Official UK procurement notice
Staff Mobile Visitor Pop Ups
Authority: WEST MIDLANDS GROWTH COMPANY LIMITED (Public body)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe BATP Tourism team is structured to manage contracts for delivery and provide key stakeholder liaison therefore, following assessment of the needs of this work package, we confirm that contracting the staffing and the pop-up visitor information service offers the best value and guaranteed standards of service needed for a finite timescale across Cultural Programme and Games time, across a wide geography.
CPV: Administrative services related to tourism affairs · Event services · Tourist information services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Provision of Mobile Visitor Pop Ups during the Games PeriodAwardedPublished value£350,125
Provision of Mobile Visitor Pop Ups during the Games Period. Additional information: The initial FTS procurement was procured under OJEU Reference Number 2021/S 0000-015087 via open tender and this procurement did not receive any competitive bids from the market before negotiated procedure without call for competition was considered and approved by WMGC Leadership and Commercial Working Group
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 1 Jul 2021, 14:59 BST
- Last source update
- 10 Mar 2022, 14:27 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 16 Aug 2021 – …
- Authority reference
2021-WMGC-0023- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-006592- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02c263Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to open procedure
- Published justification
The initial Tender against the open call for competition did not yield any interest from the market
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
As described in Tender and Contract documents
- Review procedure
WMGC Ltd will incorporate a minimum of 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the contracting Authority before the contract is entered into. The further clarification request of the intention to award must be sought within 10 days of issuing the intention to award letters.
Publisher note: This procurement exercise is being conducted using In-Tend (e-tendering platform . All tenderers wishing to participate in this tender process are required to register on this link https://in-tendhost.co.uk/wmgrowth/aspx/Registration and use the Register / Sign In button which is located on the left hand side of the page and complete the registration forms. Following registration, an e-mail will be sent to you advising of your user ID along with a reminder of your e-mail address and password. Details of the project are located under the current tenders link which is also where you can express an interest and receive the documentation. Once you have done this you must log back into the website using the details provided following registration and locate the contract document under Tenders, My Tenders on the menu. The Tender should be received no later than Monday 16th August 2021. Please note there is no Exclusivity in awarding this contract. The Authority reserves to award this contract in any form or to withdraw the award of the whole contract during or after the tender process before entering into contract with any bidder. Bidders in tendering for this contract must be fully aware that no faulty break clauses will apply and acceptance of such will form one of the conditions of the contract. Furthermore, the Contracting Authority Terms will apply and will be binding on the contract by acceptance of the form of tender without qualifying any of the terms.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 16 Aug 2021, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 16 Aug 2021, 13:00 BST
Timeline
16 Aug 2021 → 10 Mar 2022 · 4 dates- Submission deadline16 Aug 2021, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened16 Aug 2021, 13:00 BST
- Contract starts12 Oct 2021, 00:00 BST
- Notice published10 Mar 2022, 14:27 GMT
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 10 Mar 2022- Status changed to complete10 Mar 2022, 14:27 GMT
- Procurement method changed10 Mar 2022, 14:27 GMT
- Buyer details updated10 Mar 2022, 14:27 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Welcome People LtdSMEStaffed Mobile Visitor Pop Ups | £348,808 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Staffed Mobile Visitor Pop Ups · The Welcome People LtdSME
- Signed
- 8 Dec 2021
- Value
- £348,808
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2023
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
- Commercial Working GroupReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- The Welcome People LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.