CONTRACT NOTICE – OFFICIAL JOURNAL

Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1)

Name, Address and Contact Point(s)

I.2)

Type of contracting Authority and Main Activity or Activities

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions National or federal agency/Office Regional or local Authority Regional or local Agency/Office Body governed by public law European Institution/Agency or International Organisation

General public services Defence Public order and safety Environment Economic and financial affairs Health Housing and community amenities Social protection Recreation, culture and religion Education

Section II: Object of the Contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

II.1.2(a))

Type of works contract

II.1.2(b))

Type of supplies contract

II.1.2(c))

Type of service contract

II.1.2)

Main site or location of works, place of delivery or performance

II.1.3)

This notice involves

A public contract
The setting up of a Dynamic Purchasing System
The establishment of a framework agreement

II.1.4)

Information on framework agreement (if applicable)

Framework agreement with a single operators
Framework agreement with several operators

Number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged

Duration of the framework agreement

Justification for a framework agreement the duration of which exceeds four years

Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement

Frequency and value of the contracts to be awarded

II.1.5)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (DETI), on behalf of the Executive Sub Committee on the Economy wishes to appoint a Contractor to review the effectiveness of the NI Executive approach to support delivery of its target to drawdown 145 000 000 EUR Horizon 2020. Central to this will be an assessment of the existing support mechanisms which have been put in place to support NI participants engaging successfully in Horizon 2020. Horizon 2020 is the European Union's Framework for Research and Innovation. It is the world's largest competitive research and innovation programme with a budget of nearly 80 000 000 000 000 EUR. Running from 2014 to 2020, it funds all stages of research and innovation, from blue skies research through to near market activity. Programmes such as Horizon 2020 have an important role to play in helping transform Northern Ireland's economy into one that is knowledge based and export orientated and in so doing raise the profile of Northern Ireland research and innovation capabilities. More information on Horizon 2020 and the support available to NI applicants can be found at www.h2020ni.com In September 2014 the Northern Ireland Executive set a target of securing 145 000 000 EUR from Horizon 2020. This target represented a 65 % increase in Northern Ireland performance under FP7 — the predecessor to Horizon 2020. In setting the target the Executive recognised that success will require a substantial increase in both the number and the quality of the applications submitted under Horizon 2020 than were submitted in FP7. (NI secured 89 000 000 EUR from FP7 — more details on NI past and current performance can be found at www.h2020ni.com) The successful Contractor will have full access to NI data on Horizon 2020. The overall aim of the Review is to ensure that the Northern Ireland Executive's Horizon 2020 policies, programmes and resources are appropriately targeted to help achieve the target of 145 000 000 EUR. The review will determine if the existing support mechanisms and actions being taken across the Executive are sufficient to deliver the Executive's target, and make recommendations for improving performance moving forward. The review will inform future decisions on the allocation of both financial and non financial support provided by the NI Executive Departments and arms length bodies to potential Horizon 2020 applicants. This is particularly relevant as funding for the current primary source of support to potential applicants, i.e. The Northern Ireland Horizon 2020 Contact Point Network is due to end in August 2016. The Review will examine the impact of this network and assess the extent to which the focus of the NI Executive's efforts should be on either promotional and awareness raising activity aimed at widening participation or whether instead resources should be concentrated on a number of smaller number of discreet areas that have the potential to deliver larger and more successful Horizon 2020 projects. This tender is below the OJEU threshold but is being advertised in the OJEU to attract interest (The Public Contract Regulations 2015 will not apply and this is a voluntary notice).

II.1.6)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.1.7)

Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

II.1.8)

Division into lots

II.1.9)

Will variants be accepted

II.2)

Quantity or Scope of the Contract

II.2.1)

Total quantity or scope

II.2.2)

Options

Provisional timetable for recourse to these options

Number of possible renewals

In the case of renewable supplies or service contracts, estimated time frame for subsequent contracts

II.3)

Duration of the contract or limit for completion

Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial and Technical Information

III.1)

Conditions Relating to the Contract

III.1.1)

Deposits and guarantees required

III.1.2)

Main Terms of financing and payment and/or reference to the relevant provisions

III.1.3)

Legal form to be taken by the grouping of suppliers, contractors or service providers to whom the contract is to be awarded

As outlined in the tender documents.

III.1.4)

Other particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject

III.2)

Conditions for Participation

III.2.1)

Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

As outlined in the tender documents.

III.2.2)

Economic and financial capacity

III.2.3)

Technical capacity

III.2.4)

Reserved contracts

The contract is restricted to sheltered workshops
The execution of the contract is restricted to the framework of sheltered employment programmes

III.3)

Conditions Specific to Service Contracts

III.3.1)

Is provision of the service reserved to a specific profession?

III.3.2)

Will legal entities be required to state the names and professional qualifications of the personnel responsible for the execution of the service?

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Type of Procedure

Open		Restricted
Accelerated restricted		Negotiated
Accelerated negotiated		Competitive dialogue

Justification for the choice of accelerated procedure

IV.1.1)

Have candidates already been selected?

IV.1.2)

Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate

Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates

IV.1.3)

Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue

Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated

IV.2)

Award Criteria

IV.2.2)

An electronic auction will be used

IV.3 Administrative Information

IV.3.1)

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

33744

IV.3.2)

Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Prior Information Notice
Notice on a Buyer Profile

Other previous publications

IV.3.3)

Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents

IV.3.4)

Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

IV.3.5)

Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

IV.3.6)

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

IV.3.7)

Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender 

IV.3.8)

Conditions for opening tenders

Section VI: Other Information

VI.1)

Indicate whether this procurement is a recurrent one and the Estimated timing for further notices to be published

VI.2)

Does the contract relate to a Project/Programme financed by Community Funds?

VI.3)

Additional Information

This tender is below the OJEU threshold but is being advertised in the OJEU to attract interest (The Public Contract Regulations 2015 will not apply and this is a voluntary notice).

VI.4)

Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures

Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.4.2)

Lodging of appeals
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals:

VI.4.3)

Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.5)

Dispatch date of this Notice