Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Department of Finance
44 - 58 May Street
BELFAST
BT14NN
UK
E-mail: strategicdelivery.cpd@finance-ni.gov.uk
NUTS: UKN06
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/topics/procurement
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
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
Department of Finance - Integr8 Programme - Integr8 Delivery Partner
Reference number: ID 5790521
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Department of Finance's (DoF) Integr8 Programme has established a contract for an Integr8 Delivery Partner (IDP) to implement an integrated Oracle Finance and HR cloud-based technology solution along with an IT Service Management Platform and the provision of Managed Services. The contract period will be for an initial 5 years with the option for two further periods, the first for three years and the second for up to 24 months.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
150 000 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
66170000
72100000
72212211
72212220
72212400
72212440
72212443
72212450
72212451
72212482
72212900
72220000
72246000
72250000
72260000
72300000
72500000
72600000
79211000
79400000
79600000
79990000
80420000
80533100
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Department of Finance's (DoF) Integr8 Programme has established a contract for an Integr8 Delivery Partner (IDP) to implement an integrated Oracle Finance and HR cloud-based technology solution along with an IT Service Management Platform and the provision of Managed Services. The contract period will be for an initial 5 years with the option for two further periods, the first for three years and the second for up to 24 months.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: As per tender documentation
/ Weighting: 70
Price
/ Weighting:
30
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
The contract period will be for an initial 5 years with the option for two further periods, the first for 36 months and
the second for up to 24 months.
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 estimated contract value indicated in Section II.1.7 and V.2.4 represents the potential value of the contract over the maximum contract period which ranges from £63,000,000 GBP to £150,000,000 GBP exclusive of VAT. This range reflects the potential scale of the contract and takes into account changes and potential modifications to the contract that may be required that could not be identified or foreseen at the time of this procurement exercise but which are consistent with the overall nature of the Buyer's current and future operational requirements for a finance and HR solution. It is envisaged that such modifications would be made without requiring a new procurement procedure in accordance with Regulation 72 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Neither CPD nor the Buyer can provide any guarantee as to the level of business under this contract. Suppliers remain responsible for all costs and expenses incurred by them or by any third party acting under instructions from the Supplier in connection with taking part in this procurement process regardless of whether such costs arise as a consequence, directly or indirectly of any amendments made to the procurement documents by the Buyer at any time. Suppliers should note that all dates, time periods and figures in relation to values and volumes specified in this notice and the procurement documents are approximate only and the Buyer reserves the right to change any or all of them.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Competitive procedure with negotiation
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:
2024/S 000-010198
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: ID 5790521
Title: Department of Finance - Integr8 Programme - Integr8 Delivery Partner
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
04/08/2025
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 3
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Version1 Software Limited
11th Floor, Lanyon Plaza West Tower, 8 Lanyon Plaza
Belfast
BT1 3LP
UK
NUTS: UKN
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 150 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The original contrat notice (2024/S 000-010198) was published under ID 4956935. Due to technical difficulties the Contracting Authoirty had to create another ID (5790521) to proceed with the procurement. Hence this is why the Contract Award Notice is being published associated with a different ID (5790521) number.
The successful contractor's performance on the contract will be regularly monitored in line with the tender documentation. Contractors not delivering on contract requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If a contractor fails to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified time, they still fail to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance, the matter will be escalated to senior management in CPD for further action. If this occurs and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, it may be regarded as an act of
grave professional misconduct and they may be issued with a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance and the contract may be terminated.
The issue of a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance can result in the Contractor being excluded from all procurement competitions
being undertaken by Centres of Procurement Expertise on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Procurement Policy for
a period of three years from the date of issue. All dates, time periods and figures in relation to values and volumes specified in this notice and the procurement documents are approximate only and the Buyer reserves the right to change any or all of them.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR 2015 as amended
Belfast
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
CPD complied with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) and, incorporated a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days).
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
12/08/2025