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Published 2 Nov 2023, 16:24 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

DoF 5081596 - CPD Procurement of Fire Consultant

Official notice

Authority: CPD - Construction Division

Framework agreement2 lotsServicesOpen procedureMax 1 lot per supplier
Framework ceiling (notional)£110,000total for 2 lots · framework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Submissions closed 22 Nov 2023
Lots 2max 1 won per supplier

What is being bought2 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

This Framework Competition Is For The Appointment Of Up To 2no. EO's For The Provision Of A Service To Both; Provide A Fire Safety Design And Advisory Service To Internal CPD Design Teams, And To Provide A Fire Safety Design Review And Verification Service To External ICT Teams

CPV: Building consultancy services · Fire and explosion protection and control consultancy services · Fire-prevention services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Places
up to 2 suppliers

Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure

2 lots · all with a published value · win at most 1 of them

Every one of these 2 lots carries the same published figure, £55,000: 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 #1Northern Areaceiling above
Lot #2Southern Areaceiling above

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
Conditions of participation1
  • Technical & professional ability

    Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession

Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
What this means for your bid
  • “DoF 5081596 - CPD Procurement of Fire Consultant” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 2 suppliers, not a single contract.

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
Closed
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
2 Nov 2023, 16:24 GMT
Last source update
2 Nov 2023, 16:24 GMT
Award evaluation window
22 Nov 2023 – …
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-032493
Classification (CPV)
Building consultancy servicesFire and explosion protection and control consultancy servicesFire-prevention services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-041163 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Performance terms

The Economic Operators’ performance on this Framework Agreement will be regularly... monitored. As part of its contract management procedures, the Contracting Authority will use the Protocol for Managing Poor Supplier... Performance contained in Annex K of the Construction Procurement Toolkit see www.finance-ni.gov.uk/sites/default/files/ ↗... publications/dfp/Construction%20Toolkit%20%28pdf%20version%2030%20Sept%2022%20%281%29.PDF%29.PDF. If an Economic... Operator has received more than one current Notice of Written Warning or a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance, the Contracting... Authority, at its discretion, can consider an Economic Operator’s exclusion from future procurements, being undertaken on behalf of... bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Public Procurement Policy (NIPP), for a minimum period of 12 months or 3 years respectively.. A.. list. of bodies subject to Northern Ireland Public Procurement Policy

Review and risk notes
Review procedure

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: This procurement.. is governed by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and provides for economic operators who have suffered, or who risk suffering,.. loss, or damage, as a consequence of an alleged breach of the duty owed in accordance with Regulation 91 to start proceedings in the.. High Court. A standstill period will commence at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers... That. notification will provide information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days,.. provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into. Any proceedings relating. to.. any perceived non-compliance with the relevant law must be started within 30 days, beginning with the date when the economic. operator. first knew, or ought to have known that grounds for starting the proceedings had arisen. (A court may extend the time limit to 3. months,.. where the court considers that there is a good reason for doing so).

Publisher note: The Authority expressly reserves the right (a) not to award any Contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by... publication of this notice; (b) To make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering competition; and in... no circumstances will the Authority be liable for any costs incurred by candidates participating in this competition. Contracts awarded as.. a result of this procurement process shall be considered as a contract made in Northern Ireland and subject to the exclusive jurisdiction.. of the Northern Ireland Courts. The Contracting Authority reserves the right not to award any contracts as a result of this competition... The process may be terminated or suspended at any time without cost or liability to the Contracting Authority. While it intends to do so,.. the Contracting Authority does not bind itself or others to enter into any contract arising out of the procedures envisaged by this notice... No contractual rights expressed or implied arise out of the notice or procedures envisaged by it. The Contracting Authority reserves the.. right to vary its requirements and the procedures relating to the conduct of the award process. The Contracting Authority shall disqualify.. any Economic Operator which is ineligible under Regulation 57 of the Public Contracts Regulations (PCR) (subject to any overriding public.. interest requirement) and reserves the right to disqualify any organisation which: (a) Provides information or confirmations which later.. prove to be untrue or incorrect; (b) Does not supply the information within the timescale required by this notice or by the Invitation.. to Tender Documentation or as otherwise required during the process. Instructions on how to submit a tender; - Suppliers must be.. registered on the Contracting Authorities e-procurement portal, eTendersNI available on the following link: https://etendersni.gov.uk/.. epps/home.do All suppliers should follow the instructions on how to submit a tender within the Introduction and Brief Explanation.. document held within the documents area for this procurement on the eTendersNI portal..

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: portal not identified
Language: EN

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps ↗

Appointment period ends
22 Nov 2023, 15:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
22 Nov 2023, 15:30 GMT

Timeline

2 Nov 2023 → 22 Jul 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Notice published
    2 Nov 2023, 16:24 GMT
  2. Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
    22 Nov 2023, 15:00 GMT
  3. Bids opened
    22 Nov 2023, 15:30 GMT
  4. Bids must remain valid until
    22 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

CPD - Construction Division

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawGeneral public services 303 Airport Road West, BELFAST, UK, BT3 9EDContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • CPDReview body Belfast

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria
  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria