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Published 18 Mar 2022, 22:44 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of a Professional Conference Organiser for the Delivery of One Young World, Belfast 2023

Official notice

Authority: Belfast City Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published value£250,000published on the single lot · exc. VAT
Submissions closed 22 Apr 2022awarded 15 Jun 2022
Awarded to Conference Partners International Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Belfast City Council has awarded a contract with an experienced Contractor to work with Council’s Culture & Tourism team, Visit Belfast, and One Young World to lead on the development and delivery of Belfast’s responsibilities as host city to One Young World in 2023.

CPV: Cultural event organisation services · Event services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1The successful contractor is required to:AwardedRenewalPublished value£250,000

The successful contractor is required to:

  • To work with Belfast City Council, Visit Belfast, and One Young World to plan and deliver key responsibilities of the host city including opening and closing ceremony, counsellor dinner, night summit, social programme, and cultural programme elements.
  • To work alongside the Professional Conference Organiser appointed to deliver One Young World led areas of responsibilities.
  • To lead, manage and co-ordinate all host city elements of the programme and report into agreed management and governance structure in agreed areas and targets including programme, budget, operations, marketing, evaluation, sustainability, impact, and legacy.
  • To develop and manage host city sponsorship strategy to deliver income and in-kind sponsorship from private sector partners to agreed targets. Additional information: The successful contractor will be entitled to a maximum management fee (including all onsite staffing fees) of £250k, but will be responsible for managing the overall budget for the event. The overall budget will come from public funding (from Belfast City Council, the Northern Ireland Executive and private sponsorship with an approximate 50/50 split).
Delivery: Northern Ireland · Belfast
Extensions: See Schedule 1 Specification · The contract will be reviewed in December 2022 and, provided the successful Contractor has secured 50% of the total sponsorship required, will progress to the full 20 months .Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 80Price: 40
Published sub-criteria (3)
  • Quality Criteria: 80
  • Cost: 20
  • price: 20
Published award criteria (3)
  • Quality Criteria: 80
  • Cost: 20
  • Price: 20
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 120 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 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
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
18 Mar 2022, 22:44 GMT
Last source update
21 Nov 2022, 15:13 GMT
Award evaluation window
22 Apr 2022 – …
Authority reference
T2210
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-032971
Classification (CPV)
Cultural event organisation servicesEvent services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN06)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0323d8 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on JAGGAER
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail
Submission deadline
22 Apr 2022, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
22 Apr 2022, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

22 Apr 2022 → 21 Nov 2022 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    22 Apr 2022, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    22 Apr 2022, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    21 Nov 2022, 15:13 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    21 Nov 2022, 15:13 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £250,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 15 Jun 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Conference Partners International Ltd£250,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Belfast City Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services 9 - 21 Adelaide Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT2 8DJContact email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Royal Courts of JusticeReview body Belfast

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria