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Published 21 Oct 2021, 09:45 BST

Official UK procurement notice

TEO - ECNI - Provision of Facilities Management Services to Equality House

Official notice

Authority: The Executive Office·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£540,000exc. VAT18.2% below published estimate
Submissions closed 24 Nov 2021awarded 2 Feb 2022
Awarded to ARAMARK IRELAND HOLDINGS LTD

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Equality Commission for Northern Ireland are seeking to establish a Contract for the delivery of Hard and Soft Facilities Management Services (reception, security, cleaning, facilities assistants services, waste management, contract management and mechanical and electrical and plant maintenance) for Equality House with a single Contractor who will be responsible for managing and delivering the specified Services in a flexible and responsive way.

CPV: Accommodation, building and window cleaning services · Building and facilities management services · Building-cleaning services · Caretaker services · Cleaning and sanitation services · Guard services · Janitorial services · Non-residential property services · Office cleaning services · Patrol services · Reception services · Repair and maintenance services of building installations · +2 more

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£540,000
Extensions: Single option of up to 12 months extension · It is anticipated this contract will be retendered at the end of the initial contract period or the optional extensionVariant 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: 30%Price: 70%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • As Per the Tender Documents: 30%
  • As Per the Tender Documents: 70%
Published award criteria (2)
  • As Per the Tender Documents: 30
  • As Per the Tender Documents: 70
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 70 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7 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
Yes
First published
21 Oct 2021, 09:45 BST
Last source update
15 Feb 2022, 09:14 GMT
Award evaluation window
24 Nov 2021 – …
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-004238
Classification (CPV)
Accommodation, building and window cleaning servicesBuilding and facilities management servicesBuilding-cleaning servicesCaretaker servicesCleaning and sanitation servicesGuard servicesJanitorial servicesNon-residential property servicesOffice cleaning servicesPatrol services
+4 moreReception servicesRepair and maintenance services of building installations
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02ee51 Find a Tender
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

: CPD will comply with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) 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 Construction Procurement Delivery Supplies and Services Division for further action. If this occurs and your performance does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, this can be considered grounds for termination of the contract at your expense as provided for in the Conditions of Contract. In lieu of termination, CPD may issue a Notice of Written Warning or a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance. A supplier in receipt of multiple Notices of Written Warning or a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance may, in accordance with The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) be excluded from future public procurement competitions for a period of up to three years

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
24 Nov 2021, 15:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
24 Nov 2021, 15:30 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

24 Nov 2021 → 22 Feb 2022 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    24 Nov 2021, 15:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    24 Nov 2021, 15:30 GMT
  3. Notice published
    15 Feb 2022, 09:14 GMT
  4. Bids must remain valid until
    22 Feb 2022, 23:59 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    15 Feb 2022, 09:14 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £441,8071 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 3
Contracts signed 1latest 2 Feb 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
ARAMARK IRELAND HOLDINGS LTDContract£441,807 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids · 3 electronic · 1 from abroad0——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

The Executive Office

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawGeneral public services Stormont Castle, BELFAST, UK, BT4 3TTContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Consortium members and other public bodies

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Not applicable in the UKReview body Not applicable in the UK
  • This is not applicable in the UKReview body This is not applicable in the UK

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