ID 3260557 DFE- InterTradeIreland Cross-Border Supply Chain Assessment Tool and Development and Practical Support

Concepts

• business services
• newry
• practical support
• supply chain assessment
• development tool
• resilience of individual sme supply chains
• intertradeireland cross-border supply chain assessment tool
• support of a broader supply chain programme development
• dfe
• intertradeireland

Location

Northern Ireland:

Description

In support of a broader supply chain programme development, InterTradeIreland requires a Contractor to develop and pilot a supply chain assessment and development tool, which aims to assess the resilience of individual SME supply chains. The contractor will be required to recruit SMEs to the pilot, develop and deliver the assessment and development tool with the SMEs and develop bespoke action plans for each participant SME.

Total Quantity or Scope

Additional information: The figure in II.2.6 is the maximum estimated contract value for the initial period and optional extension. period.

Renewal Options

: The initial period of Contract will be for a period of up to 15 months. Funding has only been approved for the initial period. In the event that additional funding is secured the contract may be extended for a further period of up to 6 months and the daily rates from the initial period will be applied to any additional work required.

CPV Codes

• 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
• 79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services
• 79410000 - Business and management consultancy services
• 79411000 - General management consultancy services
• 79411100 - Business development consultancy services
• 79900000 - Miscellaneous business and business-related services
• 72220000 - Systems and technical consultancy services
• 72221000 - Business analysis consultancy services

Indicators

• This is a one-off contract (no recurrence)
• Options are available.
• Renewals are available.
• Financial restrictions apply.
• Technical restrictions apply.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** 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.” . . "The Authority expressly reserves. the rights:. . (I). not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice;. (II). to make. whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering Competition;. (III). to award (a) contract(s) in respect of any. part(s) of the [services] covered by this notice; and. (IV). to award contract(s) in stages.. . and in no circumstances will the Authority be. liable for any costs incurred by candidates