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Published 14 Jan 2021, 11:24 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

NMNI 3317611 Transforming the Ulster Folk Museum A People’s Project

Official notice

Authority: Dept. for Communities, National Museums Northern Ireland.

ServicesRestricted procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£1,900,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 26 Feb 2021awarded 16 Nov 2021
Awarded to Gareth Hoskins Architects Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Provision of construction related professional services by a team of Consultants and their supply chain, referred to as an Integrated Consultant Team (ICT). The ICT will actively develop the Employer’s Requirements, complete the feasibility study, prepare the concept and developed design of a new Front Entrance Building and non-public workshop/storage buildings at the Ulster Folk Museum, and shall provide the professional services applicable to all RIBA Plan of Work 2013 Stages 1 to 7

CPV: Architectural design services · Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services · Construction project management services · Consultative engineering and construction services · Engineering design services · Engineering design services for mechanical and electrical installations for buildings · Museum services and preservation services of historical sites and buildings

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

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: 80%Price: 20%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 80
  • Price: 20
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    Refer to PQQ documentation

Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 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
Restricted 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
14 Jan 2021, 11:24 GMT
Last source update
26 Apr 2022, 12:24 BST
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-010686
Classification (CPV)
Architectural design servicesArchitectural, construction, engineering and inspection servicesConstruction project management servicesConsultative engineering and construction servicesEngineering design servicesEngineering design services for mechanical and electrical installations for buildingsMuseum services and preservation services of historical sites and buildings
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN0)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-028a3c Find a Tender
Contract terms
Performance terms

The Economic Operators’ performance on this Contract will be regularly monitored. As part of its contract management procedures, the Contracting Authority will use the Protocol for Managing Poor Supplier Performance contained in Procurement Guidance Note PGN 01/12 – Contract Management Principles and Procedures:. www.finance-ni.gov.uk/publications/procure… ↗. . If an Economic Operator has received more than one current Notice of Written Warning or a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance, the Contracting Authority, at its discretion, can consider an Economic Operator’s exclusion from future procurements, being undertaken on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Public Procurement Policy (NIPP), for a minimum period of 12 months or 3 years respectively. . . A list of bodies subject to Northern Ireland Public Procurement Policy can be viewed at: . www.finance-ni.gov.uk/articles/list-public… ↗.

Review and risk notes
Review procedure

This procurement is governed by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and provides for economic operators who have suffered, or who risk suffering, loss, or damage, as a consequence of an alleged breach of the duty owed in accordance with Regulation 91 to start proceedings in the High Court. A standstill period will commence at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide information on the award decision.The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.

Publisher note: CPD, in its capacity as a Central Purchasing Body, is administering this procurement on behalf of the Contracting Authority.. . The Contracting Authority expressly reserves the right:. . ii. not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice or to cancel the procurement at any stage; and. iii. to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering competition. . And in no circumstances will the Authority be liable for any costs incurred by Economic Operators or Candidates. Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken prior to contract award is accordingly at the sole risk of the Economic Operator or Candidate participating in this procurement process. This project will be used to progress the Government’s wider social, economic and environmental objectives.. . . No business whatsoever is guaranteed under any resulting framework agreement or contract indeed there is no guarantee that any framework agreement or contract will be put in place in relation to this notice. No compensation etc will be paid if a contract or framework agreement is withdrawn for any reason. Economic Operators should take part in this process only on the basis that they fully understand and accept this position. .

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

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=3317611 ↗

Submission deadline
26 Feb 2021, 15:00 GMT
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

26 Feb 2021 → 26 Apr 2022 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    26 Feb 2021, 15:00 GMT
  2. Bids must remain valid until
    26 Jun 2021, 23:59 BST
  3. Notice published
    26 Apr 2022, 12:24 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    26 Apr 2022, 12:24 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £3,182,5461 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 55 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 16 Nov 2021
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Gareth Hoskins Architects LimitedSMEContract£3,182,546 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
5bids · 5 electronic · 5 from abroad5——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Dept. for Communities, National Museums Northern Ireland.

Contracting authorityMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsGeneral public services Cultra, Holywood, UK, BT18 0EUContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Department of Finance, Construction Procurement Delivery, Procurement Operations BranchReview body BelfastContact email, phone

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