Official UK procurement notice
ID 4295887 - DfE - InterTradeIreland Acumen Programme Delivery Services
Authority: InterTradeIreland (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionInterTradeIreland wishes to appoint a Contractor to deliver its Acumen Programme which aims to assist SMEs in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland to overcome barriers to, and develop, new cross-border business. The Programme makes a significant contribution to building the capability and capacity of SME’s to take the first formal steps onto the export ladder. The programme assists SMEs to employ a sales resource, in either full time or part time capacity for up 12 months.
CPV: Business and management consultancy and related services · Business and management consultancy services · Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security · Management-related services · Recruitment 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 (2)
- Qualitative Criteria: 70%
- Quantitative Criteria: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Qualitative Criteria: 70
- Quantitative Criteria: 30
- 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
- First published
- 21 Oct 2022, 15:35 BST
- Last source update
- 23 Dec 2022, 10:06 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 21 Nov 2022 – …
- Authority reference
4295887- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-036482- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0377fbFind a Tender
- Review procedure
CPD complied 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 was communicated to tenderers. That 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: Contract Monitoring. 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 construction and procurement delivery (CPD) for further action. If this occurs and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, this may be considered grounds for termination of the contract at your expense as provided for in the Conditions of Contract. In lieu of termination, CPD may issue a Notice of Written Warning or a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance. A supplier in receipt of multiple Notices of Written Warning or a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance may, in accordance with The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended), be excluded from future public procurement competitions for a period of. up to three years.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 21 Nov 2022, 15:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 21 Nov 2022, 15:30 GMT
Timeline
21 Nov 2022 → 19 Feb 2023 · 4 dates- Submission deadline21 Nov 2022, 15:00 GMT
- Bids opened21 Nov 2022, 15:30 GMT
- Notice published23 Dec 2022, 10:06 GMT
- Bids must remain valid until19 Feb 2023, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete23 Dec 2022, 10:06 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full CircleSMEContract | £2,999,820 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract · Full CircleSME
- Signed
- 20 Dec 2022
- Value
- £2,999,820
- 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
- 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- Full CircleAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.