Official UK procurement notice
DoJ - Prevalence of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) NI
Authority: The Department of Justice·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Department of Justice (DoJ) coordinates the Tackling Paramilitary Activity, Criminality and Organised Crime Programme which is the Executive’s response to its commitment made under the Fresh Start agreement of November 2015 and the New Decade, New Approach (NDNA) document of 2020. It is reflected in the Programme for Government / Outcomes Delivery Plan and DoJ Corporate Plan for 2022-25. The Tackling Paramilitary Activity, Criminality, and Organised Crime Programme is a collaborative, Executive-wide approach which has the outcome of ‘safer communities, resilient to paramilitarism, criminality and coercive control’. It was initially established in 2016 as a result of the Fresh Start Agreement as a means of implementing the Independent Panel’s Report on the Disbandment of Paramilitary Groups. So far, Programme data confirms the findings of other studies that point to significant levels of trauma in communities where paramilitary activity is prevalent, and among those who are receiving or seeking support from the Programme. For that reason, the Programme is seeking to be trauma informed in all that it does; this means giving due consideration to the impact that trauma has on victims of paramilitarism, as well as those who help and support them. To support this goal, and to better understand need to improve service delivery, the Programme seeks to understand the prevalence of trauma, with the target of establishing a comprehensive baseline of levels of adverse childhood experiences (ACES), childhood trauma and exposure to violence in Northern Ireland. To do so, the Programme wishes to engage a contractor to complete an action research requirement to generate data and produce an associated research report to evidence the prevalence of ACEs, childhood trauma and exposure to violence in Northern Ireland.
CPV: Research and development consultancy services · Research and development services and related consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£150,000
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 (6)
- Proposed Team Experience: 24%
- Proposed Methodology: 18%
- Contract Management and Contingency Arrangements: 3%
- Information Security: 3%
- price: 40%
- Social Value: 12%
Published award criteria (6)
- Proposed Team Experience: 24
- Proposed Methodology: 18
- Contract Management and Contingency Arrangements: 3
- Information Security: 3
- Social Value: 12
- Price: 40
- 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
- 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
- 25 Sept 2023, 13:17 BST
- Last source update
- 15 Dec 2023, 12:57 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 23 Oct 2023 – …
- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-036961- Accelerated
The Open Procedure was used for this procurement exercise. It was advertised for 35 days. The opportunity was published on 25 September 2023 and the deadline for receipt was 30 October 2023.
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-040363Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Review procedure
CPD complied with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended). 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: Please note that information relating to contractors engaged by the Northern Ireland Department of Justice, and associated bodies is not published in any publicly accessible forum or publication. This is to protect such contractors, whose security and safety could be threatened by dissident terrorist organisations still active in Northern Ireland if their details became known. This is consistent with Regulation 50(6)(a). CPD nor the Department of Justice can provide any guarantee as to the level of business under this contract. The estimates are not deemed to be a condition of contract nor a guarantee of minimum demand or uptake. No compensation will be payable to a contractor should the actual demand be less than that stated. Contract monitoring: 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 written warning and notice of unsatisfactory performance, and this contract may be terminated. The issue of a notice of written warning and 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 up to 3 years from the date of issue of the notice.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 30 Oct 2023, 15:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 23 Oct 2023, 15:30 BST
Timeline
23 Oct 2023 → 21 Jan 2024 · 4 dates- Bids opened23 Oct 2023, 15:30 BST
- Submission deadline30 Oct 2023, 15:00 GMT
- Notice published15 Dec 2023, 12:57 GMT
- Bids must remain valid until21 Jan 2024, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
3 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 19 Oct 2023- Deadline moved to 30 Oct 2023, 15:00 GMT19 Oct 2023, 12:36 BST+7 days · was 23 Oct 2023, 15:00 BST
- Status changed to complete15 Dec 2023, 12:57 GMT
- Buyer details updated15 Dec 2023, 12:57 GMT
Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | TextII.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing. system · II.2.7) | Duration in months 5 | Duration in months 8 | |
| — | DeadlineIV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate · IV.2.2) | 23 Oct 2023 | 30 Oct 2023 | +7 d |
The end date of the contract period has been amended to end July 2024. The deadline for receipt of tenders has been extended to 3pm on Monday 30th October 2023.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Withheld for security reasonsSMEContract | £150,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract · Withheld for security reasonsSME
- Signed
- 11 Dec 2023
- Value
- £150,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids · 2 electronic · 1 from abroad | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Department of JusticeContracting authorityBody governed by public lawGeneral public services
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The UK does not have any special review body with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures in public procurement competitionsReview body
- 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.Review body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Withheld for security reasonsAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical selection criteria