The Arts Council of England: Arts Jobs and Arts News: Hosting and Maintenance

UK-London: World wide web WWW site design services.

Section I: Contracting Authority

   I.1) Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
       The Arts Council of England trading as Arts Council England
       21 Bloomsbury Street, London, WC1B 3HF, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 1619344360, Email: ranjana.kapur@artscouncil.org.uk
       Contact: Ranjana Kapur
       Main Address: https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/, Address of the buyer profile: www.artscouncil.org.uk
       NUTS Code: UK

   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:
      Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions

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

Section II: Object Of The Contract

   II.1) Scope of the procurement

      II.1.1) Title: Arts Jobs and Arts News: Hosting and Maintenance            
      Reference number: 84 ACE ITT

      II.1.2) Main CPV code:
         72413000 - World wide web WWW site design services.


      II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES

      II.1.4) Short description: Arts Council England (ACE) are seeking to procure a service provider (which may be an individual provider or a joint venture comprising of a number of providers, or a prime contractor that may sub-contract certain elements of the services) to develop, host and maintain the arts jobs website (http://www.artsjobs.org.uk/). The arts jobs platform is a key strand of the ACE’s developmental role.

As described in further detail in the tender documents, the service provider shall:
— develop a new arts jobs and arts news website (the ‘Website’),
— host and provide support for the website,
— provide ongoing development of the website as agreed with ACE during the term of the contract,
— moderate the content posted by users on the website,
— ensure ACE’s pricing policy for the website is correctly applied,
— manage the Twitter account for arts jobs, and
— provide an automated marketing email service.

      II.1.6) Information about lots
         This contract is divided into lots: No
            
      II.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
          Value: 750,000
                  
         Currency:GBP            

   II.2) Description

      II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):
            72413000 - World wide web WWW site design services.
            72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support.
            72415000 - World wide web WWW site operation host services.


      II.2.3) Place of performance
      Nuts code:
      UK - UNITED KINGDOM
   
      Main site or place of performance:
      UNITED KINGDOM
             

      II.2.4) Description of the procurement: Arts Council England (ACE) are seeking to procure a service provider (which may be an individual provider or a joint venture comprising of a number of providers, or a prime contractor that may sub-contract certain elements of the services) to develop, host and maintain the arts jobs website (http://www.artsjobs.org.uk/). The arts jobs platform is a key strand of the ACE’s developmental role.

As described in further detail in the tender documents, the service provider shall:

— develop a new arts jobs and arts news website (the ‘Website’),
— host and provide support for the website,
— provide ongoing development of the website as agreed with ACE during the term of the contract,
— moderate the content posted by users on the Website,
— ensure ACE’s pricing policy for the website is correctly applied,
— manage the Twitter account for arts jobs, and
— provide an automated marketing email service.

ACE estimate the value of the contract for a 8-year period is likely to be between 440 000 GBP and 750 000 GBP pounds sterling.

      II.2.5) Award criteria:
      Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 70%
                  
      Cost criterion - Name: Price / Weighting: 30%
            

      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: Restricted


   IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
      The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement: No       
      A dynamic purchasing system was set up: 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: 2019/S 164-403007
      
   

   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: 84 ACE ITT    
   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: 30/06/2022

      V.2.2) Information about tenders
         Number of tenders received: 2
         Number of tenders received from SMEs: 2 (SME - as defined in Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC)          
         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)
             Net Efficiency Ltd, 04014828
             55 Islington Park Street, London, N1 1QB, United Kingdom
             Internet address: https://www.netefficiency.co.uk/
             NUTS Code: UK
            The contractor is an SME: Yes

      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: 750,000
         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=718965619

   VI.4) Procedures for review

      VI.4.1) Review body
          The High Court
          The Royal Courts of Justice, London, WC2A 2LL, 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: 01/11/2022