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Published 28 Jan 2021, 15:40 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

ID 3131618 - Portering Services and Short Term Storage of Furniture

Official notice

Authority: Department of Finance (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Awarded value£541,986published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 26 Jan 2021
Awarded to GTM Relocations Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Portering Services and Short Term Storage of Furniture for the NICS. Inviting tenders from companies to provide an office furniture portering and furniture storage service throughout its own property and estate buildings and the properties of its clients.

CPV: Portering services · Storage and warehousing services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Extensions: Option to extend for an additional 24 months

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: 30%Price: 70%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • As per the tender documents: 30%
  • As per the tender documents: 70%
Published award criteria (2)
  • As per the tender documents: 30
  • As per the tender documents: 70
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 70 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

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
28 Jan 2021, 15:40 GMT
Last source update
28 Jan 2021, 15:40 GMT
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-001760
Classification (CPV)
Portering servicesStorage and warehousing services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-028e36 Find a Tender
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

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.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £541,9861 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 51 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 26 Jan 2021
Awarded toValueDateStatus
GTM Relocations LtdSMEContract£541,986 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
5bids · 5 electronic · 1 from abroad1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Department of Finance

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawGeneral public services 303 Airport Road West, BELFAST, UK, BT3 9EDContact name, email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • This is not applicable in the UKReview body This is not applicable in the UK

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • GTM RELOCATIONS LTD.Awarded supplier Unit 27, City Business Park, BELFAST, UK, BT17 9HYContact email

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.