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Published 20 Apr 2023, 11:38 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Technical Adviser for Broadcasting Projects (BR-069-2022)

Official notice

Authority: NI Assembly

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£100,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 23 May 2023awarded 6 Jul 2023
Awarded to WAVE SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Northern Ireland Assembly Commission wishes to procure a suitably experienced and skilled Broadcasting Technical Adviser to provide professional ongoing strategic advice, technical consultancy and project management for its projects to upgrade and replace the Assembly’s broadcasting infrastructure in its Chamber and Committee rooms. This may include, but not be limited to:

  • Design workshops.
  • Assessing drawings.
  • Challenging costs and/or changes to budgets.
  • Regular project meetings.
  • Meetings/emails with Assembly Commission business areas.
  • Factory acceptance testing.
  • Checking technical documentation and related tasks.
  • Assisting with feedback from the Assembly’s Operation and Maintenance Contractor and the Assembly Commission.
  • Configuration changes.

CPV: Ancillary works for broadcasting · Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services · Broadcast production equipment · Building and facilities management services · Business and management consultancy and related services · Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security · Design consultancy services · Miscellaneous business-related services · Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services

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: 60%Price: 40%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality: 60%
  • Cost: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 60
  • Cost: 40
Conditions of participation1
  • Technical & professional ability

    Previous Relevant Experience

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 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
20 Apr 2023, 11:38 BST
Last source update
6 Jul 2023, 10:59 BST
Award evaluation window
23 May 2023 – …
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-019256
Classification (CPV)
Ancillary works for broadcastingArchitectural, construction, engineering and inspection servicesBroadcast production equipmentBuilding and facilities management servicesBusiness and management consultancy and related servicesBusiness services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and securityDesign consultancy servicesMiscellaneous business-related servicesTechnical testing, analysis and consultancy services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN06)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03c245 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Performance terms

Performance and timely achievement of the key milestones for the projects i.e. installation dates being met and new systems tested and handed over to the Assembly Commission as expected, will be monitored by the Assembly Commission’s Project Manager.

Review and risk notes
Review procedure

The Northern Ireland Assembly Commission will comply with the Public. Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) and incorporated a standstill period of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract was communicated to tenderers. That notification provided full information on the. award decision and provided time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract was entered into.

Publisher note: Performance and timely achievement of the key milestones for the projects i.e. installation dates being met and new systems tested and handed over to the Assembly Commission as expected, will be monitored by the Assembly Commission’s Project Manager. If the Contractor fails to reach satisfactory levels of performance i.e. if the milestones are missed or delayed, they will be requested to provide and implement recovery plans and be given a specified time in which to improve. The time will be dependent on the associated risks and the Assembly Commission’s business needs at that time. If after the specified timeframe for improvement, the performance still fails to meet satisfactory performance levels, the matter will be escalated to the Assembly Commission for action as required.

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
23 May 2023, 15:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
23 May 2023, 15:30 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

23 May 2023 → 21 Aug 2023 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    23 May 2023, 15:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    23 May 2023, 15:30 BST
  3. Notice published
    6 Jul 2023, 10:59 BST
  4. Bids must remain valid until
    21 Aug 2023, 23:59 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    6 Jul 2023, 10:59 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £100,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 31 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 6 Jul 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
WAVE SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDSMEContract£100,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids · 3 electronic · 1 from abroad1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NI Assembly

Contracting authorityLegislatureLocal Government Parliament Buildings, Belfast, UK, BT4 3XXContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The UK does not have any special review body with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures in public procurement competitions. Instead, any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR2015 as amended.Review body As above

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.