Official UK procurement notice
ID 2933249 - The Provision of Postal Services for the Northern Ireland Public Sector 2021
Authority: Department of Finance (Central government)·Consortium: 15 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionConstruction and Procurement Delivery (CPD) plans to establish a Contract for Postal Services on behalf of the Participating Bodies listed in the Specification Annex 4 (hereafter referred to as the Client). CPD is seeking to establish a Contract for the provision of Postal services at locations throughout Northern Ireland. Further details of specific requirements are provided within the Tender Documents and Annexes. The Supplier will be responsible for managing and delivering the specified services at the different premises in a flexible and responsive way.
CPV: Postal services · Postal services related to letters · Postal services related to parcels
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no 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)
- As per the tender documents: 60%
- As per the tender documents: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- As per the tender documents: 60
- As per the tender documents: 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 18 Mar 2021, 12:40 GMT
- Last source update
- 18 Mar 2021, 12:40 GMT
- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-005502- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-029cefFind a Tender
- Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:. CPD complied with. the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and applied a standstill period (minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the. award of contract was communicated to tenderers. The 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 contractor’s performance on this contract will be managed as per specification and regularly monitored see Procurement Guidance. Note 01/12 contract. 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 Construction Procurement Delivery (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 12 months from the date of issue of the certificate.. The authority expressly reserved the rights:. (i) not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by. publication of this notice;. (ii) 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;. (iii) to award (a) contract(s) in respect of any part(s) of. the (services) covered by this notice; and. (iv) to award contract(s) in stages and in no circumstances will the authority be liable for any. costs incurred by candidates. This Procurement established a contract agreement to provide postal services to public sector. organisations in Northern Ireland.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHISTL UK LIMITEDContract | £7,967,561 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract · WHISTL UK LIMITED
- Signed
- 9 Mar 2021
- Value
- £7,967,561
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids · 2 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
14 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Department for Communities NIContracting authority
- Department for Infrastructure NIContracting authority
- Department for the Economy NIContracting authority
- Department of Agriculture Environment and Rural Affairs NIContracting authority
- Department of Education NIContracting authority
- Department of Health NIContracting authority
- Department of Justice NIContracting authority
- Education Authority NIContracting authority
- NI Water and its subsidiariesContracting authority
- Northern Ireland Housing ExecutiveContracting authority
- Public Prosecution Service for Northern IrelandContracting authority
- The Executive OfficeContracting authority
- TranslinkContracting authority
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- This is not applicable to the UKReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- WHISTL UK LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.