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Published 25 Mar 2021, 09:16 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

ID 3192030 - DfE BMC - Provision of cleaning services to Belfast Metropolitan College

Official notice

Authority: Belfast Metropolitan College (Education)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£500,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 26 Apr 2021awarded 16 Jun 2021
Awarded to ARAMARK IRELAND HOLDINGS LTD

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The College requires a contract for the provision of cleaning services. the contract will have an initial period of 36 months with options to extend for a further 2 x 12 months. The Contractor shall provide a professionally managed, high quality cleaning service that provides a comprehensive, efficient, user friendly, customer focused and cost effective service to meet the needs of Belfast Met and its students, staff and visitors.

  • Recurrence: 4 years

CPV: Building and facilities management services · Building-cleaning services · Cleaning and sanitation services · Facilities management services · Housekeeping services · Janitorial services · Office cleaning services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£500,000
Extensions: 2 optional extension periods of up to 12 months each · 2 optional extension periods of up to 12 months each.Variant bids: not allowed

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 tender documents: 30%
  • As per tender documents: 70%
Published award criteria (2)
  • As per tender documents: 30
  • As per 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
Yes · 4 years
First published
25 Mar 2021, 09:16 GMT
Last source update
18 Jun 2021, 13:24 BST
Award evaluation window
26 Apr 2021 – …
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-013869
Classification (CPV)
Building and facilities management servicesBuilding-cleaning servicesCleaning and sanitation servicesFacilities management servicesHousekeeping servicesJanitorial servicesOffice cleaning services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-029f07 Find a Tender
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

CPD complied with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) 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.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
26 Apr 2021, 15:00 BST
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
26 Apr 2021, 15:30 BST

Timeline

26 Apr 2021 → 25 Jul 2021 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    26 Apr 2021, 15:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    26 Apr 2021, 15:30 BST
  3. Notice published
    18 Jun 2021, 13:24 BST
  4. Bids must remain valid until
    25 Jul 2021, 23:59 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    18 Jun 2021, 13:24 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £834,2991 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 62 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 16 Jun 2021
Awarded toValueDateStatus
ARAMARK IRELAND HOLDINGS LTDContract£834,299 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
6bids · 6 electronic · 1 from abroad2——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Belfast Metropolitan College

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation 125 - 153 Millfield, BELFAST, UK, BT1 1HSContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Consortium members and other public bodies

  • FE Belfast Metropolitan CollegeContracting authority Belfast, UKContact email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

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

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria