Invest NI - Framework Agreement for the Design and Construction of Exhibition Stands. Additional information: The estimated total value of this Framework Agreement is between £2,600,000 and £3,400,000. This range represents the upper limit of an estimated Framework Agreement value and reflects the potential scales of the Framework Agreement and takes into account such changes to the scope and/or scale, which may result from future operational requirements. Theexact value of the Framework Agreement cannot be specified at this time as this is a demand driven and subject to the Client’s business need and budget availability. There is no guarantee to the level of expenditure.

Lot #1British Isles, Europe and RussiaAwardedceiling above
Delivery: UK
Extensions: The contract will run for an initial period of 12 months and will contain options to extend for a further period of 24months and then 12 monthsVariant bids: not allowed
Lot #2Rest of World including- Asia Pacific, Americas, India, Middle East and AfricaAwardedceiling above
Delivery: UK
Extensions: The contract will run for an initial period of 12 months and will contain options to extend for a further period of 24months and then 12 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 · same split on all 2 lots
Quality: 60%Price: 40%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • qualitative: 60%
  • quantitative: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
  • qualitative: 60
  • quantitative: 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.
  • “DFE - INVEST NI - FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT FOR THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 4 suppliers, not a single contract.

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
Goods
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Yes
First published
4 Oct 2021, 08:45 BST
Last source update
30 Mar 2022, 15:42 BST
Award evaluation window
4 Nov 2021 – …
Authority reference
ID 3800398
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-008584
Classification (CPV)
Exhibition equipmentExhibition stands
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02e74a Find a Tender
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

CPD complied with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) 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 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
Run through: eTendersNI · Who buys & how to bid on eTendersNI
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free Northern Ireland registration
Appointment period ends
4 Nov 2021, 15:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
4 Nov 2021, 15:30 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

4 Nov 2021 → 30 Mar 2022 · 4 dates
  1. Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
    4 Nov 2021, 15:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    4 Nov 2021, 15:30 GMT
  3. Bids must remain valid until
    2 Feb 2022, 23:59 GMT
  4. Notice published
    30 Mar 2022, 15:42 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    30 Mar 2022, 15:42 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 2admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 51 from SMEs · busiest of 2 lots
Contracts signed 2latest 23 Mar 2022

2 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

All 2 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £3,400,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.

  • British Isles, Europe and Russia

    Signed
    23 Mar 2022
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active
  • Rest of World including- Asia Pacific, Americas, India, Middle East and Africa

    Signed
    23 Mar 2022
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1 · British Isles, Europe and Russia5bids · 5 electronic · 2 from abroad1——
2 · Rest of World including- Asia Pacific, Americas, India, Middle East and Africa5bids · 5 electronic · 2 from abroad1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Invest Northern Ireland

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawGeneral public services Bedford Square, Bedford Street, BELFAST, UK, BT2 7ESContact email Published organisation website ↗

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 N/A

Framework contractors & participating bidders

2 commercial parties 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