Official UK procurement notice
ID 3823034 DAERA LMCNI - Provision of Certification Services to the Northern Ireland Beef and Lamb Farm Quality Assurance Scheme
Authority: DAERA Livestock and Meat Commission for NI
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Livestock and Meat Commission for Northern Ireland (LMC) is seeking a competent organisation to provide certification services including: registration, inspection and certification to the Northern Ireland Beef and Lamb Farm Quality Assurance Scheme (NIBL FQAS). LMC appoint a third-party Certification Body to independently verify that producers (farmers) are adhering to the required Standards of the scheme. The Certification Body is accredited to the International Standard ISO 17065 by the United Kingdom Accreditation Services (UKAS). Currently NIFCC (Northern Ireland Food Chain Certification) operate the certification system for the NIBL FQAS. NIBL FQAS has been provided with certification services by an ISO 17065 Product Certification Body accredited UKAS since April 2002. The contract with the present certification body expires on 31 March 2022 and LMC wishes to continue to operate a Product Certification Scheme for NIBL FQAS.
- Recurrence: 3 months prior to expiry of this contract anticipated to be January 2027.
CPV: Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security · Certification services · Documentation services · Legal documentation and certification services · Legal services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£6,400,000
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).
Published sub-criteria (7)
- AC2 Inspection Methodology: 14%
- AC3 Certification Methodology: 14%
- AC4 Method of Data Collection and Recording: 14%
- AC5 Registration Methodology: 10.5%
- AC6 Supplementary Services: 10.5%
- AC7 Crisis Management: 7%
- AC8 Total Contract Price: 30%
Published award criteria (8)
- AC1 Compliance with Specification Schedule in Full: 0
- AC2 Inspection Methodology: 14
- AC3 Certification Methodology: 14
- AC4 Method of Data Collection and Recording: 14
- AC5 Registration Methodology: 10.5
- AC6 Supplementary Services: 10.5
- AC7 Crisis Management: 7
- AC8 Total Contract Price: 30
- Technical & professional ability
SC1 Company Experience
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 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
- Yes · 3 months prior to expiry of this contract anticipated to be January 2027.
- First published
- 11 Jan 2022, 11:34 GMT
- Last source update
- 23 Mar 2022, 09:54 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 14 Feb 2022 – …
- Authority reference
ID 3823034- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-007821- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-030973Find a Tender
- Performance terms
The Client will monitor the Contractor’s performance against the agreed Key Performance Indicators as detailed in the Commercial Conditions of Contract schedule 3 Contract Management/Monitoring Schedule.
- Review procedure
CPD complies with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) and incorporated a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification provided full information on the award decision and provided time for the unsuccessful tenderers to. challenge the award decision before the contract was entered into..
Publisher note: The Contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored in line with PGN 01/12. A Contractor 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 Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance and the contract may be terminated. The issue of a Certificate 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 twelve months from the date of issue of the certificate.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 14 Feb 2022, 15:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 14 Feb 2022, 15:30 GMT
Timeline
14 Feb 2022 → 15 May 2022 · 4 dates- Submission deadline14 Feb 2022, 15:00 GMT
- Bids opened14 Feb 2022, 15:30 GMT
- Notice published23 Mar 2022, 09:54 GMT
- Bids must remain valid until15 May 2022, 23:59 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete23 Mar 2022, 09:54 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nothern Ireland Food Chain CertificationSMEContract | £6,400,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract · Nothern Ireland Food Chain CertificationSME
- Signed
- 15 Mar 2022
- Value
- £6,400,000
- 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
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- 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
- The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures.Review body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Nothern Ireland Food Chain CertificationAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.