Official UK procurement notice
ID 4090650 - DoF - Search Engine Advertising for the NI Direct Website
Authority: CPD - Supplies & Services Division·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Client wishes to appoint a Contractor to provide a service which allows the Client to advertise specific pages and services on the NI Direct website on Google. The Contractor would also be required to provide support and advice to the Client in developing its online advertising strategy. Tenderers should refer to the Specification Schedule for further details.
CPV: Advertising and marketing services · Advertising services · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Web search engine providers
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 (2)
- Qualitative Criteria: 40%
- Quantitative Criteria: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
- Qualitative Criteria: 40
- Quantitative Criteria: 60
- Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 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
- First published
- 20 Jul 2022, 16:56 BST
- Last source update
- 11 Oct 2022, 08:57 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 22 Aug 2022 – …
- Authority reference
4090650- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-028490- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-035408Find a Tender
- Review procedure
The successful Contractor’s performance on this Contract will be managed as per the. specification, Terms and Conditions of Contract and regularly monitored. 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..
Publisher note: Contract Monitoring. The successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored. 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.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 22 Aug 2022, 15:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 22 Aug 2022, 15:30 BST
Timeline
22 Aug 2022 → 20 Nov 2022 · 4 dates- Submission deadline22 Aug 2022, 15:00 BST
- Bids opened22 Aug 2022, 15:30 BST
- Notice published11 Oct 2022, 08:57 BST
- Bids must remain valid until20 Nov 2022, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 11 Oct 2022- Status changed to complete11 Oct 2022, 08:57 BST
- Buyer details updated11 Oct 2022, 08:57 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loud Mouth Media LTDSMEContract | £240,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract · Loud Mouth Media LTDSME
- Signed
- 10 Oct 2022
- Value
- £240,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5bids · 5 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Department of FinanceContracting authorityBody governed by public lawGeneral public services
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
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- LOUD MOUTH MEDIA LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.