Official UK procurement notice
Special EU Programmes Body - Provision of a Scoping Study for the Development of the Smart Towns and Villages Investment Area of Peace Plus
Authority: Special EU Programmes Body·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSpecial EU Programmes Body - Provision of a Scoping Study for the Development of the Smart Towns and Villages Investment Area of Peace Plus
CPV: General management consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£240,000
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)
- Qualitative Criteria: 60%
- Quantitative Criteria: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Qualitative Criteria: 60
- Quantitative Criteria: 40
- Price carries 40 of 100 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 · 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
- 22 Jul 2021, 13:55 BST
- Last source update
- 23 Sept 2021, 08:24 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 23 Aug 2021 – …
- Authority reference
ID 3514757- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-023637- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02cb39Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Review procedure
CPD complied with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) and incorporated a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract was communicated to tenderers. That notification provided full information on the award decision. This provided time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract was 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 twelve months from. the date of issue of. the certificate.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 23 Aug 2021, 15:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 23 Aug 2021, 15:30 BST
Timeline
23 Aug 2021 → 21 Nov 2021 · 4 dates- Submission deadline23 Aug 2021, 15:00 BST
- Bids opened23 Aug 2021, 15:30 BST
- Notice published23 Sept 2021, 08:24 BST
- Bids must remain valid until21 Nov 2021, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 Sept 2021- Status changed to complete23 Sept 2021, 08:24 BST
- Buyer details updated23 Sept 2021, 08:24 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban Foresight LtdSMEContract | £186,400 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract · Urban Foresight LtdSME
- Signed
- 22 Sept 2021
- Value
- £186,400
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3bids · 3 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other 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 as amendedMediation body
- The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation proceduresReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- URBAN FORESIGHT LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria