Voluntary ex ante transparency notice
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
University of Ulster
NIC100166
Block X Room X031, Cromore Road
Coleraine
BT52 1SA
UK
Telephone: +44 2870123132
E-mail: cs.houston@ulster.ac.uk
NUTS: UKN
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.ulster.ac.uk
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Education
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Schools Partnership Foundation
Reference number: project_27583
II.1.2) Main CPV code
80210000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The provision of educational programmes and activities that inspires and unites young people across Derry/ Londonderry with Ulster University and the Foyle Learning Community.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
200 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
80000000
80200000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
Main site or place of performance:
Ulster University
Magee Campus,
Northland Road,
Londonderry,
BT48 7JL
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The provision of educational programmes and activities that inspires and unites young people across Derry/ Londonderry with Ulster University and the Foyle Learning Community. The programme will be based on using football to engage and inspire young people to build a better life for themselves and unite the communities in which they live.
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
The estimated total value stated above in Section II.1.7 includes the four (4) year contract period.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure without prior publication
Justification for selected award procedure:
New works/services, constituting a repetition of existing works/services and ordered in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the Directive
Explanation:
This is a unique partnership with the MU Foundation, The Foyle Learning Community and several UU departments to support educational attainment and aspiration at the Magee campus at Derry~Londonderry.
The UU/MUF Partnership identifies and creates opportunities for collaborative educational outreach between UU, FLC and the wider Northwest community, with the following partnership objectives:
• to deliver educational programmes to develop a long-term partnership that is focused on delivering positive impacts and outcomes for young people in Derry~Londonderry initially, evolving to other agreed areas of Northern Ireland over time.
• work ‘where people need our support’; that is to work primarily in those areas that suffer from considerable socio-economic challenge (indicators are free school meals, indices of multiple deprivation).
The Partnership co-designs a portfolio of programmes addressing the challenges young people face, such as low levels of confidence, motivation, teacher and school disengagement, anti-social behaviour, low attainment and low aspirations. The programmes currently dovetail existing WAP schools outreach, giving additional partnership benefit to the schools and pupils.
The Direct Award complies with PCR Regs 32 (9) for this procurement where it states that the negotiated procedure without prior publication may be used for public supply contracts for new works and services consisting of the repetition of similar works or services entrusted to the economic operator to which the same contracting authority awarded an original contract, provided that such works or services are in conformity with a basic project for which the original contract was awarded following a procedure in accordance with regulation 26(1) and (2).
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
Section V: Award of contract/concession
V.2 Award of contract/concession
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract/concession
11/05/2023
V.2.2) Information about tenders
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Manchester United Foundation
05845172
Sir Matt Busby Way Old Trafford, Manchester
Lancashire
M16 0RA
UK
NUTS: UKD33
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the concession and main financing terms (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot/concession: 200 000.00 GBP
Total value of the concession/lot:
200 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract/concession is likely to be subcontracted
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The University shall instruct a mandatory 10 days standstill period commencing on 12-May-2023 ending at midnight on 22-May-2023 and will not enter into a contract until after this standstill period finishes.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland
Royal Courts of Justice, Chichester Street
Belfast
BT1 3JY
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
Any proceedings alleging that the University is in breach of its duties under the Public Contract Regulations 2015 must be started in the High Court of Northern Ireland, in accordance with the time limits set out in those Regulations. The University will not enter into the contract before the end of a period of at least 10 days beginning with the day after the date on which this voluntary transparency notice is published in the Official Journal.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
11/05/2023