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Published 18 Jan 2022, 09:14 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

DfE NWRC - Supply and Delivery of an Industry 4.0 Smart Manufacturing Training System

Official notice

Authority: DfE - North West Regional College - Springtown Campus (Education)

GoodsOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£187,500exc. VAT11.2% above published estimate
Submissions closed 18 Feb 2022awarded 28 Feb 2022
Awarded to DIDACTIC SERVICES LIMITED

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The North West Regional College is seeking a Contractor that can provide a professional and compact Industry 4.0 Training System to our Springtown Campus, Londonderry. The solution must include all relevant technologies and components for comprehensive training on Industry 4.0/Industrial Internet of Things. The contract is for 36 months from date of commissioning which covers the warranty period.

CPV: Electrical equipment and apparatus · Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting · Electrical supplies and accessories · Electronic, electromechanical and electrotechnical supplies · Industry specific software package

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

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)
  • AC1 - Implementation and Training: 60%
  • AC2 - Total Contract Price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
  • AC1 - Implementation and Training: 60
  • AC2 - Total Contract Price: 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
Goods
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
18 Jan 2022, 09:14 GMT
Last source update
28 Feb 2022, 16:25 GMT
Award evaluation window
18 Feb 2022 – …
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-005458
Classification (CPV)
Electrical equipment and apparatusElectrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lightingElectrical supplies and accessoriesElectronic, electromechanical and electrotechnical suppliesIndustry specific software package
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-030c16 Find a Tender
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 this contract will be managed as per the. specification and regularly monitored (see. Procurement Guidance Note 01/12 — Contract. Management — Procedures and Principles). 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 notice of unsatisfactory performance and this. contract may be terminated. 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. a. notice of unsatisfactory performance will be required to declare this in future tender. submissions for a period of 3 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 on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland. Procurement Policy. The authority expressly reserves. the rights: (i) not to award any. contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice; (ii). to make. whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering. competition; (iii) to award (a) contract(s) in respect of any. part(s) of the (services) covered. by this notice; and (iv) to award contract(s) in stages and in no circumstances will the. authority be liable. for any costs incurred by candidates.

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
Submission deadline
18 Feb 2022, 15:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
18 Feb 2022, 15:30 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

18 Feb 2022 → 19 May 2022 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    18 Feb 2022, 15:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    18 Feb 2022, 15:30 GMT
  3. Notice published
    28 Feb 2022, 16:25 GMT
  4. Bids must remain valid until
    19 May 2022, 23:59 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    28 Feb 2022, 16:25 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £208,5001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 28 Feb 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
DIDACTIC SERVICES LIMITEDSMEContract£208,500 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

DfE - North West Regional College - Springtown Campus

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawGeneral public services 44 Springtown Rd, Londonderry, UK, BT48 0LYContact 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.Review body Belfast

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • DIDACTIC SERVICES LIMITEDAwarded supplier 55 Caswell Road, Brackmills Industrial Estate, Northampton, UK, NN4 7PYContact email

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.