Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2016-11-22
Buyer: The Manchester Growth Company
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive dialogue
CPV classification: 48400000 | 48442000 | 72000000 | 72212100: Industry specific software programming services | 72212211
Estimated value: 1285000 
Award criteria: Quality, Price
EU fund: ERDF

Technical requirements: Quality
Price
Business Finance Solutions (part of the Manchester Growth Company) are tendering for the provision of a financial technology solution for its Loan Management Services. The aim is to improve and consolidate its current loan management systems and harness emerging technologies to ‘future proof’ the business. We are seeking bidders who can provide innovative solutions to suit the fast paced competitive environment in which we operate.
Further information regarding the Manchester Growth Company can be found at the MGC website http://www.manchestergrowth.co.uk
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The Manchester Growth Company (MGC) is a group of companies whose purpose is to drive forward Greater Manchester's economic development. MGC is accountable to the GM Combined Authority (GMCA) and the GM Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP).
The MGC is an economic development strategy-driven and commercially-focussed organisation which reinvests any surpluses to achieve its aims.
MGC deliver a wide range of business and people-facing services across the North of England and the East Midlands. These include
Business start-up, business growth, inward investment, business finance, and international trade services
In addition the following companies are to be included in the agreement and are deemed to be MGC Group companies for its purposes:
Funding of MGC comes in part from public funding streams, e.g. European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). The delivery of support under such funding agreements requires MGC to comply with public procurement guidelines. As a result this tender is designed to enable companies within the group under these obligations to demonstrate compliance with these guidelines and ensure value for money.
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: Manchester Growth Company will incorporate a minimum10 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. Applicants have two working days from notification of the award decision to request additional debriefing and that information has to be provided a minimum of 3 working days before expiry of the standstill period. If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successful resolved the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 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 be brought promptly (generally within 3 months). 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 only award damages.


Winner: The Nostrum Group Limited
Number of bids: 8