Official UK procurement notice
BSP-20-014 - CYCLE TO WORK SCHEME FOR THE EDUCATION AUTHORITY
Authority: the Education Authority (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe award of a contract by Education Authority Northern Ireland (EANI) without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union, in respect of the provision of Cycle to Work Scheme for the Education Authority (BSP-20-014) as further described in OJEU Contract Notice.
CPV: Benefit services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The objective of the scheme is to promote healthier journeys to work and to reduce…
The objective of the scheme is to promote healthier journeys to work and to reduce environmental pollution. The 1999 Finance Act introduced an annual tax exemption which allows employers to loan cycles and cyclists safety equipment to employees as a tax free benefit. Administration of the process is in conjunction with EA & Department of Education (DE) Payrolls and there will be no cost to
the EA for this scheme.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- 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
- 21 Dec 2023, 11:22 GMT
- Last source update
- 21 Dec 2023, 11:22 GMT
- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-037642- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-042917Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
The Contract set out in OJEU Contract Notice was entered into by EANI as per the published Contract Award Notice. The Contract was initially awarded for £600,000.00 and it was agreed in December 2023 that this would be increased to £900,000.00 under Regulation 72 (1)(B) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015.
Namely. the following conditions have been fulfilled:
(b)for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor that have become necessary and were not included in the initial procurement, where a change of contractor—
i)cannot be made for economic or technical reasons such as requirements of interchangeability or interoperability with existing equipment, services or installations procured under the initial procurement, or
(ii)would cause significant inconvenience or substantial duplication of costs for the contracting authority, provided that any increase in price does not exceed 50% of the value of the original contract.
The modification is 50% of the original contract value which is permissible under Regulation 72 (1) B.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halfords Limited Cycle2work | £300,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 037642-2023-1 · Halfords Limited Cycle2work
- Signed
- 25 Mar 2021
- Value
- £300,000
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The UK does not currently have any such bodies with responsibilities for appeal/mediation proceduresReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Halfords Limited Cycle2workAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.