Birmingham 2022: Stewarding at The Alexander Stadium (AXS) - West Stand & Entry and South Stand

UK-Birmingham: Event services.

Section I: Contracting Authority

   I.1) Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
       The Organising Committee for the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games Ltd
       One Brindley Place, Birmingham, B1 2JB, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 7951735849, Email: sam.turner@birmingham2022.com
       Main Address: www.birmingham2022.com
       NUTS Code: UKG3

   I.2) Joint procurement:
      The contract involves joint procurement: No          
      In the case of joint procurement involving different countries, state applicable national procurement law: Not Provided
      The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: No

   I.4)Type of the contracting authority:
      Body governed by public law

   I.5) Main activity:
      Recreation, culture and religion

Section II: Object Of The Contract

   II.1) Scope of the procurement

      II.1.1) Title: Stewarding at The Alexander Stadium (AXS) - West Stand & Entry and South Stand            
      Reference number: VEN.EVS.005

      II.1.2) Main CPV code:
         79952000 - Event services.


      II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES

      II.1.4) Short description: This contract is for the provision of Stewards at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. Stewards are responsible for the safety and service of the spectator client group and as such are responsible for delivering the core key functions of crowd management, stewarding, ushering, ticket checking, access monitoring and the provision of spectator information and support services on venue.

      II.1.6) Information about lots
         This contract is divided into lots: No
            
      II.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
          Value: 776,078.62
                  
         Currency:GBP            

   II.2) Description

      II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):
            75241000 - Public security services.
            79710000 - Security services.
            79620000 - Supply services of personnel including temporary staff.


      II.2.3) Place of performance
      Nuts code:
      UKG3 - West Midlands
   
      Main site or place of performance:
      West Midlands
             

      II.2.4) Description of the procurement: The Contract covers Stewarding requirements at:
•The Alexander Stadium (AXS) - West Stand & Entry and South Stand
•Address: Walsall Road, Perry Barr, B42 2LR
•Sports: Ceremonies, Athletics & Para Athletics
•Anticipated Games Capacity: Up to 35,000
•Anticipated Event Days: Test Event (21 May), Dress Rehearsals (24 & 26 July), Opening Ceremony (28 July), Athletics (2-7 August), Closing Ceremony (8 August)

      II.2.5) Award criteria:
                  
      Commercial - Weighting: 100
            

      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: Not Provided


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 (please complete Annex D1)


   IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
      The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement: No       
      

   IV.1.6) Information about electronic auction
      An electronic auction has been used: No

   IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
      The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

IV.2) Administrative information

   IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
       Notice number in the OJEU: 2022/S 000-003681
      
   

   IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
      The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice: No

Section V: Award of contract

Award Of Contract (No.1)

   Contract No: Not Provided    
   Lot Number: Not Provided    
   Title: Not Provided

   A contract/lot is awarded: Yes


   V.2) Award of contract

      V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract: 13/05/2022

      V.2.2) Information about tenders
         Number of tenders received: 1
         Number of tenders received from SMEs: Not Provided          
         Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: Not Provided          
         Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: Not Provided          
         Number of tenders received by electronic means: Not Provided

      V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

      The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
         
         Contractor (No.1)
             SES GROUP LIMITED, 03389704
             31 Kentish Town Road, London, NW1 8NL, United Kingdom
             NUTS Code: UKI
            The contractor is an SME: No

      V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
         Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: Not Provided          
         Total value of the contract/lot: 776,078.62
         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=691217201

   VI.4) Procedures for review

      VI.4.1) Review body
          Royal Courts of Justice
          London, United Kingdom

      VI.4.3) Review procedure
         Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: 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: 18/05/2022




ANNEX D

   1. Justification for the choice of the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a call for competition in accordance with Article 32 of Directive 2014/24/EU

      No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to:open procedure

            
      
      The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason: No

      Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the contracting authority and in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive: No

      Additional deliveries by the original supplier ordered under the strict conditions stated in the directive: No

      New works/services, constituting a repetition of existing works/services and ordered in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive: No
            Service contract to be awarded to the winner or one of winners under the rules of a design contest: No
      

      Purchase of supplies or services on particularly advantageous terms: No


   3. Explanation
          Use of the negotiated procedure without prior publication (Regulation 32(2)(a) of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015)

The Contracting Authority published a Contract Notice (publication reference: 2022/S 000-003681, dated 9 February 2022) however no suitable tenders for the Stewarding requirements at The Alexander Stadium (AXS) - West Stand & Entry and South Stand were submitted in response to an accelerated open procedure.

The Contracting Authority had previously undertaken a Competitive Procedure with Negotiation for these stewarding requirements (publication reference: 2021/S 000-005992, dated 24 March 2021), however this competition also resulted in no suitable tenders being submitted for these Stewarding requirements.

The appointment of a supplier was urgently required to allow the supplier enough time to mobilise the stewarding workforce and especially taking into consideration the challenging market conditions currently being experienced in the events industry around workforce shortages. The stewarding workforce needs to be recruited, trained, accredited and mobilised prior to the test events held by the Contracting Authority in advance of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, and therefore the requirement to appoint a supplier had become increasingly urgent.

The time limits for further procurements using the open or restricted procedures or competitive procedures with negotiation could not be complied with.