Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Invest NI
Bedford Square, 1 Bedford St
BELFAST
BT2 7ES
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 5473034 DfE Invest NI - Resource Matching (Industrial Symbiosis) Service
II.1.2) Main CPV code
90713000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Invest NI has a requirement for a Supplier to deliver a programme of Resource Matching (Industrial Symbiosis) activity in Northern Ireland over the period 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2027 with the option for three further periods of any period up to and including 12 months each up to March 2030.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
1 643 118.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
60000000
90714500
79920000
90710000
79723000
90700000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Invest NI has a requirement for a Supplier to deliver a programme of Resource Matching (Industrial Symbiosis) activity in Northern Ireland over the period 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2027 with the option for three further periods of any period up to and including 12 months each up to March 2030.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: AC1 Service Delivery Director Experience
/ Weighting: 12
Quality criterion: AC2 Generate Leads and Recruit Participants
/ Weighting: 12
Quality criterion: AC3 Social Value
/ Weighting: 12
Quality criterion: AC4 Follow Up Leads
/ Weighting: 9
Quality criterion: AC5 Ensure a Complimentary Service and Stakeholder Engagement
/ Weighting: 6
Quality criterion: AC6 Client Relationship Management Tools
/ Weighting: 6
Quality criterion: AC7 Input to the Marketing of the Service
/ Weighting: 3
Cost criterion: AC8 Total Contract Price
/ Weighting: 40
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
There is the option for three further periods of any period up to and including 12 months each up to March 2030.
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 000-040301
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
20/02/2025
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
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: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
INTERNATIONAL SYNERGIES NORTHERN IRELAND LTD
55 - 59 Adelaide Street
BELFAST
BT2 8FE
UK
Telephone: +44 2838333438
E-mail: BD@international-synergies.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)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 1 643 118.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The.. successful.. contractor’s. performance on the contract will be. regularly monitored in line with the tender. documentation.. 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.. regarded as an.. act. of. grave professional misconduct and they may be issued with a. Notice of. Unsatisfactory Performance and the.. contract may be... terminated.. The issue of a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance can. result in. the Contractor being excluded from.. all procurement... competitions being. undertaken by Centres of Procurement Expertise. on behalf. of bodies covered by the Northern.. Ireland Procurement... Policy for a period of. three years from the date of issue.
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
Belfast
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
20/02/2025