London Legacy Development Corporation: Future Industries Demonstrator

UK-London: Experimental development services.

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

Section I: Contracting authority/entity

I.1) Name and addresses
       London Legacy Development Corporation
       Level 9, 5 Endeavour Square, London, E20 1JN, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 7834464416, Email: roberthughes@londonlegacy.co.uk
       Main Address: www.queenelizabetholympicpark.co.uk, Address of the buyer profile: www.queenelizabetholympicpark.co.uk
       NUTS Code: UKI41

I.4) Type of the contracting authority (in the case of a notice published by a contracting authority)
      Other type:: Mayoral Development Corporation

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: Future Industries Demonstrator.
      Reference number: Not Provided
      
   II.1.2) Main CPV code:
      73120000 - Experimental development services.
   
   II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES
   
   II.1.4) Short Description: Three cycles of an 8-week programme to enable Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and scaleups to validate their products in the local market through a test bedding exercise with local authorities and SHIFT partners , a group of organisations based at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park that have come together to form a new, inclusive innovation district – a living testbed that will power better urban futures through innovation, creativity, and collaboration. The service provider must demonstrate knowledge of the sub-region, its strategic supply chains, possess a mission-aligned approach to reaching net zero and driving local impact, as well as possessing the technical subject matter expertise to support businesses operating in climate-tech related sectors is required. The service must deliver subject matter expertise on advanced technologies which businesses will benefit from on this programme, creating economic growth and impact to achieve net zero by 2030 in east London.
   
   II.1.6) Information about lots
      This contract is divided into lots: No

   II.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
      Value: 280,800      
      Currency: GBP


II.2) Description

   II.2.2) Additional CPV codes:
      Not provided

   II.2.3) Place of performance:
      UKI LONDON
   
   
   II.2.4) Description of the procurement:
    LLDC has carefully considered its requirements to deliver the ‘Future Industries Demonstrator’, which is funded by HM Shared Prosperity Fund and must be delivered by March 2025. Specifically, LLDC have a need to enable Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs) who are selected through our open innovation challenge call out to test and prove their products are viable in the local market and suitable for supply chains and/or consumers. Whilst generic business support and business growth support is available widely in the marketplace, this programme requires highly specific expertise to support the development of ‘innovation trial plans’ to enable early-stage innovation products and services to move from early ‘minimum viable product’ to full scale, implementation and technology deployment within supply chains and direct to consumers, specifically in the local market around Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. The programme must be delivered at speed to meet the timelines of the funder.    
   
   II.2.5) Award criteria
   (Directive 2014/24/EU / Directive 2014/25/EU)
   Quality criterion - Name: Technical / Weighting: 100%
               
   Cost criterion - Name: Price / Weighting: 0%
         
      
      
   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: Future Industries Demonstrator

V.2) Award of contract/concession
      
      V.2.1) Date of contract award decision: 10/07/2023.
      
      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:
          Plexal (Group) Limited, 10104382
       6th Floor Lansdowne House, Berkeley Square,, London, W1J 6ER, 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: 280,000          
         Total value of the contract/lot/concession 280,000         
         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=795253633
GO-2023713-PRO-23399339 TKR-2023713-PRO-23399338   
   VI.4) Procedures for review
   
      VI.4.1) Review Body
          High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
       London, United Kingdom
   
      V1.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures:
                London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC)
       5 Endeavour Square, UK-London: Entertainment film production., E20 1JN, United Kingdom
       Email: roberthughes@londonlegacy.co.uk.

      VI.4.3) Review procedure
         This VEAT notice is being issued to provide transparency and allow interested parties to raise objections or concerns regarding the proposed contract award. Any objections or concerns regarding the proposed contract award should be submitted in writing to Robert Hughes, roberthughes@londonlegacy.co.uk within 10 calendar days from the notice date. We will carefully review all objections received and take appropriate actions, if necessary, in accordance with the Public Contract Regulations 2015. The contract award will be made following a thorough consideration of the raised objections. We are committed to ensuring fairness, transparency, and value for money on our procurement processes.    
      
      VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
         Not Provided
   
   VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice: 13/07/2023


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)
   The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason: •absence of competition for technical reasons •the purpose of the services is experimentation; to enable third party SME experimentation Potential routes to market were considered for the delivery of this service. The recommended route to market chosen (Plexal Product Builder) shall produce a contract between LLDC and Plexal (Group) Limited. The services for the Plexal Product Builder shall be procured under a direct award by Single Source for the following reasons: -Plexal is the only economic operator who can demonstrate a track record in supporting early stage innovation products to gain traction and success through local test bed implementation and has the required knowledge of the sub-region to enable SME’s to safely deploy their technologies through local strategic supply chains and consumers. -Plexal is the only economic operator with the expertise that enables SME’s to validate their product, build protypes, build business cases as well as provide support to forge partnerships to enable the live tests and wider implementation locally.