Find a TenderAwarded without competition
Published 5 Sept 2023, 11:43 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Rating Valuation Services · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: the Education Authority (Central government)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Awarded value£500,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 19 Mar 2019no call for competition
Awarded to COLLIERS BELFAST LTD

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The award of a contract by Education Authority Northern Ireland (EANI) without prior publication of a call

for competition in the Find a Tender Service, in respect of the provision of Rating Valuation Services for EANI (BSF-18-018) as further

described in FTS Contract Notice.

CPV: Building consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1The contract was for the appointment of a specialist rating consultant who would ensure EA

The contract was for the appointment of a specialist rating consultant who would ensure EA

has the appropriate rateable value placed on all properties and therefore liable to pay associated rates.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0023 Concession Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/23/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
5 Sept 2023, 11:43 BST
Last source update
5 Sept 2023, 11:43 BST
Authority reference
BSF-18-018
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-026172
Classification (CPV)
Building consultancy services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03fa0c Find 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 for a term ending 31st March 2022. It was however agreed in March 2022 that the contract be extended until 30th September 2023 under Regulation 72(1)(B) of The Public Contacts Regulations 2015. It was EANI’s expectation at that time that the contract would be completed by September 2023, however delays in dealing with government agencies (namely Land & Property Services) have meant that the contract is not yet completed and additional time (contract term) is necessary to complete fully. The original contract value remains unchanged.

A modification to the contract term, has become necessary and is permitted by Regulation 72(1)(B) of The Public Contacts Regulations 2015. Namely, the following conditions have been fulfilled:

72.—(1) Contracts and framework agreements may be modified without a new procurement procedure in accordance with this Part in any of the following cases:— (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.

Colliers (the Contractor) have carried out all the preliminary work and have been delayed due to reasons outside of their and EA’s control. If this contract term is not extended, it would cause significant duplication of services and duplication of costs to the EA to deal with a separate, different supplier. EA may also suffer some abortive costs.

The 18-month extension period is within the 50% permissible under this regulation from the original 36 month term of contract.

This modification is in line with Regulation 72 (1) B and meets the requirements also set out in Regulation 72 (6) and 72 (8).

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £500,0001 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 19 Mar 2019
Awarded toValueDateStatus
COLLIERS BELFAST LTDSME£500,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

the Education Authority

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawEducation 40 Academy Street, Belfast, UK, BT1 2NQContact email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The UK does not currently have any such bodies with responsibilities for appeal/mediation proceduresReview body Belfast

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • COLLIERS BELFAST LTDAwarded supplier 13 WARING STREET, BELFAST, Northern IrelandContact email

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.