Official UK procurement notice
Northern Innovation Hub Food and Drink TechHUB Strand 1: Business Support Services
Authority: Highlands and Islands Enterprise
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionA contract has been awarded to provide the following services: The Food and Drink TechHUB project (TechHUB) is to be delivered across the Highland Council area as a project under HIE’s Northern Innovation Hub (NIH) programme. The NIH TechHUB Strand 1: Business Support Services contract which will be required to align with, and complement, existing HIE provision and that of our partners, to provide business support, technical advice and events to develop an existing and growing network of Food and Drink producers and supply chain businesses (SMEs).
- Recurrence: HIE reserves the right to re-tender for these services upon termination of the contract or at the end of the contract period, including any extension period.
CPV: Business analysis consultancy services · Business and management consultancy and related services · Business and management consultancy services · Business development consultancy services · Development consultancy services · Research and development services and related consultancy services · Training services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The key tasks are:AwardedRenewalPublished value£524,000
The key tasks are:
- bringing F&D businesses together;
- supporting businesses incl. brokering specialist/technical support;
- raising awareness and increase implementation of new technologies and opportunities;
- developing transformational local, national and international triple-helix collaborations between public sector, businesses and academia;
- engaging with partners and stakeholders;
- nurturing young entrepreneurs - provide complementary support to the relevant cohort(s) of IMPACT30 participants;
- reporting, monitoring and evaluation.
These services will be required from 3 May 2022 for an initial period of 3 years, with HIE having the option to extend for a period or periods together not exceeding 12 months following the Initial Term.
The initial 3-year budget currently available to deliver this service was between GBP 325,000 and GBP 374,000 (excluding VAT). Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
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)
- Delivery Methodology: 30%
- Management Methodology: 10%
- Management & Delivery Team: 15%
- Risks & Challenges: 5%
- Economic Growth & Community Wealth Building Priorities: 5%
- price: 35%
Published award criteria (6)
- Delivery Methodology: 30%
- Management Methodology: 10%
- Management & Delivery Team: 15%
- Risks & Challenges: 5%
- Economic Growth & Community Wealth Building Priorities: 5%
- Price: 35%
- Suitability
Not applicable to this procurement exercise.
- Condition of participationno text publishedMinimum: Minimum level(s) of standards required: 4B.5 It is a requirement of this Contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commence of any subsequently awarded Contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below: Employer’s (Compulsory) Liability Insurance …
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- 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
Yes · HIE reserves the right to re-tender for these services upon termination of the contract or at the end of the contract period, including any extension period.
- First published
- 6 Jan 2022, 14:24 GMT
- Last source update
- 4 May 2022, 13:40 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 25 Feb 2022 – …
- Authority reference
FTS 014- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-011492- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0307e0Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
Contracting authorities may lay down special conditions relating to the performance of a contract, provided that they are linked to the subject-matter of the contract.
Those conditions may include economic, innovation-related, environmental, social or employment-related considerations.
The contract will include Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) which can be found within the Tender documentation.
- Review procedure
An economic operator that suffers, or is at risk of suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 or the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 , may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session.
Publisher note: It is estimated that the maximum total value of the services over the maximum duration of 4 years will be GBP 521,895 (excluding VAT). This is the figure which has been used in II.1.5 & V.2.4. (SC Ref:691137)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 25 Feb 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 25 Feb 2022, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
25 Feb 2022 → 4 May 2022 · 3 dates- Submission deadline25 Feb 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened25 Feb 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published4 May 2022, 13:40 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete4 May 2022, 13:40 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAC Commercial Ltd | £521,895 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 011492-2022-FTS 014-1 · SAC Commercial Ltd
- Signed
- 3 May 2022
- Value
- £521,895
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3bids · 3 electronic · 1 from abroad | 2 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Inverness Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- SAC Commercial LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.