Banking services for the 5 NI Education and Library Boards.

Contract award notice

Services

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)

Northern Ireland Education and Library Board
Grahamsbridge Road Dundonald
For the attention of: David Gilmore
BT16 2HS Belfast
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 2890566200
E-mail:

I.2)Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.3)Main activity
Education
I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: yes

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)Description
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract
Contract 40532 NI ELB Banking Services.
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Services
Service category No 6: Financial servicesa)Insurances services b)Banking and investment services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Northern Ireland.

NUTS code UK

II.1.3)Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
II.1.4)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
Banking services for the 5 NI Education and Library Boards.
II.1.5)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

66100000

II.1.6)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): no
II.2)Total final value of contract(s)
II.2.1)Total final value of contract(s)
Value: 50 000 GBP
Excluding VAT

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
Open
IV.2)Award criteria
IV.2.1)Award criteria
The most economically advantageous tender in terms of
1. Cost. Weighting 65
2. Desirable banking requirements. Weighting 15
3. Lodgement facilities. Weighting 20
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction
An electronic auction has been used: no
IV.3)Administrative information
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority
SEELB Tender 40532
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: SEELB 40532 Lot title: NI ELB Banking ServiCES.
V.1)Date of contract award decision:
11.1.2012
V.2)Information about offers
Number of offers received: 2
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken

Bank of Ireland UK
1 Donegall Square South
BT1 5LR Belfast
UNITED KINGDOM

V.4)Information on value of contract
Initial estimated total value of the contract:
Value: 50 000 GBP
Excluding VAT
V.5)Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be sub-contracted: no
Contract No: SEELB 40532 Lot title: NI ELB Banking Services.
V.1)Date of contract award decision:
11.1.2012
V.2)Information about offers
Number of offers received: 2
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken

Bank of Ireland UK
1 Donegall Square South
BT1 5LR Belfast
UNITED KINGDOM

V.4)Information on value of contract
Initial estimated total value of the contract:
Value: 50 000 GBP
Excluding VAT
V.5)Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be sub-contracted: no

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about European Union funds
The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
VI.2)Additional information:
VI.3)Procedures for appeal
VI.3.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures

SEELB
refer to Section I.1

VI.3.2)Lodging of appeals
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: SEELB incorporated a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract was communicated to tenderers. That notification provided full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which was for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provided time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract was entered into.
VI.3.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
VI.4)Date of dispatch of this notice:
31.1.2012