Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
CPD — Supplies and Services Division
303 Airport Road West
Belfast
BT3 9ED
UK
Contact person: SSDAdmin.cpdfinance-ni.gov.uk
E-mail: SSDAdmin.cpd@finance-ni.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
Address of the buyer profile: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
ID 2860160 DAC 41/20 DAERA COVID-19 Essential Home Working
Reference number: ID 2860160 DAC 41/20
II.1.2) Main CPV code
30200000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
DAERA urgently require the provision of laptops to allow staff to work remotely during the current situation with COVID-19.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
451 098.25
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
30200000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
DAERA urgently require the provision of laptops to allow staff to work remotely during the current situation with COVID-19.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
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
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the contracting authority and in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the Directive
Explanation
We rely on regulation 32 (2) (c) as DAERA need to urgently respond to the unforeseen COVID-19 consequences following the initiation of the Departments BCP and the need to increase homeworking due to public health risks. Having explored the current framework available (ID 2162217) and other IT Assist sources DAERA were unable to secure shorter lead times, Deloitte were identified as being best placed to provide the laptops suitable for the NICS network and capable of being configured by IT Assist.
Due to the value of the requirement and to mitigate any risk of challenge CPD would in normal circumstances recommend publishing a VEAT notice, however given the extreme urgency and link to public health risks the timescales for a VEAT would be prohibitive.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 1
Title: Contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
02/04/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Deloitte — Main Account MCS/LLP
Hill House
London
EC4A 3JR
UK
Telephone: +44 90322861
E-mail: cpdtenders@deloitte.co.uk
Fax: +44 90531336
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
URL: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
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:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 451 098.25
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The UK does not have any review body with responsibility for appeal/mediation in public procurement competitions. Any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division,to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the Public Contracts Regs 2015
belfast
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
The UK does not have any special review body with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures in public procurement competitions. Instead any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. CPD Awarded this contract under regulation 32 (2) (c) as DAERA need to urgently respond to the unforeseen COVID-19 consequences following the initiation of the Departments BCP and the need to increase homeworking due to public health risks. Having explored the current framework available (ID 2162217) and other IT Assist sources DAERA were unable to secure shorter lead times, Deloitte were identified as being best placed to provide the laptops suitable for the NICS network and capable of being configured by IT Assist. Due to the value of the requirement and to mitigate any risk of challenge CPD would in normal circumstances recommend publishing a VEAT notice, however given the extreme urgency and link to public health risks the timescales for a VEAT would be prohibitive.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
03/04/2020