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Published 8 Jun 2021, 14:45 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Invest NI - Provision of Filming and Production Services

Official notice

Authority: Invest Northern Ireland (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£1,000,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 9 Jul 2021awarded 9 Sept 2021
Awarded to MORROW COMMUNICATIONS LTD

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Invest NI wishes to appoint a suitable contractor to manage and deliver the full range of filming and production services that facilitate the agreed elements of Invest NI’s annual schedule of communication plans. The provision of an extensive range of filming and production outputs is an essential part of the Client’s communications strategy and provides a strategic platform to promote its programmes and advisory services, which will ultimately facilitate annual programme referral and participation targets. This will also help to identify and build a pipeline of potential customers and support and encourage pull-through between the Client’s core customer segments.

CPV: Advertising film production · Archive services · Information film production

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedPublished value£1,000,000
Extensions: The Contract will be awarded for an initial period of 24 months with the option to extend for a further periods of up to 24 months and a further period of up to 12 months. A maximum of 5 years in total.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: 50%Price: 50%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality: 50%
  • Cost: 50%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 50
  • Cost: 50
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

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
8 Jun 2021, 14:45 BST
Last source update
9 Sept 2021, 10:15 BST
Award evaluation window
9 Jul 2021 – …
Authority reference
3504955
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-022359
Classification (CPV)
Advertising film productionArchive servicesInformation film production
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02b98d Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: Invest NI and 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 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 12 months from the date of issue of the certificate. . . 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. 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
9 Jul 2021, 15:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
9 Jul 2021, 15:30 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

9 Jul 2021 → 7 Oct 2021 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    9 Jul 2021, 15:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    9 Jul 2021, 15:30 BST
  3. Notice published
    9 Sept 2021, 10:15 BST
  4. Bids must remain valid until
    7 Oct 2021, 23:59 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    9 Sept 2021, 10:15 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,000,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 22 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 9 Sept 2021
Awarded toValueDateStatus
MORROW COMMUNICATIONS LTDSMEContract£1,000,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids · 2 electronic · 1 from abroad2——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Invest NI

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawGeneral public services 1 Bedford Street, BELFAST, UK, BT2 7ESContact email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures.Review body Belfast

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria