ID 3976745 DAC 172/21 DfE Review of FE Delivery Model

Official notice

Authority: CPD - Supplies & Services Division

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48)Education & Training (80) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN)

Awarded value£145,410published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 11 Feb 2022no call for competition

Awarded to Tribal Education Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Department is commissioning a review of the Further Education Delivery Model in order to deliver the type of radical change needed to ensure that FE Colleges are able to fulfil their mandate within a rapidly evolving economic and educational context and to remain at the core of professional and technical education and training for the foreseeable future. The Contractor will carry out specified activities on behalf of the Department and produce a report providing a comprehensive overview of its findings.

CPV: Education and training services · Software package and information systems

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: Northern Ireland

48000000 Software package and information systems

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 11 Feb 2022, 14:54 GMT
Last source update: 11 Feb 2022, 14:54 GMT
Authority reference: ID 3976745
FTS notice number: 2022/S 000-004027
Classification (CPV): Education and training servicesSoftware package and information systems
Delivery area: Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-031656 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the contracting authority/entity and in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive
Published justification: This request is in compliance with Regulation 32 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended):
i) For reasons connected with the protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights (regulation 32(2)(b)(iii))
ii) in cases of extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseen or attributable to the contracting authority, where the time limits for the open, restricted or competitive procedures with negotiation cannot be compiled with (regulation 32(2)(c)).

Publisher note: Contract Monitoring. The successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored in line with PGN 01/12. 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 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.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £145,4101 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 11 Feb 2022

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Tribal Education LimitedContract	£145,410 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract · Tribal Education Limited
Signed
11 Feb 2022
Value
£145,410
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad	0	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

CPD - Supplies and Services Division

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawEducation Adelaide House 39-49 Adelaide Street, BELFAST, UK, BT2 8FDContact name, email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures. Instead; 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 As above

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

TRIBAL EDUCATION LTDAwarded supplier Kings Orchard, One Queen Street, BRISTOL, UK, BS2 0HQContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.