Supply of Design Print and Advertising Services to InterTradeIreland

To appoint a Contractor to provide creative design, advertising, print and related services for its corporate and programme communications.

United Kingdom-Newry: Advertising and marketing services

2018/S 130-296686

Contract notice

Services

Legal Basis:

Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name and addresses

InterTradeIreland
The Old Gasworks Business Park, Kilmorey Street
Newry
BT34 2DE
United Kingdom
Contact person: Louise Thompson
E-mail: louise.thompson@finance-ni.gov.uk
NUTS code: UK

Internet address(es):Main address: https://intertradeireland.com/

Address of the buyer profile: https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/topics/procurement

I.2)Information about joint procurement

I.3)Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps

Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the abovementioned address

I.4)Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

I.5)Main activity

General public services

Section II: Object

II.1)Scope of the procurement

II.1.1)Title:

ID 1471724 DfE Intertrade Ireland — Supply of design print and advertising services

Reference number: 1471724

II.1.2)Main CPV code

79340000

II.1.3)Type of contract

Services

II.1.4)Short description:

InterTradeIreland wishes to appoint a Contractor to provide creative design, advertising, print and related services for its corporate and programme communications. The appointed Contractor will be expected to provide a comprehensive suite of services including graphic design, advertising (traditional, digital and social), copywriting, print production, digital design, film, translation services and market research. These services will be required for corporate and programme communications and should comply with InterTradeIreland’s own brand guidelines, recently updated. In relation to work required for the Co-Innovate programme the contractor should comply with SEUPB Publicity and Marketing Toolkit available from the SEUPB website – https://www.seupb.eu/media/seupb-logos-branding

II.1.5)Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: 1 245 000.00 GBP

II.1.6)Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: no

II.2)Description

II.2.1)Title:

II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)

79822500

79341000

22462000

22460000

92111210

79810000

79811000

II.2.3)Place of performance

NUTS code: UKN

NUTS code: UKM

NUTS code: IE

II.2.4)Description of the procurement:

II.2.5)Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

II.2.6)Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: 1 245 000.00 GBP

II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months: 36

This contract is subject to renewal: no

II.2.10)Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: no

II.2.11)Information about options

Options: yes

Description of options:

It is anticipated that this Contract will commence on award of contract for a duration of 12 months. The Client may at any time before the completion of the Contract Period invite the Contractor to agree to extend for 2 further periods of 12 months each commencing from the termination date of the original Contract Period.

II.2.12)Information about electronic catalogues

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

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1)Conditions for participation

III.1.1)Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

III.1.2)Economic and financial standing

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

III.1.3)Technical and professional ability

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

III.1.5)Information about reserved contracts

III.2)Conditions related to the contract

III.2.1)Information about a particular profession

III.2.2)Contract performance conditions:

III.2.3)Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Description

IV.1.1)Type of procedure

Open procedure

IV.1.3)Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system

IV.1.4)Information about reduction of the number of solutions or tenders during negotiation or dialogue

IV.1.6)Information about electronic auction

IV.1.8)Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: yes

IV.2)Administrative information

IV.2.1)Previous publication concerning this procedure

IV.2.2)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date: 07/08/2018

Local time: 15:00

IV.2.3)Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

IV.2.4)Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:

English

IV.2.6)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

Tender must be valid until: 05/11/2018

IV.2.7)Conditions for opening of tenders

Date: 07/08/2018

Local time: 15:30

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: no

VI.2)Information about electronic workflows

VI.3)Additional information:

The successful Contractor’s performance on this Contract will be managed as per specification and 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 Notice of Written Warning and Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance and this Contract may be terminated. The issue of a Notice of Written Warning and Notice 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 up to three years from the date of issue of the Notice.

VI.4)Procedures for review

VI.4.1)Review body

The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for aappeal/mediation procedures
UK
United Kingdom

VI.4.2)Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.4.3)Review procedure

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:

CPD will comply with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and, where appropriate, will incorporate a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract is communicated to tenderers. This provides time for the unsuccessful tenders to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.

VI.4.4)Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained

VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:

06/07/2018