Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Home Office
2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF
UK
E-mail: DDaTBordersInformationTechnology@homeoffice.gov.uk
NUTS: UKI32
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.gov.uk/home-office
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity
Public order and safety
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Semaphore Service Agreement
II.1.2) Main CPV code
48810000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Border IT services.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
45 310 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Negotiated procedure without prior publication for continuation of border IT services whilst replacement services are deployed.
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:
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason: absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation
The contracting approach is to award a new, 33-month, short term interim contract with flexible termination options with the incumbent supplier, whilst longer term re-procurement/reorganisation activity is taking place to deliver the replacement systems and services. The contract is being awarded on the grounds that, for technical reasons, only the incumbent can deliver the service for the required term (Reg 32(b)(2)(ii)).
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
Section V: Award of contract
Title: Semaphore Service Agreement
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
01/08/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
IBM United Kingdom Ltd
Portsmouth
UK
NUTS: UKJ31
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 45 310 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The value of the procurement includes expected change during the term.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
23/08/2019