Official UK procurement notice
ID 5385517 DfE InterTrade Ireland - Funding Advisory Programme for Established SMEs Phase Four
Authority: InterTradeIreland (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionInterTradeIreland (the Buyer) wishes to appoint a Supplier to undertake the role of delivery agent for the Funding Advisory Programme for Established SMEs (Phase Four). The overarching aim of the Funding Advisory Programme for Established SMEs is to change a culture of over dependency by SME’s on bank finance, educate them on new and alternative sources of non-bank funding and build the financial capacity of SMEs.
CPV: Business and management consultancy and related services · Business and management consultancy services · Financial management consultancy services · General management consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£495,809
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 Methodology: 28%
- AC2 Personnel Experience: 18.9%
- AC3 Contract Management: 12.6%
- AC5 Total Cost: 30%
- AC4 Social Value: 10.5%
Published award criteria (5)
- AC1 Proposed Methodology: 28
- AC2 Personnel Experience: 18.9
- AC3 Contract Management: 12.6
- AC4 Social Value: 10.5
- AC5 Total Cost: 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 11 Nov 2024, 11:00 GMT
- Last source update
- 18 Feb 2025, 16:54 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 16 Dec 2024 – …
- Authority reference
5385517- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-005685- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04b55dFind 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 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 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- Submission deadline
- 16 Dec 2024, 15:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 16 Dec 2024, 15:30 GMT
Timeline
16 Dec 2024 → 16 Mar 2025 · 4 dates- Submission deadline16 Dec 2024, 15:00 GMT
- Bids opened16 Dec 2024, 15:30 GMT
- Notice published18 Feb 2025, 16:54 GMT
- Bids must remain valid until16 Mar 2025, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete18 Feb 2025, 16:54 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRANT THORNTON NI LLPSME | £490,625 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
ID 5385517 DfE InterTrade Ireland - Funding Advisory Programme for Established SMEs Phase Four · GRANT THORNTON NI LLPSME
- Signed
- 11 Feb 2025
- Value
- £490,625
- 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- GRANT THORNTON NI LLPAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.