Official UK procurement notice
ID 5093096 - DfE - Tourism NI - Evaluation of Tourism Northern Ireland Promotional Campaigns
Authority: Tourism NI
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTourism Northern Ireland (Tourism NI) is responsible for marketing Northern Ireland as a tourist destination in the Northern Ireland (NI) and Republic of Ireland (ROI) markets. A key part of this marketing activity requires the implementation of a series of advertising campaigns in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Tourism NI requires a suitably experienced research provider to evaluate its promotional campaigns over the next 3 years in the NI and ROI markets. Full details of requirements are set out in the Specification document (ID 5093096 - Mid-Tier Schedule 02 (Specification) v1.2).
CPV: Market and economic research; polling and statistics · Market research services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£240,000
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 (5)
- AC1 - Key Personnel Experience: 14%
- AC2 - Proposed Methodology: 38.5%
- AC3 - Contract Management and Contingency: 7%
- AC5 - Total Tenderered Price: 30%
- AC4 - Social Value: 10.5%
Published award criteria (5)
- AC1 - Key Personnel Experience: 14
- AC2 - Proposed Methodology: 38.5
- AC3 - Contract Management and Contingency: 7
- AC4 - Social Value: 10.5
- AC5 - Total Tenderered Price: 30
- Economic & financial standing
As per Tender documentation
- Technical & professional ability
As per Tender documentation
- 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 10 May 2024, 13:41 BST
- Last source update
- 2 Jul 2024, 10:34 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 10 Jun 2024 – …
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-020051- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0458bbFind a Tender
- Performance terms
Contract performance will be subject to the conditions specified in the contract and the successful Supplier’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored.
- Review procedure
CPD will comply with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and, where appropriate, will incorporate 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 will provide full information on the award decision. This provides time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.
Publisher note: The successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored in line with the tender documentation. 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 the contract may be terminated. The issue of a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance can 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 three years from the date of issue.. . Insert appropriate reservations of rights and disclaimers of liability here consider - e.g.. . "The Authority expressly reserves the rights:. . (I). not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice;. (II). to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering Competition;. (III). to award (a) contract(s) in respect of any part(s) of the [services] covered by this notice; and. (IV). to award contract(s) in stages.. . and in no circumstances will the Authority be liable for any costs incurred by candidates.". . . .
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 10 Jun 2024, 15:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 10 Jun 2024, 15:30 BST
Timeline
10 Jun 2024 → 8 Sept 2024 · 4 dates- Submission deadline10 Jun 2024, 15:00 BST
- Bids opened10 Jun 2024, 15:30 BST
- Notice published2 Jul 2024, 10:34 BST
- Bids must remain valid until8 Sept 2024, 23:59 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete2 Jul 2024, 10:34 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| COGNISENSE LTDSMEContract | £240,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract · COGNISENSE LTDSME
- Signed
- 1 Jul 2024
- Value
- £240,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 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- COGNISENSE LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.