Official UK procurement notice
ID 5121238 - DfE - Invest NI - Invest NI Framework Agreement for Patent Appraisal Services 2023-2027
Authority: Invest Northern Ireland (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionInvest NI wishes to establish a framework list of Contractors to undertake Patent Appraisals /Reviews of PoC proposals. Other Divisions from within Invest NI may, on occasions, use the Framework for similar proposals. The programme is not sector specific, but applications generally fall into the following sectors: Life Sciences , ICT, Engineering. The appointed Contractors will carry out patent appraisals on each of the PoC project proposals and provide a comprehensive report (circa 15-20 pages) for each.
CPV: Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security · Copyright consultancy services · Legal services · Patent and copyright consultancy services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 3 suppliers · 3 bids received (1.0 per place) · 3 appointed (full)
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£220,000
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 Proposed Personal Experience: 28%
- AC2 Proposed Methodology: 21%
- AC3 Contract Management: 10.5%
- AC5 Cost: 30%
- AC4 Social Value: 10.5%
Published award criteria (5)
- AC1 Proposed Personal Experience: 28
- AC2 Proposed Methodology: 21
- AC3 Contract Management: 10.5
- AC4 Social Value: 10.5
- AC5 Cost: 30
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “ID 5121238 - DfE - Invest NI - Invest NI Framework Agreement for…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 3 suppliers, not a single contract.
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
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 22 Aug 2024, 09:34 BST
- Last source update
- 5 Dec 2024, 12:29 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 11 Sept 2024 – …
- Authority reference
5121238- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-039224- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0492d7Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Review procedure
CPD complied with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 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. The successful Supplier’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored in line with the tender documentation. Supplier's not delivering on contract requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If a Supplier ails 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 Supplier 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.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 11 Sept 2024, 15:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 11 Sept 2024, 15:30 BST
Timeline
11 Sept 2024 → 10 Dec 2024 · 4 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown11 Sept 2024, 15:00 BST
- Bids opened11 Sept 2024, 15:30 BST
- Notice published5 Dec 2024, 12:29 GMT
- Bids must remain valid until10 Dec 2024, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 5 Dec 2024- Status changed to complete5 Dec 2024, 12:29 GMT
- Buyer details updated5 Dec 2024, 12:29 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
ID 5121238 - DfE - Invest NI - Invest NI Framework Agreement for Patent Appraisal Services 2023-2027
- Signed
- 12 Nov 2024
- Value
- £220,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad | 2 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Invest Northern IrelandContracting 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 amendedReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
3 commercial parties on the notice- FRKELLYFramework contractor
- LEWIS SILKIN N.I. LLPFramework contractor
- MURGITROYD COMPANY LIMITEDFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.