Audio Guides Content Delivery and Maintenance

Official notice

Authority: Historic Environment Scotland

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competitionSME suitable

Sectors: Postal and telecommunications services (64) Delivery: Scotland (UKM)

Awarded value£450,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 23 Jul 2021no call for competition

Awarded to ATS Heritage2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

HES delivers audio tours through physical devices and progressive web applications. This covers the creation and development of suitable content for a diverse range of visitors. It also includes the development and delivery of progressive web tours and the maintenance of the HES owned physical devices and ancillary products, as well as changes to the content.

CPV: Electronic information services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1HES requires high quality audio content that is compatible with the handsets that are usedAwarded

HES requires high quality audio content that is compatible with the handsets that are used. The content must be suitable for all visitors both adults and children and will in some cases include tours in various languages including the British Sign Language and for specific visitor groups (eg families and visually impaired visitors)HES will provide detailed information about the sites and the key stops so that the supplier can produce the high quality files for tours of a variety of times and in various languages. Some sites will only require updates to key stops on the routes at the sites as opposed to re-doing the whole recording for the site.

Delivery: Scotland

64216200 Electronic information services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 28 Jun 2021, 09:44 BST
Last source update: 27 Jul 2021, 09:14 BST
FTS notice number: 2021/S 000-017745
Classification (CPV): Electronic information services
Delivery area: Scotland (UKM)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-02c09f Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification: The current supplier of this service has gone into liquidation (Antenna International) and the assets have been purchased by another company (ATS Heritage). To ensure unbroken continuity of service of the audio guides, software and web applications, and to ensure that there is minimum impact upon HES resources, it is HES’s intention to award a contract to ATS Heritage for a maximum duration of 24 months. The contract will provide some stability for the recovery of our sites owing to the impact of the COVID global pandemic and will also allow HES time to review the future requirements before going back to the marketplace for a new audio guide content and maintenance contract.

Publisher note: (SC Ref:661305)

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 2

Awarded value £450,0001 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once

Bids received 11 from SMEs

Contracts signed 2latest 23 Jul 2021

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
ATS HeritageSME	£450,000 †same award published again · counted once	—	Awarded
ATS HeritageSME	£450,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 017745-2021-1 · ATS HeritageSME
Signed
23 Jul 2021
Value
£450,000
Status
active
Contract 014636-2021-1 · ATS HeritageSME
Signed
21 Jun 2021
Value
£450,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad	1	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Historic Environment Scotland

Contracting authorityNational or federal agency/officeHeritage, Built Environment and Tourism Longmore House, Salisbury Place, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH9 1SHContact name, email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Edinburgh Sheriff Court and Justice of Peace CourtReview body Edinburgh

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

ATS HeritageAwarded supplier 1 South Lane, Clanfield, Waterlooville, UK, PO8 0RB

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.