Official UK procurement notice
ID 5502349 - DfE - Invest NI - Development and Delivery of the Invest NI Go Global Programme
Authority: DfE: Invest NI (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionInvest NI in recognising the challenge for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SME’s) and in particular to grow export sales in markets outside of the UK and Republic of Ireland, wish to appoint a Contractor to provide a Go Global Programme that will support our SME’s to develop their International business footprint and give them the confidence, ambition, knowledge and skills required to sell their products and services in new export markets. The initial focus will be Europe, enabling businesses to take advantage of the “Windsor Framework” then will expand to North America and beyond depending on company needs and the opportunity presented. As a result, Invest NI is seeking to appoint a Contractor for the delivery and management of “The Go Global Programme” for a five-year period, with an anticipated launch date in financial quarter 4 2024/25. Tenderers should refer to the Specification for further details.
- Recurrence: estimated to be 2030
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The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£1,958,400
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 (6)
- Export Programme Delivery Experience: 24%
- Individual export projects experience across various markets: 18%
- Proposed Programme Design and Content: 11.25%
- International Expansion: 11.25%
- Total Contract Price/Cost: 25%
- Social Value: 10.5%
Published award criteria (6)
- Export Programme Delivery Experience: 24
- Individual export projects experience across various markets: 18
- Proposed Programme Design and Content: 11.25
- International Expansion: 11.25
- Social Value: 10.5
- Total Contract Price/Cost: 25
- Price carries 25 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2.5 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
- Closed
- 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
- Yes · estimated to be 2030
- First published
- 28 Nov 2024, 17:19 GMT
- Last source update
- 28 Nov 2024, 17:19 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 20 Jan 2025 – …
- Authority reference
5502349- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-038514- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- Review procedure
CPD will comply with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) 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. 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 Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance and the contract may be terminated. The issue of a Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance will 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 twelve months from the date of issue of the certificate
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 20 Jan 2025, 15:00 GMT
- Submission channel
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- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 20 Jan 2025, 15:30 GMT
Timeline
28 Nov 2024 → 20 Apr 2025 · 4 dates- Notice published28 Nov 2024, 17:19 GMT
- Submission deadline20 Jan 2025, 15:00 GMT
- Bids opened20 Jan 2025, 15:30 GMT
- Bids must remain valid until20 Apr 2025, 23:59 BST
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 amendedReview body
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria