CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE – OFFICIAL JOURNAL

Section I: Contracting Authority

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Name, Address and Contact Point(s)

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Type of contracting Authority and Main Activity or Activities

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions National or federal agency/Office Regional or local Authority Regional or local Agency/Office Body governed by public law European Institution/Agency or International Organisation

General public services Defence Public order and safety Environment Economic and financial affairs Health Housing and community amenities Social protection Recreation, culture and religion Education

Section II: Object of the Contract

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Description

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Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

Project_20219 — Invest NI — Sustainable Development Consultancy Framework.

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Type of works contract

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Type of supplies contract

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Type of service contract

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Main site or location of works, place of delivery or performance

Throughout NI.

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This notice involves a framework agreement

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Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

Invest NI wishes to establish a framework list of service providers to deliver Sustainable Development Consultancy assignments to Northern Ireland businesses.

A primary tender competition will result in the appointment of multiple providers with expertise in various areas to deliver the support listed in each of the 9 categories below:

Framework category:

Category definition:

1. Resource efficiency and waste management systems: This category covers all of the areas of environmental management and efficiency to include waste management, environmental management, water efficiency, effluent treatment systems and rainwater harvesting,

2. Clean technology systems: This category covers efficient manufacturing systems which reduce business consumption of energy, water and materials,

3. Renewable technology systems: This category covers all types of renewable energy systems including, for example, bio energy, wind, marine and hydro energy,

4. Energy management and efficiency: This category covers all mechanical and electrical systems associated with buildings and manufacturing equipment to include refrigeration systems, compressed air systems, energy management systems, heat recovery, combined heat and power, lighting technologies, HVAC systems, energy metering and process heating,

5. Investigation of new technologies: This category covers all new energy or resource efficient technologies such as energy storage, fuel cells, 2nd generation biomass,

6. Packaging solutions: This category will incorporate for example, packaging design and solutions in terms of light weighting, transit packaging and packaging innovations that can deliver cost savings from reduced use of materials or less packaging waste,

7. Standards, accreditations and systems: This category will cover, for example, environmental management systems, energy management systems, carbon management, specific product/process accreditations, corporate responsibility and corporate carbon pressures within the supply chain,

8. Transport and logistics efficiency: This category will cover efficiencies relating to the transport and distribution of raw materials and manufactured products. For example, this may include efficient route planning, back haulage, void space, driving training in efficiency, vehicle aerodynamics, alternative fuels (bio fuels, electric),

9. Sustainable business collaborations: This category will cover establishing microgeneration collaborations within hubs (e.g. industrial estates) where high energy users could switch to renewable local generation of heat, power and fuel.

There is no restriction on the number of framework categories that Tenderers may apply for or be appointed to.

It is expected that the framework will commence mid-May 2015 and will operate for 36 months with the possibility of a further 12 months extension.

The framework will be open to Invest NI only.

Tender documents can be obtained electronically for registered users of Central Procurement Directorate's e-sourcing system, e-sourcing NI. If you are not already registered to use e-sourcing NI and wish to obtain these documents, please register at: www.e-sourcingni.bravosolution.co.uk, then follow the link to the current opportunities page.

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Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

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Contract covered by the government procurement agreement (GPA)

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Total final value of the contract(s)

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Total final value of the contract(s)

Section IV: Procedure

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Type of procedure

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Type of procedure

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Award criteria

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Award criteria

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An electronic auction has been used

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Administrative information

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File reference number attributed by the contracting authority

Project_20219

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Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Other previous publications

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The contract is likely to be subcontracted

Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be subcontracted

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Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be subcontracted

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Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be subcontracted

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Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be subcontracted

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Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be subcontracted

Section VI: Complementary Information

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Contract related to a project and/or programme financed by community funds?

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Additional Information

Suppliers Instructions:

How to express interest in this tender:

1. Register your company on the e-Sourcing portal (this is only required once): https://e-sourcingni.bravosolution.co.uk and click the link to register:

— Accept the terms and conditions and click ‘I agree',

— Enter your correct business and user details,

— Note the username you chose and click “Save” when complete,

— You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure).

2. Express an interest in the tender:

— Login to the portal with the username/password,

— Click the “PQQs / ITTs Open To All Suppliers” link. (These are pre qualification questionnaires or invitations to tender open to any registered supplier),

— Click on the relevant PQQ/ ITT to access the content,

— Click the “Express Interest” button at the top of the page,

— This will move the PQQ /ITT into your “My PQQs/ My ITTs” page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only),

—You can now access any attachments by clicking “Buyer Attachments” in the “PQQ/ ITT Details” box.

3. Responding to the tender:

— Click “My Response” under “PQQ/ ITT Details”, you can choose to “Create Response” or to “Decline to Respond” (please give a reason if declining),

— You can now use the “Messages” function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification,

— Note the deadline for completion, then follow the on-screen instructions to complete the PQQ/ ITT,

— There may be a mixture of online and offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available),

— You must then submit your reply using the “Submit Response” button at the top of the page.

If you require any further assistance, please consult the online help or contact the e-Tendering help desk.

Contract Monitoring:

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 and in no circumstances will the Authority be liable for any costs incurred by candidates.

The framework agreement is being let by Central Procurement Directorate on behalf of Invest NI only and will be used by Invest NI only.

Electronic invoicing and payment will be used.

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Procedures for appeal

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Body responsible for appeal procedures

Body responsible for mediation procedures

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Lodging of appeals

CPD will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the Award of the Contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No 102) provide for aggrieved parties, who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).

Any such action must generally be brought within 3 months. If a declaration of ineffectiveness is sought, any such action must be brought within 30 days where the Authority has communicated the award of the contract and a summary of reasons to tenderers or otherwise within 6 months of the contract being entered into. Where a contract has not been entered into the court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order the Authority to amend any document and may award damages. If the contract has been entered into the Court may, depending on the circumstances, award damages, make a declaration of ineffectiveness, order the Authority to pay a fine and/or order that the duration of the contract be shortened. The purpose of the standstill period referred to above is to allow the parties to apply to the Courts to set aside the award decision before the contract is entered into.

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Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

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Dispatch date of this Notice