Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Department for Infrastructure DfI
Room 2.23 Boucher Road DVTA Test Center, Balmoral Road
Belfast
BT12 6QL
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
2856300 - DFI DVA - Continuation of Maintenance and Support Arrangements for Booking Services and IT Hardware in Relation to Vehicle Testing - DAC 10/20
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
DVA wish to seek a DAC under Regulation 32 (2) (B) (ii) and (iii). This DAC is needed:
— to allow DVA to continue to fulfil its statutory, legislative duty and to continue to provide its current service,
— to allow for a period of transition between Capita and Fujitsu that will not impact or interrupt the service DVA provide,
— to allow DVA sufficient time to go to open procurement for IT Services that are still required until 2025,
— as there is no other reasonable alternative or substitute available to provide this service.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
3 906 899.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
72000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN0
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
DVA wish to seek a DAC under Regulation 32 (2) (B) (ii) and (iii). This DAC is needed:
— to allow DVA to continue to fulfil its statutory, legislative duty and to continue to provide its current service,
— to allow for a period of transition between Capita and Fujitsu that will not impact or interrupt the service DVA provide,
— to allow DVA sufficient time to go to open procurement for IT Services that are still required until 2025,
— as there is no other reasonable alternative or substitute available to provide this service.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
After the initial contract period, there are 2 options to extend for up to 3 months each.
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:
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason: protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights
Explanation
DVA are seeking the DAC under Regulation 32 (2) (B) (ii) and (iii). This DAC is needed:
— to allow DVA to continue to fulfil its statutory, legislative duty and to continue to provide its current service,
— to allow for a period of transition between Capita and Fujitsu that will not impact or interrupt the service DVA provide,
— to allow DVA sufficient time to go to open procurement for IT Services that are still required until 2025,
— as there is no other reasonable alternative or substitute available to provide this service.
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
31/03/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 001
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 000
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
Capita Managed IT Solutions Ltd
Hillview House
Newtownabbey
BT36 7LQ
UK
Telephone: +44 2890859085
E-mail: CMITS-tenders1@capita.co.uk
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)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 3 906 899.00
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 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 Publ
Belfast
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: CPD will comply with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and, where appropriate, will incorporate a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. This provides time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into. VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
10/04/2020