Victoria and Albert Museum: V&A Storehouse Furniture, Fittings and Equipment (FF&E)

UK-London: Furniture.

Section I: Contracting Authority

   I.1) Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
       The Board of Trustees of the Victoria and Albert Museum
       Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London, SW7 2RL, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 2079422229, Email: procurement@vam.ac.uk
       Main Address: https://www.vam.ac.uk/
       NUTS Code: UKI3

   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: V&A Storehouse Furniture, Fittings and Equipment (FF&E)            
      Reference number: VA/CON/40/21

      II.1.2) Main CPV code:
         39100000 - Furniture.


      II.1.3) Type of contract: SUPPLIES

      II.1.4) Short description: PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A NOTICE TO PUBLICISE THE AWARD OF A CONTRACT AND NOT A CONTRACT OPPORTUNITY. PLEASE DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS NOTICE

Designed by New York architects Diller, Scofidio + Renfro with support from UK based architects Austin-Smith:Lord, V&A East Storehouse is a 16,000m2 purpose-built home for over 250,000 objects, 350,000 library books and 1,000 archives. It is located at Here East in Stratford, East London. The V&A wishes to procure FF&E for Phases 1 and 2 of their FF&E packages which include a number of Back of House and Front of House spaces. Spatial planning and FF&E specification have already been completed by the Project Architects, so this tender is for supply only, though consultation may be necessary if alternatives are required.

      II.1.6) Information about lots
         This contract is divided into lots: No
            
      II.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
          Value: 500,000
                  
         Currency:GBP            

   II.2) Description

      II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):
      Not Provided

      II.2.3) Place of performance
      Nuts code:
      UKI4 - Inner London – East
   
      Main site or place of performance:
      Inner London – East
             

      II.2.4) Description of the procurement: The scope of the contract was a range of 109 different items of FF&E.

      II.2.5) Award criteria:
                  
      Price - Weighting: 65
            

      II.2.11) Information about options
         Options: Yes
         Description of these options:Purchases for Phase 1 and Phase 2 are separate. Neither phase is confirmed until a purchase order is received by the supplier. Contract award sums stated in this notice only relate to Phase 1.

      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: Open Accelerated
         Justification for the choice of accelerated procedure: Due to fluctuations and longer than expected lead times, the original programme for this contract is no longer viable. To ensure the goods can be supplied on time, the V&A is slightly reducing the tender period.

   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: No

IV.2) Administrative information

   IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
       Notice number in the OJEU: 2021/S 000-027887
      
   

   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: 29/01/2022

      V.2.2) Information about tenders
         Number of tenders received: 5
         Number of tenders received from SMEs: 6 (SME - as defined in Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC)          
         Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0          
         Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0          
         Number of tenders received by electronic means: 6

      V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

      The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
         
         Contractor (No.1)
             Portsdown Office Limited, 01779525
             Lakeside 3000, Lakeside North Harbour, Portsmouth, PO6 3EN, United Kingdom
             NUTS Code: UKJ31
            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: 227,487
         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=663285526

   VI.4) Procedures for review

      VI.4.1) Review body
          Victoria and Albert Museum
          Cromwell Road, Kensington, SW7 2RL, United Kingdom
          Tel. +44 2079422229

      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: 02/02/2022