Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Department of Finance Northern Ireland
Dundonald House, Upper Newtownards Road
Belfast
BT4 3SB
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
CFT1890853 DoF DSS — Provision of ICT Services and Solutions
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
DoF DSS — provision of ICT services and solutions.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
Yes
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
6 745 254.00
GBP
II.2) Description
Lot No: 1
II.2.1) Title
Lot 1: Digital Solution Development
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
72200000
72210000
72220000
72230000
72240000
72250000
72260000
72500000
72590000
72800000
72820000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN0
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
DoF DSS — provision of ICT services and solutions.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Qualitative criteria
/ Weighting: 70
Cost criterion: Quantitative criteria
/ Weighting: 30
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
The Department of Finance DOF has awarded this contract for the provision of onsite technical resources and associated services and software, where appropriate, to assist in delivering digitally enabled outcomes, solutions and systems to meet its strategic goals. The services required include application development, testing, user experience, delivery support and data analytics.
Lot No: 2
II.2.1) Title
Lot 2: Software Testing Service
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
72200000
72210000
72220000
72230000
72240000
72250000
72260000
72500000
72590000
72800000
72820000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN0
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
DoF DSS — provision of ICT services and Solutions.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Qualitative criteria
/ Weighting: 70
Cost criterion: Quantitative criteria
/ Weighting: 30
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
The Department of Finance DOF has awarded this contract for the provision of onsite technical resources and associated services and software, where appropriate, to assist in delivering digitally enabled outcomes, solutions and systems to meet its strategic goals. The services required include application development, testing, user experience, delivery support and data analytics.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2019/S 066-154548
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 1
Contract No: 1
Title: Lot 1: Digital Solution Development
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
18/07/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 9
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Neueda Ltd
20c Weavers Court
Belfast
BT12 5GH
UK
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.neueda.com/
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 4 792 050.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 2
Contract No: 2
Title: Lot 2: Software Testing Service
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
18/07/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 9
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Expleo Technology UK Ltd
7-11 Moorgate
London
EC2R 6AF
UK
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
URL: https://expleogroup.com/
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 1 953 204.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The contract award values for each lot within this notice are based on the estimated number of days within the tender pricing schedule for evaluation purposes.The figure indicated in 11.1.5 of the original contract notice represents an estimated contract value which ranges from 5 000 000 GBP to 30 000 000 GBP. This range reflects the potential scale of the contract and takes into account as yet unforeseen customer demand. The likely value of the contract is estimated at 12 500 000 GBP; this is based on continuing levels of customer demand experienced by the authority. However, neither CPD nor the authority can provide any guarantee as to the level of business under this contract.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The UK does not have any special review body
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 have complied with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and incorporated a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract was communicated to tenderers. That notification provided full information on the award decision. This provided time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract was entered into.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
31/07/2019