Official UK procurement notice
DoF - International Fund for Ireland - Public Relations Services and Website Services
Authority: Department of Finance - International Fund for Ireland·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe International Fund for Ireland requires a Supplier to provide a comprehensive public relations service to its Board of the Fund. The Fund’s latest Annual Report can be accessed on the Fund’s website www.internationalfundforireland.com ↗. The service to be provided must cover strategic communication as well as operational communication. In addition, the Supplier will be required to host, maintain and support the Fund’s website which also has a secure members area. It should be borne in mind that, while the Fund is a single, integrated, international organisation which focuses most of its activity on the twelve northern counties of the island of Ireland, it has an office in Belfast which covers activities in Northern Ireland and an office in Dublin which covers activities in the six Southern border counties. The Supplier will be required to provide services to the Fund in both jurisdictions and this contract is, therefore, in respect of the Fund’s PR requirements North and South. The Supplier must deliver the following throughout the lifetime of the contract: Website Hosting, Content Management, Support and Maintenance contract and any website redesign.
CPV: Crisis management services · Public relations consultancy services · Public relations management services · Public relations services · World wide web (www) site design services · World wide web (www) site operation host 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: 75%
- Quantitative Criteria: 25%
Published award criteria (2)
- Qualitative Criteria: 75
- Quantitative Criteria: 25
- Price carries 25 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2.5 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
- 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
- 24 Nov 2023, 13:47 GMT
- Last source update
- 6 Mar 2024, 14:16 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 2 Jan 2024 – …
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-007201- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-041cb2Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Review procedure
The Contracting Authority complied with the requirements of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) and incorporated a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract was communicated to all Economic Operators. 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 V.2.4 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
- 2 Jan 2024, 15:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Participation fee
- document
- Bids opened
- 2 Jan 2024, 15:30 GMT
Timeline
2 Jan 2024 → 1 Apr 2024 · 4 dates- Submission deadline2 Jan 2024, 15:00 GMT
- Bids opened2 Jan 2024, 15:30 GMT
- Notice published6 Mar 2024, 14:16 GMT
- Bids must remain valid until1 Apr 2024, 23:59 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 6 Mar 2024- Status changed to complete6 Mar 2024, 14:16 GMT
- Buyer details updated6 Mar 2024, 14:16 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| OPEN STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS LIMITEDSMEContract | £656,668 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract · OPEN STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS LIMITEDSME
- Signed
- 6 Mar 2024
- Value
- £656,668
- 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 amended.Review body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- OPEN STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical selection criteria