Construction Industry Training Board: Construction Skills Network (CSN) Forecasting

UK-Peterborough: Research and development services and related consultancy services.

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

Section I: Contracting authority/entity

I.1) Name and addresses
       Construction Industry Training Board
       Sand Martin House, Bittern Way, Fletton Quays, Peterborough, PE2 8TY, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 7597885786, Email: Simon.Ward@gov.sscl.com
       Main Address: https://www.citb.co.uk
       NUTS Code: UK

I.4) Type of the contracting authority (in the case of a notice published by a contracting authority)
      Body governed by public law

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


Section II: Object

II.1) Scope of the procurement
   
   II.1.1) Title: Construction Skills Network (CSN) Forecasting.
      Reference number: PROC2022047
      
   II.1.2) Main CPV code:
      73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services.
   
   II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES
   
   II.1.4) Short Description: Using the CSN models to produce rolling bi-annual, forecasts of the construction labour market.
   
   II.1.6) Information about lots
      This contract is divided into lots: No

   II.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
      Value: 200,000      
      Currency: GBP


II.2) Description

   II.2.2) Additional CPV codes:
      Not provided

   II.2.3) Place of performance:
      UK UNITED KINGDOM
   
   
   II.2.4) Description of the procurement:
    Using the CSN models to produce rolling bi-annual, forecasts of the construction labour market for a period of 12 months.    
   
   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:
    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         
   
   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: Not provided       
   
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: 23/02/2023.
      
      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:
          Experian Limited, 00653331
       The Sir John Peace Building, Experian Way, Ng2 Business Park, Nottingham, NG80 1ZZ, United Kingdom
       NUTS Code: UK
   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: Not Provided          
         Total value of the contract/lot/concession 200,000         
         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=762924672
GO-2023224-PRO-22207355 TKR-2023224-PRO-22207354   
   VI.4) Procedures for review
   
      VI.4.1) Review Body
          TBA
       TBA, 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: 24/02/2023


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)
   CITB are extending the Experian contract from 01 April 2023 through to 31 March 2024. During this extended contract period CITB will carry out a full review of its requirements going forward, CITB are unable to undertake a full review and engage in relevant activity prior to the existing contract expiring due to the large scale and scope of the project. CITB will be engaging in a full Procurement exercise during this period in order to secure a supplier to fulfil its revised specification and requirements for the medium-term.