Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-03-28
Buyer: Department for Communities
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85000000 | 85100000: Health services | 85110000: Hospital and related services | 85111000: Hospital services | 85112000: Hospital support services
Submission deadline: 2019-04-30
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: DfC WIG HWSB — Access to Work (NI) Assessment Service for Blind or Partially Sighted Clients and Assessment Service for People with Physical Disabilities
DfC WIG HWSB — Access to Work NI Assessment service for blind or partially sighted clients and assessment service for people with physical disabilities. The access to Work Northern Ireland NI programme aims to assist people with disabilities who are either in paid employment or who have a job to commence, through the provision of practical support and help to meet the additional costs that are associated with overcoming work related obstacles that may result from having a disability.
The client may, at its sole discretion, extend the duration of this contract for any extension period up to and including 24 months commencing from the expiry date of the original contract term by giving the contractor no less than one (1) Month’s written notice prior to the end of the initial term.
The client may, at its sole discretion, extend the duration of this contract for any extension period up to and including 24 months commencing from the expiry date of the original Contract Term by giving the Contractor no less than one (1) month’s written notice prior to the end of the initial term.
The figure in II.2.6 is the estimated Contract value for Lot 1 including the optional extension available up to 24 months.
DfC WIG HWSB — Access to Work NI assessment service for blind or partially sighted clients and assessment service for people with physical disabilities. The access to Work Northern Ireland NI programme aims to assist people with disabilities who are either in paid employment or who have a job to commence, through the provision of practical support and help to meet the additional costs that are associated with overcoming work related obstacles that may result from having a disability.
The client may, at its sole discretion, extend the duration of this contract for any extension period up to and including 24 months commencing from the expiry date of the original contract term by giving the contractor no less than one (1) month’s written notice prior to the end of the initial term.
The figure in II.2.6 is the estimated contract value for Lot 2 including the optional extension available up to 24 months.
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.