Transport for the North: Programme Support Office

UK-Manchester: Business and management consultancy and related services.

Preliminary Questions
   This notice is published by:
   Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority/entity

I.1) Name and addresses
       Transport for the North
       4 Piccadilly Place, Manchester, M1 3BN, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 7741118219, Email: purchasing@transportforthenorth.com
       Contact: Simon Mahomed
       Main Address: https://transportforthenorth.com/
       NUTS Code: UK

I.4) Type of the contracting authority (in the case of a notice published by a contracting authority)
      Other type:: Sub Transport Body

I.5) Main Activity (in the case of a notice published by a contracting authority)
      Other activity:


Section II: Object

II.1) Scope of the procurement
   
   II.1.1) Title: Programme Support Office.
      Reference number: Not Provided
      
   II.1.2) Main CPV code:
      79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services.
   
   II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES
   
   II.1.4) Short Description: Transport for the North is placing this transparency notice to inform economic operators of its intention to modify its existing Programme Support Office contract with Mace in accordance with Regulation 72(1)(b)(ii) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended). The Programme Support Office contract provides Project Controls, Project Management and Commercial Management services for Transport for the North’s Northern Powerhouse Rail programme. The modification will increase the value of the Programme Support contract value contract from £4,620,000 to £5,653,907.50.
This modification will take place following a period of 10 days from the date of publication of this notice.
   
   II.1.6) Information about lots
      This contract is divided into lots: No

   II.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
      Value: 4,620,000      
      Currency: GBP


II.2) Description

   II.2.2) Additional CPV codes:
      71241000 - Feasibility study, advisory service, analysis.
      72221000 - Business analysis consultancy services.
      72224000 - Project management consultancy services.
      79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services.
      79410000 - Business and management consultancy services.
      79411000 - General management consultancy services.
      79411100 - Business-development consultancy services.
      79419000 - Evaluation consultancy services.
      79996000 - Business organisation services.
   

   II.2.3) Place of performance:
      UK UNITED KINGDOM
      UKD36 Greater Manchester North West
   
   
   II.2.4) Description of the procurement:
    Transport for the North is placing this transparency notice to inform economic operators of its intention to modify its existing Programme Support Office contract with Mace, in accordance with Regulation 72(1)(b)(ii) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended). The Programme Support Office contract provides Project Controls, Project Management and Commercial Management services for Transport for the North’s Northern Powerhouse Rail programme. The modification will increase the value of the Programme Support Office contract value from £4,620,000 to £5,653,907.50.    
   
   II.2.5) Award criteria
   (Directive 2014/24/EU / Directive 2014/25/EU)
               
    Not provided       
      
      
   II.2.11) Information about options:
      Options:    No       
   
   II.2.13) Information about European Union funds:
      The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:    No

   II.2.14) Additional information:
    Transport for the North intends to commence a procurement in 2022 for a replacement Programme Support Office contract.    
      
Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description
   
   IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union in the cases listed below         
   
   IV.1.3) Information about framework agreement
         The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement: No    
   
   IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
         The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
         
IV.2)Administrative Information

   IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure:
      Notice number in OJ S: 2018/S 182 - 412734       
   
Section V: Award Of Contract/Concession
      
Award of Contract/Concession No: 1
Contract No: Not Provided    Lot Number: Not Provided    Title: Not Provided

V.2) Award of contract/concession
      
      V.2.1) Date of contract award decision: 01/05/2020.
      
      V.2.2) Information about tenders
      The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No .

      V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire, No. 1:
          MACE, 02410626
       155 Moorgate, London, EC2M 6XB, United Kingdom
       NUTS Code: UKI
   The contractor/concessionaire will be an SME: No    
   
         
      V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession:
         Initial estimated total value of the contract: 4,620,000          
         Total value of the contract/lot/concession 5,653,907.5         
         Currency: GBP

      V.2.5) Information about subcontracting:
         The contract is likely to be subcontracted: No          


Section VI: Complementary Information

   VI.3) Additional Information:
      To view this notice, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=571937733
GO-2021219-PRO-17818490 TKR-2021219-PRO-17818489   
   VI.4) Procedures for review
   
      VI.4.1) Review Body
          High Court Justice Engalnd and Wales
       The Strand, London, WC2A 2LL, United Kingdom
   
      V1.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures:
         Not Provided .

      VI.4.3) Review procedure
      Not Provided    
      
      VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
         Not Provided
   
   VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice: 19/02/2021


Annex D1 - General Procurement
Justification for the award of the contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union
Directive 2014/24/EU


2. Other justification for the award of the contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union

   The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive: Yes

3. Explanation

   Please explain in a clear and comprehensive manner why the award of the contract without prior publication in the Official Journal of the European Union is
   lawful, by stating the relevant facts and, as appropriate, the conclusions of law in accordance with the directive: (500 words maximum)
   The contracting authority is relying on Regulation 72(1)(b)(ii) to modify the contract, because a change in contractor would cause significant inconvenience and also a substantial duplication of costs.

The modification of the contract is below 50 % of the original contract value which was GBP 4,620,000.

It has become necessary to increase the contract value of Transport for the North’s Programme Support Office contract with MACE during the current year and second year extension option.

There is a requirement for critical additional services to ensure the delivery of the programme’s key objectives. The inability to proceed with these additional services will create significant inconvenience for Transport for the North’s Northern Powerhouse Rail programme.

A change of contractor at this stage would disrupt key deadlines for Transport for the North’s Northern Powerhouse Rail programme and also have an impact on the organisations other programmes of work.

A change of contractor at this stage would also lead to substantial duplication of costs during any hand over/transition to a new contractor.