Official UK procurement notice
DFE-INVEST NI - TECHNICAL ADVISORY FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT
Authority: InvestNI·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought6 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionInvest NI wishes to establish a framework of Contractors to undertake Technical Appraisals/Reviews of Research and Development (R and D) projects, when staff resources or specialist sector expertise to undertake a particular exercise are not available within Invest NI. Other Divisions from within Invest NI may, on occasions, use the Framework. The Framework will be divided into 6 Lots/Sectors. A framework list with multiple contractors will be established for each of the Sectors/Lots below: 1. Financial, Business and Professional Services 2. Advanced Manufacturing, Materials and Engineering 3. Agriculture, Food and Drink 4. Software, Digital and Creative Technologies 5. Construction and Materials Handling 6. Life and Health Sciences Tenderers are required to indicate which of the framework sectors they are tendering for. There is no restriction on the number of framework sectors that Tenderers may apply for or be appointed to. Each Lot will be evaluated independently, resulting in separate lists of contractors for each sector. Tenderers should refer to the Specification document for more information.
CPV: Business and management consultancy and related services · Business development consultancy services · Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security · Marketing management consultancy services · Research and development consultancy services · Research and development services and related consultancy services · Research consultancy services · Research services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 25 suppliers · 5 bids on the busiest of 5 lots (0.2 per place) · 3 appointed
Lots and requirements (6)Procurement structure
6 lots · all with a published value · a supplier may bid for at most 6 of them · same evaluation weights on every lotEvery one of these 6 lots carries the same published figure, £133,000: 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.
Lot #1Financial, Business and Professional ServicesCancelledceiling above
Lot #2Advanced Manufacturing, Materials and EngineeringAwardedceiling above
Lot #3Agriculture, Food and DrinkAwardedceiling above
Lot #4Software, Digital and Creative TechnologiesAwardedceiling above
Lot #5Construction and Materials HandlingAwardedceiling above
Lot #6Life and Health SciencesAwardedceiling above
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.
- “DFE-INVEST NI - TECHNICAL ADVISORY FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 25 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
- Services
- 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 24 Aug 2022, 14:06 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Nov 2022, 12:36 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 28 Sept 2022 – …
- Authority reference
ID4397040- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-031691- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03627fFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- 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: 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. The figure stated in V.2.4 is a.. maximum that can be spent through the framework over the full term and does not give any guarantee of any level of business that may.. be awarded under the agreement.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 28 Sept 2022, 15:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 28 Sept 2022, 15:30 BST
Timeline
28 Sept 2022 → 27 Dec 2022 · 4 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown28 Sept 2022, 15:00 BST
- Bids opened28 Sept 2022, 15:30 BST
- Notice published9 Nov 2022, 12:36 GMT
- Bids must remain valid until27 Dec 2022, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 9 Nov 2022- Status changed to complete9 Nov 2022, 12:36 GMT
- Buyer details updated9 Nov 2022, 12:36 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast5 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 5 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £160,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Advanced Manufacturing, Materials and Engineering
- Signed
- 9 Nov 2022
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Agriculture, Food and Drink
- Signed
- 9 Nov 2022
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Software, Digital and Creative Technologies
- Signed
- 9 Nov 2022
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Construction and Materials Handling
- Signed
- 9 Nov 2022
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Life and Health Sciences
- Signed
- 9 Nov 2022
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 · Advanced Manufacturing, Materials and Engineering | 5bids · 5 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
| 3 · Agriculture, Food and Drink | 5bids · 5 electronic · 2 from abroad | 2 | — | — |
| 4 · Software, Digital and Creative Technologies | 5bids · 5 electronic · 2 from abroad | 2 | — | — |
| 5 · Construction and Materials Handling | 5bids · 5 electronic · 2 from abroad | 2 | — | — |
| 6 · Life and Health Sciences | 5bids · 5 electronic · 2 from abroad | 2 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute 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 RegulationsReview body
- 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
Framework contractors & participating bidders
3 commercial parties on the notice- DHA CONSULTINGFramework contractor
- JOURNEY BMC PARTNERS LIMITEDFramework contractor
- TECHNOLOGIA LTDFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical selection criteria