Find a TenderAwarded without competition
Published 30 Apr 2024, 09:23 BST

Official UK procurement notice

ID 5320915 DAC 38/24 DE CCEA - Specialist Support for the Development of Computer Adaptive Tests (CATs)

Official notice

Authority: Council for the Cirriculum Examinations Assessment (Local council)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competitionSME suitable
Awarded value£492,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 29 Apr 2024no call for competition
Awarded to JBS EXECUTIVE EDUCATION LIMITED

What is being bought

Published requirement description

ID 5320915 DAC 38/24 DE CCEA - Specialist Support for the Development of Computer Adaptive Tests (CATs)

CPV: Data collection and collation services · Education and training services · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Research consultancy services · Software consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
30 Apr 2024, 09:23 BST
Last source update
30 Apr 2024, 09:23 BST
Authority reference
ID 5320915 DAC 38/24
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-013825
Classification (CPV)
Data collection and collation servicesEducation and training servicesIT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportResearch consultancy servicesSoftware consultancy services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0455f7 Find a Tender
Why no open competition

The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons

Published justification

This is a Direct Award Contract that can only be provided by one supplier. No other supplier has the technical knowledge to deliver the requirement. In applying regulation 32 derogation, CCEA published a VEAT Noticed in the Official Journal.

Publisher note: 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.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £492,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 29 Apr 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
JBS EXECUTIVE EDUCATION LIMITEDSMEContract£492,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Council for the Cirriculum Examinations Assessment

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilBody governed by public lawEducation 29 Clarendon Road, Clarendon Dock, BELFAST, UK, BT3 9EDContact email

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 Belfast

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.