Find a TenderAwarded without competition
Published 1 Jul 2021, 14:59 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Staff Mobile Visitor Pop Ups

Official notice

Authority: WEST MIDLANDS GROWTH COMPANY LIMITED (Public body)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competitionSME suitable
Published estimate£350,125≈ £233k / year0.4% below published estimate
Submissions closed 16 Aug 2021
Awarded to The Welcome People Ltd
Contract term 1 yr 6 moends 31 Mar 2023 · starts 12 Oct 2021

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The BATP Tourism team is structured to manage contracts for delivery and provide key stakeholder liaison therefore, following assessment of the needs of this work package, we confirm that contracting the staffing and the pop-up visitor information service offers the best value and guaranteed standards of service needed for a finite timescale across Cultural Programme and Games time, across a wide geography.

CPV: Administrative services related to tourism affairs · Event services · Tourist information services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Provision of Mobile Visitor Pop Ups during the Games PeriodAwarded 1 yr 6 moPublished value£350,125

Provision of Mobile Visitor Pop Ups during the Games Period. Additional information: The initial FTS procurement was procured under OJEU Reference Number 2021/S 0000-015087 via open tender and this procurement did not receive any competitive bids from the market before negotiated procedure without call for competition was considered and approved by WMGC Leadership and Commercial Working Group

Contract period: 12 Oct 2021 – 31 Mar 2023 (1 yr 6 mo)
Delivery: West Midlands · As the crow flies from B1
Variant bids: not allowed

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
1 Jul 2021, 14:59 BST
Last source update
10 Mar 2022, 14:27 GMT
Award evaluation window
16 Aug 2021 – …
Authority reference
2021-WMGC-0023
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-006592
Classification (CPV)
Administrative services related to tourism affairsEvent servicesTourist information services
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02c263 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to open procedure
Published justification

The initial Tender against the open call for competition did not yield any interest from the market

Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Performance terms

As described in Tender and Contract documents

Review and risk notes
Review procedure

WMGC Ltd will incorporate a minimum of 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the contracting Authority before the contract is entered into. The further clarification request of the intention to award must be sought within 10 days of issuing the intention to award letters.

Publisher note: This procurement exercise is being conducted using In-Tend (e-tendering platform . All tenderers wishing to participate in this tender process are required to register on this link https://in-tendhost.co.uk/wmgrowth/aspx/Registration and use the Register / Sign In button which is located on the left hand side of the page and complete the registration forms. Following registration, an e-mail will be sent to you advising of your user ID along with a reminder of your e-mail address and password. Details of the project are located under the current tenders link which is also where you can express an interest and receive the documentation. Once you have done this you must log back into the website using the details provided following registration and locate the contract document under Tenders, My Tenders on the menu. The Tender should be received no later than Monday 16th August 2021. Please note there is no Exclusivity in awarding this contract. The Authority reserves to award this contract in any form or to withdraw the award of the whole contract during or after the tender process before entering into contract with any bidder. Bidders in tendering for this contract must be fully aware that no faulty break clauses will apply and acceptance of such will form one of the conditions of the contract. Furthermore, the Contracting Authority Terms will apply and will be binding on the contract by acceptance of the form of tender without qualifying any of the terms.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Submission deadline
16 Aug 2021, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
16 Aug 2021, 13:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

16 Aug 2021 → 10 Mar 2022 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    16 Aug 2021, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    16 Aug 2021, 13:00 BST
  3. Contract starts
    12 Oct 2021, 00:00 BST
  4. Notice published
    10 Mar 2022, 14:27 GMT

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 10 Mar 2022
  1. Status changed to complete
    10 Mar 2022, 14:27 GMT
  2. Procurement method changed
    10 Mar 2022, 14:27 GMT
  3. Buyer details updated
    10 Mar 2022, 14:27 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £348,8081 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 8 Dec 2021
Awarded toValueDateStatus
The Welcome People LtdSMEStaffed Mobile Visitor Pop Ups£348,808 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Staffed Mobile Visitor Pop Ups · The Welcome People LtdSME

    Signed
    8 Dec 2021
    Value
    £348,808
    Period
    … – 31 Mar 2023
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

WEST MIDLANDS GROWTH COMPANY LIMITED

Contracting authorityPublic bodyBody governed by public lawGeneral public services Baskerville House,2 Centenary Square, BIRMINGHAM, West Midlands, B12NDContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Commercial Working GroupReview body BirminghamContact email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.