Official UK procurement notice
ID 3206377 - DfE – Tourism NI - Professional Accountancy Services
Authority: The Northern Ireland Tourist Board NITB·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTourism NI wish to appoint a Contractor for the provision of accounting services to support the existing Finance Department, who are currently based at headquarters in Linum Chambers, Bedford Street, Belfast.
- Recurrence: At the conclusion of this contract if required
CPV: Accounting and auditing services · Accounting services · Accounting, auditing and fiscal services · Auditing services · Bookkeeping services · Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security · Compilation of financial statements services · Fiscal services · Sales and purchases recording services · Tax consultancy services · Tax-return preparation services
The lotProcurement structure
single 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 (9)
- AC1 Methodology: 25%
- AC2 VAT Services: 12.5%
- AC3 Key Personnel Experience: 5%
- AC4 Contract Management and Contingency: 7.5%
- AC5 Daily Rate for Partner or equivalent: 5%
- AC6 Daily Rate for Director or equivalent: 7.5%
- AC7 Daily Rate for Manager or equivalent: 12.5%
- AC8 Daily Rate for Assistant Manager or equivalent: 15%
- AC9 Daily Rate for Newly Qualified Accountant or equivalent: 10%
Published award criteria (9)
- AC1 Methodology: 25
- AC2 VAT Services: 12.5
- AC3 Key Personnel Experience: 5
- AC4 Contract Management and Contingency: 7.5
- AC5 Daily Rate for Partner or equivalent: 5
- AC6 Daily Rate for Director or equivalent: 7.5
- AC7 Daily Rate for Manager or equivalent: 12.5
- AC8 Daily Rate for Assistant Manager or equivalent: 15
- AC9 Daily Rate for Newly Qualified Accountant or equivalent: 10
- Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 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 · At the conclusion of this contract if required
- First published
- 18 Jan 2021, 17:08 GMT
- Last source update
- 12 Apr 2021, 10:15 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 21 Feb 2021 – …
- Authority reference
ID 3206377- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-007534- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-028b3bFind a Tender
- Review procedure
CPD complied with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) and incorporated a standstill period 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
Publisher note: Contract Monitoring. The successful Contractor’s performance on this Contract will be managed as per the specification and regularly monitored (see Procurement Guidance Note 01/12 - Contract Management - Procedures and Principles). 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 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 this Contract may be terminated. A central register of such Notices for supplies and services contracts will be maintained and published on the CPD website.. . Any contractor in receipt of a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance will be required to declare this in future tender submissions for a period of three years from the date of issue of the Notice. It may also 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.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 21 Feb 2021, 15:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 21 Feb 2021, 15:30 GMT
Timeline
21 Feb 2021 → 22 May 2021 · 4 dates- Submission deadline21 Feb 2021, 15:00 GMT
- Bids opened21 Feb 2021, 15:30 GMT
- Notice published12 Apr 2021, 10:15 BST
- Bids must remain valid until22 May 2021, 23:59 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 12 Apr 2021- Status changed to complete12 Apr 2021, 10:15 BST
- Buyer details updated12 Apr 2021, 10:15 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sumer Accountants NI LtdSMEContract | £335,440 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract · Sumer Accountants NI LtdSME
- Signed
- 12 Apr 2021
- Value
- £335,440
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3bids · 3 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- European UnionFunder
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The UK does not have a special review body with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures in public procurement competitions. Any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR 2015as amendedReview body
- 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 2015Review body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- ASM B LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria