Official UK procurement notice
Invest NI - LED Business Growth Programme
Authority: Invest Northern Ireland (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionInvest NI - LED Business Growth Programme
- Recurrence: Every 3 to 4 years
CPV: Business and management consultancy services · Business development consultancy services · Education and training services · Specialist training services · Training programme services · Training services · Vocational training services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedWhat it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Qualitative Criteria: 80%
- Quantitative Criteria: 20%
Published award criteria (2)
- Qualitative Criteria: 80
- Quantitative Criteria: 20
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · Every 3 to 4 years
- First published
- 18 Feb 2021, 15:08 GMT
- Last source update
- 18 Feb 2021, 15:08 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 23 Mar 2021 – …
- Authority reference
ID 3217925- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-003287- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02943eFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: The successful Contractor’s performance on this Contract will be managed as per the specification and regularly monitored (see.. Procurement Guidance Note 01/12 - Contract Management - Procedures and Principles). 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 this Contract may be terminated. 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 a.. Notice 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 Expertise on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Procurement Policy... VI.4)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 23 Mar 2021, 15:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en, fo
- Bids opened
- 23 Mar 2021, 15:30 GMT
Timeline
18 Feb 2021 → 21 Jun 2021 · 4 dates- Notice published18 Feb 2021, 15:08 GMT
- Submission deadline23 Mar 2021, 15:00 GMT
- Bids opened23 Mar 2021, 15:30 GMT
- Bids must remain valid until21 Jun 2021, 23:59 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- European UnionFunder
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- 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 amendedMediation body
- The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation proceduresReview body
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria