Official UK procurement notice
ID 5166959 DfE - Invest NI - Provision of Advice and Guidance on NI's Dual Market Access Framework
Authority: Invest Northern Ireland (Central government)
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe Client wishes to appoint a framework of Contractors to Provide advice, analysis and guidance to Invest NI (including its overseas offices), potential foreign direct investors, and DfE on the benefits (or otherwise) of Northern Ireland’s Dual Market Access proposition brought about through the Northern Ireland Protocol and Windsor Framework. There are two separate Lots with a maximum of 3 Contractors to be appointed per Lot: 1. Advice, Analysis and Guidance on the Movement of Goods To and From Northern Ireland 2. Advice and Guidance on the Movement of People It is intended that the contracts will commence upon contract award (expected to be March 2024).
CPV: Business and management consultancy and related services · Business and management consultancy services · Economic research services · General management consultancy services · Market and economic research; polling and statistics
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 6 suppliers · 6 bids on the busiest of 2 lots (1.0 per place) · 4 appointed
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · all with a published value · a supplier may bid for at most 2 of them · evaluation weights differ by lotLot #1Advice, Analysis and Guidance on the Movement of Goods To and From NIAwardedPublished value£150,000
Lot #2Advice and Guidance on the Movement of PeopleAwardedPublished value£50,000
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).
Lots publish different evaluation splits; there is no single procedure weighting.
| Lot | Quality | Price | Social value | Split |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Advice, Analysis and Guidance on the Movement of Goods To and From NI | 49.800000000000004 | 40 | 10.2 | |
| 2 · Advice and Guidance on the Movement of People | 49.8 | 40 | 10.2 |
- Price carries 40 points on every lot: a 10% discount moves about 4 points.
- “ID 5166959 DfE - Invest NI - Provision of Advice and Guidance on NI's…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 6 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
- 5 Jan 2024, 15:39 GMT
- Last source update
- 14 Mar 2024, 15:29 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 5 Feb 2024 – …
- Authority reference
5166959- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-008224- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-042b18Find a Tender
- 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: The successful Contractor’s performance will be managed as per the specification. 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 grounds for termination.. of the contract at the Contractor's expense. In lieu of termination they may be issued with a Notice of Written Warning or a Notice of... Unsatisfactory Performance. 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 multiple Notices of Written Warning or Notices 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.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 5 Feb 2024, 15:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 5 Feb 2024, 15:30 GMT
Timeline
5 Feb 2024 → 5 May 2024 · 4 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown5 Feb 2024, 15:00 GMT
- Bids opened5 Feb 2024, 15:30 GMT
- Notice published14 Mar 2024, 15:29 GMT
- Bids must remain valid until5 May 2024, 23:59 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete14 Mar 2024, 15:29 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast2 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Lot 1 Advice, Analysis and Guidance on the Movement of Goods To and From NI
- Signed
- 14 Mar 2024
- Value
- £150,000
- Status
- active
Lot 2 Advice and Guidance on the Movement of People
- Signed
- 14 Mar 2024
- Value
- £50,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Advice, Analysis and Guidance on the Movement of Goods To and From NI | 6bids · 6 electronic · 3 from abroad | 2 | — | — |
| 2 · Advice and Guidance on the Movement of People | 6bids · 6 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.Review body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
4 commercial parties on the notice- CLEAVER FULTON RANKIN LTDFramework contractor
- INSTITUTE OF EXPORT AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE THEFramework contractor
- KPMGFramework contractor
- PINNACLE GROWTH GROUP LIMITEDFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical selection criteria