Official UK procurement notice
DfE - Tourism NI - Concept Testing
Authority: Department for the Economy Tourism NI (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDfE - Tourism NI - Concept Testing - Tourism NI wishes to appoint a Contractor to design and deliver a methodology for testing early stage and more developed product and experience concepts, appropriate to the Northern Ireland tourism proposition, as a decision support tool.
CPV: Design and execution of research and development · Market and economic research; polling and statistics · Market research services · Research and development services and related consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedWhat 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)
- Qualitative Criteria: 40%
- Quantitative Criteria: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
- Qualitative Criteria: 40
- Quantitative Criteria: 60
- Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
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
- 15 Apr 2024, 15:40 BST
- Last source update
- 8 Jul 2024, 14:46 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 16 May 2024 – …
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-020794- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-045252Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · 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 figure indicated in Section II 1.5 represents an estimated contract value. This value reflects the potential scale of the contract, however, neither CPD nor the Authority can provide any guarantee as to the level of business under this contract. 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 Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance and the contract may be terminated. The issue of a Notice 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 Notice.
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps ↗
- Submission deadline
- 16 May 2024, 15:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Participation fee
- document
- Bids opened
- 16 May 2024, 15:30 BST
Timeline
16 May 2024 → 14 Aug 2024 · 4 dates- Submission deadline16 May 2024, 15:00 BST
- Bids opened16 May 2024, 15:30 BST
- Notice published8 Jul 2024, 14:46 BST
- Bids must remain valid until14 Aug 2024, 23:59 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 8 Jul 2024- Status changed to complete8 Jul 2024, 14:46 BST
- Buyer details updated8 Jul 2024, 14:46 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| COGNISENSE LTDSMEContract | £585,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract · COGNISENSE LTDSME
- Signed
- 1 Jul 2024
- Value
- £585,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4bids · 4 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
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. 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 amendedReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- COGNISENSE LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical selection criteria