Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Tourism NI
Floor 10-12 Linum Chambers, Bedford Square, Bedford Street
Belfast
BT2 7ES
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.1) Name and addresses
NI Tourist Board
Floors 10-12 Linum Chambers Bedford Street
Belfast
BT2 7ES
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.2) Joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
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 2434961 — DfE TNI — Destination Management System
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Tourism NI requires a supplier to deliver a Platform-as-a-service (PaaS) eTourism solution to support its tourism development, including consumer, travel trade and MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences and events) markets. A specification of requirements for this work includes: the delivery of a destination management system, including development of websites for Tourism NI consumer and MICE audiences and the potential roll out of the platform to up to 11 Local Councils and other key partners, the supply of the back-end database and software applications to deliver the functionality requested. Tenderers must note that there may be workload fluctuations at different time periods of the year. Tourism NI would like to have the option to roll out all of the functionality of the platform to up to 11 Local Councils and other industry partners.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
1 836 060.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
72212000
48780000
48783000
72212780
72212783
77330000
48612000
72212600
72212610
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
Main site or place of performance:
Belfast.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Tourism NI require a supplier to deliver a Platform-as-a-service (PaaS) eTourism solution to support its tourism development, including consumer, travel trade and MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences and events) markets. A specification of requirements for this work includes: the delivery of a destination management system, including development of websites for Tourism NI consumer and MICE audiences and the potential roll out of the platform to up to 11 Local Councils and other key partners, the supply of the back-end database and software applications to deliver the functionality requested. Tenderers must note that there may be workload fluctuations at different time periods of the year. Tourism NI would like to have the option to roll out all of the functionality of the platform to up to 11 Local Councils and other industry partners.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Qualitative criteria
/ Weighting: 40
Cost criterion: Quantitative criteria
/ Weighting: 60
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
Initial contract period: 2 years optional extension periods: + 1 year, +1 year, +1 year.
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:
2019/S 246-606158
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
19/02/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
New Mind Internet Consultancy Trading as Simpleview Europe Ltd
Suite 1.02 South Harrington Building 182 Sefton Street
Liverpool
L3 4BQ
UK
E-mail: saleseurope@simpleviewinc.com
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:
: 1 836 060.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
In relation to V2.2) Information about tenders:
— number of tenders received from SMEs: 1,
— number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU member states: 0,
— number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU member states: 0,
— number of tenders received by electronic means: 2.
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 PCR 2015.
Belfast
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
CPD comply with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and have applied a 10-day standstill period. This notification provides full information on the award decision. The standstill period has provided time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
19/02/2020