Official UK procurement notice
FAE-22-018 Interactive Display Panels and Electrical Audio-Visual Equipment
Authority: the Education Authority (Central government)·Consortium: 3 public authorities
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe Education Authority (EA) invites tenders for the supply and delivery of INTERACTIVE DISPLAY PANELS AND ELECTRICAL AUDIO-VISUAL EQUIPMENT to individual schools and EA locations within Northern Ireland for a period of 4 years. This framework agreement is let by the Northern Ireland Education Authority (“EA”) and is open to the EA, including NI educational bodies as follows and at some point, during the life of the framework agreement these bodies may wish to utilize the agreement and should have access, at any point, with the permission of EA. This framework agreement is not intended to replace any current contracts/framework agreements that participating or non-participating institutions may already have in place. www.education-ni.gov.uk/services/schools-plus ↗ Primary and Post Primary schools under the control of the EA, Catholic Maintained Schools, Independent Schools in NI, Irish Medium Schools in NI, both Controlled and Voluntary Grammar Schools, Nursery School for NI (both controlled and Catholic Maintained), school meals kitchens on-site at all of these schools, and Controlled Youth Centre's. www.nidirect.gov.uk/contacts/further-edu… ↗ Further Education Colleges in NI, www.nicie.org/parents/school-finder/ ↗ Grant Controlled Integrated Education Schools in NI, www.isc.co.uk/schools/northern-ire… ↗ Independent School in NI, Libraries NI: www.librariesni.org.uk/Libraries/ ↗, EA Teachers’ and Educational Centre's, Council for the Curriculum, Examination and Assessment NI (CCEA), Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, Middletown Centre for Autism, Controlled Schools Support Council (CSSC), Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education (NICIE).
CPV: Audio equipment accessories · Audio-visual equipment · Camera bodies · Camera lenses · Cameras · Cassette players · Colour televisions · Computer equipment and supplies · Computer-related equipment · Digital cameras · Display screens · Flat panel displays · +15 more
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 20 suppliers · 14 bids on the busiest of 2 lots (0.7 per place) · 10 appointed
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · all with a published value · a supplier may bid for at most 2 of themEvery one of these 2 lots carries the same published figure, £16,735,161: 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 #1Interactive Display PanelsAwardedceiling above
Lot #2Electrical Audio-Visual EquipmentAwardedceiling above
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).
- Suitability
Full details can be found in the CfT documents section on eTendersNI.
- Technical & professional ability
Full details can be found in the CfT documents section on eTendersNI.
- “FAE-22-018 Interactive Display Panels and Electrical Audio-Visual…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 20 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
- Goods
- 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
- 13 Apr 2023, 16:40 BST
- Last source update
- 7 Feb 2024, 16:23 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 17 Nov 2023 – …
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-004115- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03be8cFind a Tender
- Performance terms
Full details can be found in the CfT documents section on eTendersNI.
- Review procedure
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.The EA operated 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: This framework is let by the Northern Ireland Education Authority (“EA”) and is open to the EA, including NI educational bodies as follows and at some point during the life of the Framework these bodies may wish to utilise the agreement and should have access, at any point, with the permission of EA. This agreement is not intended to replace any current agreements that participating or non-participating institutions may already have in place. https://www.education-ni.gov.uk/services/schools-plus Primary and Post Primary schools under the control of the EA, Catholic Maintained Schools, Independent Schools in NI, Irish Medium Schools in NI, both Controlled and Voluntary Grammar Schools, Nursery School for NI (both controlled and Catholic Maintained), school meals kitchens on-site at all of these schools, and Controlled Youth Centre's. https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/contacts/further-education-fe-colleges Further Education Colleges in NI, https://www.nicie.org/parents/school-finder/ Grant Controlled Integrated Education Schools in NI, https://www.isc.co.uk/schools/northern-ireland/ Independent School in NI, Libraries NI: https://www.librariesni.org.uk/Libraries/, EA Teachers’ and Educational Centre's, Council for the Curriculum, Examination and Assessment NI (CCEA), Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, Middletown Centre for Autism, Controlled Schools Support Council (CSSC), Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education (NICIE).. . All processes include the following: Tenderers should ensure they read and understand the documentation found in the CFT documents area of eTendersNI. As a Public Sector Procurement organisation, EA must adhere to the Procurement Policy Notes, https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/articles/procurement-policy-notes-ppns. This tender includes requirements relating to Human Rights, Modern Slavery, Supply Chain Resilience and Social Value and all tenders must meet the requirements detailed in the tender documentation to be compliant. EA reserves the right to: 1. Not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice. 2. To make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering competition. 3. To award (a) contract(s) in respect of any part(s) of the [services] covered by this notice.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 17 Nov 2023, 15:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 17 Nov 2023, 15:30 GMT
Timeline
9 Jun 2023 → 15 Feb 2024 · 5 dates- Next notice expected9 Jun 2023, 00:00 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown17 Nov 2023, 15:00 GMT
- Bids opened17 Nov 2023, 15:30 GMT
- Notice published7 Feb 2024, 16:23 GMT
- Bids must remain valid until15 Feb 2024, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
7 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 18 Oct 2023- Published value published: £33,470,32218 Oct 2023, 16:11 BST
- Status changed to active18 Oct 2023, 16:11 BST
- Procurement method changed18 Oct 2023, 16:11 BST
- Deadline published: 17 Nov 2023, 15:00 GMT18 Oct 2023, 16:11 BST
- Buyer details updated18 Oct 2023, 16:11 BST
- Status changed to complete7 Feb 2024, 16:23 GMT
- Buyer details updated7 Feb 2024, 16:23 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast2 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 2 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £16,735,161, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Interactive Display Panels
- Signed
- 1 Feb 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Electrical Audio-Visual Equipment
- Signed
- 1 Feb 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Interactive Display Panels | 14bids · 14 electronic · 6 from abroad | 6 | — | — |
| 2 · Electrical Audio-Visual Equipment | 14bids · 14 electronic · 7 from abroad | 7 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
3 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Education AuthorityContracting authorityCentral purchasing bodyBody governed by public lawEducation
- Education Authority NIContracting authorityBody governed by public lawEducation
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The UK does not currently have any such bodies with responsibilities for appeal/mediation proceduresReview body
- The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures. 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
Framework contractors & participating bidders
10 commercial parties on the notice- D.L.KIRKPATRICK SON LIMITEDFramework contractor
- Exi-tite Ltd.Framework contractor
- FREDERICK HYDE LIMITEDFramework contractor
- Fluid AV - Mayne Communications LtdFramework contractor
- IMEX SYSTEMS LTDFramework contractor
- Lunneys ElectricalFramework contractor
- MGA COMMUNICATION LTDFramework contractor
- NIAVAC LTDFramework contractor
- REA SOUND N I LTDFramework contractor
- SYNCHRONISED CABLING SOLUTIONS LTDFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.