Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Department for the Economy
39-49 Adelaide Street
BELFAST
BT2 8FD
UK
E-mail: SSDAdmin.CPD@finance-ni.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
Address of the buyer profile: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
ID 4368396 DfE - Geothermal Demonstrator Project
Reference number: ID 4368396
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Department for the Economy (DfE) is seeking a Contractor to manage a demonstrator project comprised of an overarching Communications and Marketing project and two feasibility studies, one for a shallow geothermal system, on the Stormont Estate and one for a deep geothermal system at Greenmount in Co Antrim. The Contract will commence upon Contract award (expected December 2022/ early January 2023) for 8 months with one option to extend for any period up to, and including, 3 months.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
2 700 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
38436410
45321000
44111520
45251140
09321000
09320000
09310000
31682000
65310000
09330000
09300000
09332000
09331100
71314000
71314200
71314300
65400000
79000000
79200000
79300000
79340000
79341000
79341200
79342000
79341400
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Department for the Economy (DfE) is seeking a Contractor to manage a demonstrator project comprised of an overarching Communications and Marketing project and two feasibility studies, one for a shallow geothermal system, on the Stormont Estate and one for a deep geothermal system at Greenmount in Co Antrim. The Contract will commence upon Contract award (expected December 2022/ early January 2023) for 8 months with one option to extend for any period up to, and including, 3 months.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: AC1 Key Personnel Experience
/ Weighting: 20.3
Quality criterion: AC2 Implementation Plan
/ Weighting: 9.8
Quality criterion: AC3 Working in Partnership
/ Weighting: 9.8
Quality criterion: AC4 Health and Safety
/ Weighting: 9.8
Quality criterion: AC5 Proposed Contract Management / Contingency Arrangements
/ Weighting: 9.8
Quality criterion: AC6 Social Value
/ Weighting: 10.5
Cost criterion: AC7 Total Contract Price
/ Weighting: 30
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
There is one option to extend for any period up to, and including, 3 months.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2022/S 000-031573
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 1
Title: Contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
15/02/2023
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 3
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Tetra Tech Consulting NI Ltd
1 Locksley Business Park, Montgomery Road,
Belfast
BT6 9UP
UK
Telephone: +44 2890706000
E-mail: ireland@tetratech.com
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
URL: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 2 700 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be subcontracted
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The successful Contractor’s performance will be managed as per the specification. and 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 CPD for further action. If this. occurs and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, it may be grounds for termination of the contract at the Contractor's expense. In lieu of termination they may be issued with a Notice of Written Warning or a Notice of. Unsatisfactory Performance. A central register of such Notices for supplies and services Contracts will be maintained and published. on the CPD website. Any Contractor in receipt of multiple Notices of Written Warning or Notices of Unsatisfactory Performance will be. required to declare this in future tender submissions for a period of three years from the date of issue of the Notice. It may also result in. the Contractor being excluded from all procurement competitions being undertaken by Centres of Procurement.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
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 PCR 2015 as amended
Belfast
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
CPD complied with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and incorporated a standstill period (i.e. a minimum 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. This provided time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract was entered into.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
15/02/2023