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Tender for the provision of tourism monitoring and research.

Contract award notice

Services

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

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

Belfast City Council
Cecil Ward Building, 4-10 Linenhall Street
BT2 8BP Belfast
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail:

I.2)Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.3)Main activity
General public services
I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)Description
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract
Tender for the provision of tourism monitoring and research.
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Services
Service category No 10: Market research and public opinion polling services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Various locations in Belfast.

NUTS code UKN01

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)
The provision of tourism monitoring and research.
II.1.5)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

75125000, 79311000

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: 237 930 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. Three years' experience within the past five years of successfully delivering this type of programme
2. Proposed Contract Manager must provide three completed examples of activity within the last five years to demonstrate experience of previous programmes similar in nature to that being tendered
3. Each nominated team member must, by way of three examples completed within the last five years, demonstrate previous relevant experience of programmes similar in nature to that being tendered
4. Not disqualified in relation to items detailed on Personal Situation of Economic Operators Questionnaire
5. Not disqualified in relation to provisions of the Fair Employment and Treatment (NI) Order 1998
6. Financial capability
7. Proposed methodology and understanding of the brief. Weighting 70
8. Project schedule and timeline. Weighting 30
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
T1261
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Contract notice

Notice number in the OJEU: 2013/S 164-285797 of 24.8.2013

Section V: Award of contract

Lot title: T1261 - Tender for the provision of tourism monitoring and research
V.1)Date of contract award decision:
18.11.2013
V.2)Information about offers
Number of offers received: 1
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken

Millward Brown Ulster
Aisling House, 50 Stranmillis Embankment
BT9 5FL Belfast
UNITED KINGDOM

V.4)Information on value of contract
Total final value of the contract:
Value: 237 930 GBP
Excluding VAT
If annual or monthly value:
Number of years: 3
V.5)Information about subcontracting

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:
The contract shall be for the period from 1.1.2014 until 31.12.2014, with the option to renew on an annual basis for a further two years, subject to satisfactory performance of the contractor.
VI.3)Procedures for appeal
VI.3.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures
VI.3.2)Lodging of appeals
VI.3.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
VI.4)Date of dispatch of this notice:
5.12.2013