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Published 31 Mar 2021, 16:16 BST

Official UK procurement notice

ETS-21-001 Framework For Procurement Support/Staff substitution

Authority: Education Authority NI (Education)

Framework agreementServicesOpen procedureSME suitable

Sectors: Administration, defence and social security services (75)Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN)

Framework ceiling (notional)£1,100,000framework ceiling, not attributable revenue

Submissions closed 30 Apr 2021awarded 15 Jun 2021

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The EA invites tenders for the provision of Procurement Support/Staff substitution from 1st June 2021 for a 2 year initial Contract Period with the option to extend for 2 further 12 month periods. The administering procurement office for this tender, on behalf of EA, will be the ETS Category, based in Ballymena.

CPV: Administrative services for business operations · Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security · Procurement consultancy services

How this framework works

From the published notice

Places: up to 3 suppliers · 3 bids received (1.0 per place) · 2 appointed

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

Lot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£1,100,000

Delivery: Northern Ireland

Extensions: Option to extend for 2 further 12 month periods. · option to extend for a further 2 x 12 month periodsVariant bids: not allowed

79000000 Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security 79418000 Procurement consultancy services

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: 40%Price: 60%

Published sub-criteria (3)

AC 1 - Nominated Workers Experience: 24%
AC2 – Contract Management: 16%
AC3 – Cost / Day Rate: 60%

Published award criteria (3)

AC 1 - Nominated Workers Experience: 24
AC2 – Contract Management: 16
AC3 – Cost / Day Rate: 60

What this means for your bid

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.
“ETS-21-001 Framework For Procurement Support/Staff substitution” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 3 suppliers, not a single contract.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

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: 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: 31 Mar 2021, 16:16 BST
Last source update: 16 Jun 2021, 12:15 BST
Award evaluation window: 30 Apr 2021 – …
Authority reference: ETS-21-001 Resource ID 3483828
FTS notice number: 2021/S 000-013595
Classification (CPV): Administrative services for business operationsBusiness services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and securityProcurement consultancy services
Delivery area: Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-02a19e Find a Tender

Review and risk notes

Review procedure: The UK does not currently have any such bodies with responsibilities for. appeal/mediation procedures.

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

Appointment period ends: 30 Apr 2021, 15:00 BST
Submission channel: {"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages: en
Bids opened: 30 Apr 2021, 15:30 BST

Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

etendersni.gov.uk/epps ↗

Timeline

30 Apr 2021 → 29 Jul 2021 · 4 dates

Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
30 Apr 2021, 15:00 BST
Bids opened
30 Apr 2021, 15:30 BST
Notice published
16 Jun 2021, 12:15 BST
Bids must remain valid until
29 Jul 2021, 23:59 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender

Status changed to complete
16 Jun 2021, 12:15 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Suppliers appointed 2admitted to the panel · see the list ↓

Bids received 31 from SMEs

Contracts signed 1latest 15 Jun 2021

1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

Contract
Signed
15 Jun 2021
Value
£1,100,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
3bids · 3 electronic · 2 from abroad	1	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Education Authority NI

Contracting authorityEducationRegional or local authorityEducation Ballee Centre, Ballee Road West, Ballymena, UK, BT42 2HSContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

EAReview body Ballymena
The UK does not currently have any such bodies with responsibilities for appeal/mediation proceduresMediation bodyReview bodyReview contact point Ballymena

Framework contractors & participating bidders

2 commercial parties on the notice

ERNST YOUNG LLPFramework contractor 1 More Place, LONDON, UK, SE1 7EUContact email
K VALLEY LIMITEDFramework contractor Hanworth House, HOLT, UK, NR25 6HPContact email

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.