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Published 13 Aug 2024, 10:04 BST

Official UK procurement notice

DfE - Invest NI - Management of Co-Fund I, II and III

Official notice

Authority: Invest Northern Ireland (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£9,685,000exc. VAT21.2% below published estimate
Submissions closed 12 Sept 2024awarded 24 Sept 2024
Awarded to CLARENDON FUND MANAGERS LIMITED

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Invest NI is seeking to appoint a fund manager to manage and deliver CIF III for a ten-year period with an option to extend for four periods of one year each. The initial ten-year term is split into a five year investment period, followed by a five year follow on and exit period. A legal contract, by way of a Limited Partnership Agreement (“LPA”) and a Management Services Agreement (“MSA”), will govern the ten-year contract to deliver CIF III and a draft LPA and MSA will be included in the tender documents.

CPV: Banking and investment services · Corporate finance and venture capital services · Financial and insurance services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£9,685,000
Extensions: four periods of one year · the option to extend for 4 further periods of 1 year each.Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 55.00000000000001%Price: 35%Social value: 10%
Published sub-criteria (9)
  • Personnel Recruitment: 4.6%
  • Personnel Experience of Executive 1, 2 and 3: 15%
  • Management of CIF III: 12.4%
  • Marketing Strategy Development: 7.5%
  • Venture Capital Development, Links to Private Investors Business Angel Development: 9.1%
  • Engagement with Invest NI: 3.2%
  • Governance: 3.2%
  • General Partner’s share: 35%
  • Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (9)
  • Personnel Recruitment: 4.6
  • Personnel Experience of Executive 1, 2 and 3: 15
  • Management of CIF III: 12.4
  • Marketing Strategy Development: 7.5
  • Venture Capital Development, Links to Private Investors Business Angel Development: 9.1
  • Engagement with Invest NI: 3.2
  • Governance: 3.2
  • Social Value: 10
  • General Partner’s share: 35
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 35 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3.5 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
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
13 Aug 2024, 10:04 BST
Last source update
25 Sept 2024, 16:21 BST
Award evaluation window
12 Sept 2024 – …
Authority reference
5163499
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-030663
Classification (CPV)
Banking and investment servicesCorporate finance and venture capital servicesFinancial and insurance services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-048a2e Find a Tender
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

CPD will comply with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and, where. appropriate, will incorporate a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of Framework. Agreement 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 framework Agreement is entered into.

Publisher note: The successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored in line with the tender documentation. 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 Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance and the contract may be terminated... The issue of a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance can 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 three years from the date of issue.. . The Authority expressly reserves the rights:. . (I). not to award any contract as a result of. the. procurement process commenced by publication of this notice;. (II). to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and. structure. of the tendering Competition;. (III). to award (a) contract(s) in respect of any part(s) of the [services] covered by this notice; and.. (IV). to. award contract(s) in stages.. . and in no circumstances will the Authority be liable for any costs incurred by candidates

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: eTendersNI · Who buys & how to bid on eTendersNI
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free Northern Ireland registration
Submission deadline
12 Sept 2024, 15:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
12 Sept 2024, 15:30 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

12 Sept 2024 → 11 Dec 2024 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    12 Sept 2024, 15:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    12 Sept 2024, 15:30 BST
  3. Notice published
    25 Sept 2024, 16:21 BST
  4. Bids must remain valid until
    11 Dec 2024, 23:59 GMT

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 25 Sept 2024
  1. Status changed to complete
    25 Sept 2024, 16:21 BST
  2. Buyer details updated
    25 Sept 2024, 16:21 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £7,628,7241 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 24 Sept 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
CLARENDON FUND MANAGERS LIMITEDSMEINVEST NI: CO INVESTMENT FUND III (CIF III)£7,628,724 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

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

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Invest Northern Ireland

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawGeneral public servicesEconomic affairs Bedford Square, 1 Bedford St,, BELFAST, UK, BT2 7ESContact name, 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 amendedReview body BELFAST

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria