Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
The Executive Office
Stormont Estate
BELFAST
BT43TT
UK
E-mail: SSDAdmin.CPD@finance-ni.gov.uk
NUTS: UKN0
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.executiveoffice-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
ID 5751682 - TEO - AV Services for NI Public Inquiries
II.1.2) Main CPV code
51300000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Executive Office on behalf of themselves and the Northern Ireland Civil Service and the Northern Ireland Office have a requirement for the electronic presentation of evidence, audio visual and web streaming fully managed services to support
multiple concurrent inquiries. The requirement is as follows:
• Provision of AV solution for Public Inquires which will include the provision and support of all hardware, Audio-visual/web streaming services and support for the oral hearings, including the distribution and display of evidence;
• Electronic presentation of evidence at the oral hearings.
Initially inquiry locations are expected to be (this will be
determined by each inquiry): 1st Floor Bradford Court, 1 Bradford Court, Galwally, Belfast, BT8 6RB. 3rd Floor Corn Exchange, 31
Gordon Street, Belfast, BT1 2LG. The contract will be for an initial period of 5 years, with two options to extend by up to 12 months each.
Please refer to ID 5751682 - Specification for further detail on the requirements
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
32210000
32232000
32320000
32333000
32340000
32350000
50300000
51310000
92370000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Executive Office on behalf of themselves and the Northern Ireland Civil Service and the Northern Ireland Office have a requirement for the electronic presentation of evidence, audio visual and web streaming fully managed services to support
multiple concurrent inquiries. The requirement is as follows:
• Provision of AV solution for Public Inquires which will include the provision and support of all hardware, Audio-visual/web streaming services and support for the oral hearings, including the distribution and display of evidence;
• Electronic presentation of evidence at the oral hearings.
Initially inquiry locations are expected to be (this will be
determined by each inquiry): 1st Floor Bradford Court, 1 Bradford Court, Galwally, Belfast, BT8 6RB. 3rd Floor Corn Exchange, 31
Gordon Street, Belfast, BT1 2LG. The contract will be for an initial period of 5 years, with two options to extend by up to 12 months each.
Please refer to ID 5751682 - Specification for further detail on the requirements
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: as per contract documents
/ Weighting: 60
Price
/ Weighting:
40
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
Following the initial contract period, there are 2 options to extend for up to 1 year 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
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:
2025/S 000-006411
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
No
V.1 Information on non-award
The contract/lot is not awarded
Other reasons (discontinuation of procedure)
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
Following the issue of Standstill Letters, legal proceedings were commenced against The Executive Office, challenging the outcome of the competition. Having considered the detail of the challenge, the Department has decided to exercise its discretion not to award any contract on foot of the Procurement Exercise.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/ mediation procedures
Belfast
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
18/08/2025