Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Invest NI
Bedford Square, 1 Bedford Street
BELFAST
BT2 7ES
UK
Contact person: SSDAdmin.CPDfinance-ni.gov.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
DfE - Invest NI - Appointment of Tax Advisors to Invest NI and it's Subsidary Companies
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79221000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
DfE - Invest NI - Appointment of Tax Advisors to Invest NI and it's Subsidary Companies Invest NI now wishes to appoint tax advisors (herein referred to as “the Contractor”) to prepare and submit annual Corporation Tax returns for Invest NI and two subsidiaries, BSDL and MRDE as required. In addition, the Contractor shall provide ad-hoc advice on other tax issues for the Invest NI group as and when needed throughout the contract period.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
200 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79222000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN0
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
DfE - Invest NI - Appointment of Tax Advisors to Invest NI and it's Subsidary Companies Invest NI now wishes to appoint tax advisors (herein referred to as “the Contractor”) to prepare and submit annual Corporation Tax returns for Invest NI and two subsidiaries, BSDL and MRDE as required. In addition, the Contractor shall provide ad-hoc advice on other tax issues for the Invest NI group as and when needed throughout the contract period.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: As per the Tender documents
/ Weighting: 60
Cost criterion: As per the Tender documents
/ Weighting: 40
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
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:
2024/S 000-014670
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
25/06/2024
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
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: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
ASM B LTD
Glendinning House
BELFAST
BT1 6DN
UK
E-mail: michael.williamson@asmbelfast.com
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
URL: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 200 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures. 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.
Not applicable in the UK
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
25/06/2024