Official UK procurement notice
Invest NI - Provision of Filming and Production Services
Authority: Invest Northern Ireland (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionInvest NI wishes to appoint a suitable contractor to manage and deliver the full range of filming and production services that facilitate the agreed elements of Invest NI’s annual schedule of communication plans. The provision of an extensive range of filming and production outputs is an essential part of the Client’s communications strategy and provides a strategic platform to promote its programmes and advisory services, which will ultimately facilitate annual programme referral and participation targets. This will also help to identify and build a pipeline of potential customers and support and encourage pull-through between the Client’s core customer segments.
CPV: Advertising film production · Archive services · Information film production
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£1,000,000
What 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)
- Quality: 50%
- Cost: 50%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 50
- Cost: 50
- Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
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
- Awarded
- 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 8 Jun 2021, 14:45 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Sept 2021, 10:15 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 9 Jul 2021 – …
- Authority reference
3504955- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-022359- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02b98dFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment
- Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: Invest NI and CPD will comply with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. and, where appropriate, will incorporate a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. This provides time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.
Publisher note: The successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored. 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 certificate of unsatisfactory performance and the contract may be terminated. The issue of a certificate of unsatisfactory. Performance will 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 12 months from the date of issue of the certificate. . . The authority expressly reserves the rights:. (i) not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice;. (ii) to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering competition;. (iii) to award (a) contract(s) in respect of any part(s) of the [services] covered by this notice; and. (iv) to award contract(s) in. stages. In no circumstances will the authority be liable for any costs incurred by candidates.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 9 Jul 2021, 15:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 9 Jul 2021, 15:30 BST
Timeline
9 Jul 2021 → 7 Oct 2021 · 4 dates- Submission deadline9 Jul 2021, 15:00 BST
- Bids opened9 Jul 2021, 15:30 BST
- Notice published9 Sept 2021, 10:15 BST
- Bids must remain valid until7 Oct 2021, 23:59 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete9 Sept 2021, 10:15 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| MORROW COMMUNICATIONS LTDSMEContract | £1,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract · MORROW COMMUNICATIONS LTDSME
- Signed
- 9 Sept 2021
- Value
- £1,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids · 2 electronic · 1 from abroad | 2 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures.Review body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- MORROW COMMUNICATIONS LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical selection criteria