Award

ID 3743003 - DOF - NICSHR - Advertising Provision for external NICS Recruitment

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

15 Mar 2022 at 11:55

Tender

08 Dec 2021 at 15:05

Summary of the contracting process

The Department of Finance (DoF) in Northern Ireland is seeking contractors for the provision of recruitment advertising services to the Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS) through an open procurement process. The contract is valued at £8,000,000 and is intended to cover an initial period of three years, with an optional two-year extension. The tender period ended on 17 January 2022, and the procurement has since reached the award stage, with the contract currently active and awarded to Anderson Spratt Group Ltd. This process is governed by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, including a minimum standstill period to allow unsuccessful bidders to contest the decision.

This tender presents significant opportunities for marketing and advertising firms, particularly those specialising in recruitment advertising, consultancy services, and related areas. Businesses with expertise in developing strategic media plans and managing advertising campaigns will be well-positioned to compete, as evaluation criteria focus heavily on the quality of proposed solutions and personnel experience. Companies looking to establish long-term relationships with public sector bodies may find this contract particularly advantageous, especially given the potential for contract continuation through optional extensions.

Find more tenders on our Open Data Platform.
How relevant is this notice?

D3 Tenders Premium

Win More Public Sector Contracts

AI-powered tender discovery, pipeline management, and market intelligence — everything you need to grow your public sector business.

Notice Title

ID 3743003 - DOF - NICSHR - Advertising Provision for external NICS Recruitment

Notice Description

The Department of Finance's (DoF) NICSHR is seeking a Contractor and wishes to establish a Contract for the provision of recruitment advertising services to the NICS.

Lot Information

Lot 1

The Department of Finance's (DoF) NICSHR is seeking a Contractor and wishes to establish a Contract for the provision of recruitment advertising services to the NICS. Additional information: The figure in II.1.7 is the maximum estimated contract value. No Guarantee of work is given under this Contract

Options: The Contract will commence following award for an initial period of 3 years. There will be an optional extension period of 2 years.

Renewal: The Contract will commence following award for an initial period of 3 years. There will be an optional extension period of 2 years.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-02fec9
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/006971-2022
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security


CPV Codes

79340000 - Advertising and marketing services

79341000 - Advertising services

79341100 - Advertising consultancy services

79341200 - Advertising management services

79341400 - Advertising campaign services

79600000 - Recruitment services

79611000 - Job search services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£8,000,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
£8,000,000 £1M-£10M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£8,000,000 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
15 Mar 20223 years ago
Submission Deadline
17 Jan 2022Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
15 Mar 20223 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
ssdadmin.cpd@finance-ni.gov.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
BELFAST
Postcode
BT3 9ED
Post Town
Northern Ireland
Country
Northern Ireland

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLN Northern Ireland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLN0 Northern Ireland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLN06 Belfast
Delivery Location
TLN Northern Ireland

Local Authority
Belfast
Electoral Ward
Sydenham
Westminster Constituency
Belfast East

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

ANDERSON SPRATT GROUP

Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)

View full OCDS Record for this contracting process

Download

The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.

{
    "tag": [
        "compiled"
    ],
    "id": "ocds-h6vhtk-02fec9-2022-03-15T11:55:02Z",
    "date": "2022-03-15T11:55:02Z",
    "ocid": "ocds-h6vhtk-02fec9",
    "description": "Contract Monitoring. The successful contractor's performance on the contract will be regularly monitored in line with PGN 01/12. 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 twelve months from the date of issue of the certificate.",
    "initiationType": "tender",
    "tender": {
        "id": "ID 3743003",
        "legalBasis": {
            "id": "32014L0024",
            "scheme": "CELEX"
        },
        "title": "ID 3743003 - DOF - NICSHR - Advertising Provision for external NICS Recruitment",
        "status": "complete",
        "classification": {
            "scheme": "CPV",
            "id": "79341000",
            "description": "Advertising services"
        },
        "mainProcurementCategory": "services",
        "description": "The Department of Finance's (DoF) NICSHR is seeking a Contractor and wishes to establish a Contract for the provision of recruitment advertising services to the NICS.",
        "value": {
            "amount": 8000000,
            "currency": "GBP"
        },
        "lots": [
            {
                "id": "1",
                "description": "The Department of Finance's (DoF) NICSHR is seeking a Contractor and wishes to establish a Contract for the provision of recruitment advertising services to the NICS. Additional information: The figure in II.1.7 is the maximum estimated contract value. No Guarantee of work is given under this Contract",
                "value": {
                    "amount": 8000000,
                    "currency": "GBP"
                },
                "contractPeriod": {
                    "durationInDays": 1080
                },
                "hasRenewal": true,
                "renewal": {
                    "description": "The Contract will commence following award for an initial period of 3 years. There will be an optional extension period of 2 years."
                },
                "submissionTerms": {
                    "variantPolicy": "notAllowed"
                },
                "hasOptions": true,
                "options": {
                    "description": "The Contract will commence following award for an initial period of 3 years. There will be an optional extension period of 2 years."
                },
                "status": "cancelled",
                "awardCriteria": {
                    "criteria": [
                        {
                            "name": "AC1 Strategic Solution for NICS recruitment advertising",
                            "type": "quality",
                            "description": "21"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "AC2 Media Plan and Rationale in relation to scenario",
                            "type": "quality",
                            "description": "19.6"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "AC3 Key Personnel Experience",
                            "type": "quality",
                            "description": "15.4"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "AC4 Contract Management and Business Continuity",
                            "type": "quality",
                            "description": "7"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "AC5 Quality Control and Reporting",
                            "type": "quality",
                            "description": "7"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "AC6 Scenario Pricing",
                            "type": "cost",
                            "description": "10"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "AC7 Average Daily Rate",
                            "type": "cost",
                            "description": "15"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "AC8 Agency Commission split with NICS",
                            "type": "cost",
                            "description": "5"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            }
        ],
        "items": [
            {
                "id": "1",
                "additionalClassifications": [
                    {
                        "scheme": "CPV",
                        "id": "79341100",
                        "description": "Advertising consultancy services"
                    },
                    {
                        "scheme": "CPV",
                        "id": "79340000",
                        "description": "Advertising and marketing services"
                    },
                    {
                        "scheme": "CPV",
                        "id": "79341200",
                        "description": "Advertising management services"
                    },
                    {
                        "scheme": "CPV",
                        "id": "79341400",
                        "description": "Advertising campaign services"
                    },
                    {
                        "scheme": "CPV",
                        "id": "79600000",
                        "description": "Recruitment services"
                    },
                    {
                        "scheme": "CPV",
                        "id": "79611000",
                        "description": "Job search services"
                    }
                ],
                "deliveryAddresses": [
                    {
                        "region": "UKN"
                    },
                    {
                        "region": "UKN"
                    }
                ],
                "relatedLot": "1"
            }
        ],
        "submissionMethod": [
            "electronicSubmission",
            "written"
        ],
        "submissionMethodDetails": "https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps",
        "documents": [
            {
                "id": "economic",
                "documentType": "economicSelectionCriteria"
            }
        ],
        "procurementMethod": "open",
        "procurementMethodDetails": "Open procedure",
        "coveredBy": [
            "GPA"
        ],
        "tenderPeriod": {
            "endDate": "2022-01-17T15:00:00Z"
        },
        "submissionTerms": {
            "languages": [
                "en"
            ],
            "bidValidityPeriod": {
                "endDate": "2022-04-17T23:59:59+01:00"
            }
        },
        "awardPeriod": {
            "startDate": "2022-01-17T15:30:00Z"
        },
        "bidOpening": {
            "date": "2022-01-17T15:30:00Z",
            "description": "Only CPD Procurement Staff with access to the project on eTendersNI."
        },
        "hasRecurrence": false,
        "reviewDetails": "CPD complied with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) and incorporated a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract was communicated to tenderers. That notification provided full information on the award decision. This provided time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract was entered into."
    },
    "parties": [
        {
            "id": "GB-FTS-3552",
            "name": "Department of Finance",
            "identifier": {
                "legalName": "Department of Finance"
            },
            "address": {
                "streetAddress": "303 Airport Road West",
                "locality": "BELFAST",
                "region": "UK",
                "postalCode": "BT3 9ED",
                "countryName": "United Kingdom"
            },
            "contactPoint": {
                "email": "SSDAdmin.CPD@finance-ni.gov.uk",
                "url": "https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps"
            },
            "roles": [
                "buyer"
            ],
            "details": {
                "url": "https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps",
                "buyerProfile": "https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps",
                "classifications": [
                    {
                        "scheme": "TED_CA_TYPE",
                        "id": "BODY_PUBLIC",
                        "description": "Body governed by public law"
                    },
                    {
                        "scheme": "COFOG",
                        "id": "01",
                        "description": "General public services"
                    }
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "GB-FTS-20217",
            "name": "The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR 2015 as amended.",
            "identifier": {
                "legalName": "The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR 2015 as amended."
            },
            "address": {
                "locality": "Belfast",
                "countryName": "United Kingdom"
            },
            "roles": [
                "reviewBody"
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "GB-FTS-9254",
            "name": "ANDERSON SPRATT GROUP LTD",
            "identifier": {
                "legalName": "ANDERSON SPRATT GROUP LTD"
            },
            "address": {
                "streetAddress": "Anderson House",
                "locality": "BELFAST",
                "region": "UK",
                "postalCode": "BT4 2GU",
                "countryName": "United Kingdom"
            },
            "contactPoint": {
                "telephone": "+44 2890802020",
                "email": "hello@asgandpartners.com"
            },
            "roles": [
                "supplier"
            ],
            "details": {
                "url": "https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps",
                "scale": "sme"
            }
        }
    ],
    "buyer": {
        "id": "GB-FTS-3552",
        "name": "Department of Finance"
    },
    "language": "en",
    "awards": [
        {
            "id": "006971-2022-1-1",
            "relatedLots": [
                "1"
            ],
            "title": "Contract",
            "status": "active",
            "suppliers": [
                {
                    "id": "GB-FTS-9254",
                    "name": "ANDERSON SPRATT GROUP LTD"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "contracts": [
        {
            "id": "006971-2022-1-1",
            "awardID": "006971-2022-1-1",
            "title": "Contract",
            "status": "active",
            "value": {
                "amount": 8000000,
                "currency": "GBP"
            },
            "dateSigned": "2022-03-15T00:00:00Z"
        }
    ],
    "bids": {
        "statistics": [
            {
                "id": "1",
                "measure": "bids",
                "relatedLot": "1",
                "value": 3
            },
            {
                "id": "2",
                "measure": "smeBids",
                "relatedLot": "1",
                "value": 1
            },
            {
                "id": "3",
                "measure": "foreignBidsFromEU",
                "relatedLot": "1",
                "value": 0
            },
            {
                "id": "4",
                "measure": "foreignBidsFromNonEU",
                "relatedLot": "1",
                "value": 1
            },
            {
                "id": "5",
                "measure": "electronicBids",
                "relatedLot": "1",
                "value": 3
            }
        ]
    }
}