Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-06-15
Buyer: Northern Ireland Fishery Harbour Authority
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 71311000: Civil engineering consultancy services
Estimated value: 900000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2020-07-31
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: NIFHA 2921588 Northern Ireland Fishery Harbour Authority (NIFHA) Integrated Consultant Team (ICT) Framework Agreement 2020 (Open)
This framework agreement is for the provision of construction related professional services by a Consultant and its supply chain, collectively referred to as an Integrated Consultant Team (ICT). It is envisaged that the services will primarily be civil/marine engineering related Professional Services to NIFHA the ICT, including but not limited to:
• Portavogie Harbour. However, ICTs may be required to deliver projects in other parts of N.Ireland if required.
This framework agreement is for the provision of construction related professional services by a Consultant and its supply chain, collectively referred to as an Integrated Consultant Team (ICT). It is envisaged that the services will primarily be civil/marine engineering related professional services to NIFHA the ICT, including but not limited to:
This framework agreement will be awarded for a period of 1 year with the option to extend for a period of Three further individual 1 year periods. The framework agreement may be terminated at any time as deemed necessary by the contracting authority.
The economic operators’ performance on this contract will be regularly monitored. As part of its contract management procedures, the contracting authority will use the protocol for managing poor supplier performance contained in Procurement Guidance Note PGN 01/12 – Contract Management Principles and Procedures:
https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/publications/procurement-guidance-note-0112-contract-management-principles-and-procedures. If an economic operator has received more than one current notice of written warning or a notice of unsatisfactory performance, the contracting authority, at its discretion, can consider an economic operator’s exclusion from future procurements, being undertaken on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Public Procurement Policy (NIPP), for a minimum period of 12 months or 3 years respectively.  A list of bodies subject to Northern Ireland Public Procurement Policy can be viewed at: . https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/articles/list-public-bodies-which-ni-public-procurement-policy-applies.
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: this procurement is governed by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and provides for economic operators who have suffered, or who risk suffering, loss, or damage, as a consequence of an alleged breach of the duty owed in accordance with Regulation 91 to start proceedings in the High Court. A standstill period will commence at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide 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. Any proceedings relating to any perceived non-compliance with the relevant law must be started within 30 days, beginning with the date when the economic operator first knew, or ought to have known that grounds for starting the proceedings had arisen. (A court may extend the time limit to 3 months, where the court considers that there is a good reason for doing so).

Eligibility requirements: Refer to tender documentation.

Award value: 900000