Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
The Food Standards Agency
Foss House, Peasholme Green
York
YO1 7PR
UK
E-mail: fsa.commercial@food.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.food.gov.uk
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
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Data Integration & Sharing Publishing Platform
Reference number: FS431176
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Support and manage the services, environments, data and code including:
a Production, staging and development environments
b components and software of each service
c updates to each service (including security updates and minor enhancements)
• Maintain and deliver all technical and system documentation for the supported services
• Manage and maintain the supported services source code within the Authority’s GitHub repository or another appropriate repository agreed with the buyer as an exception.
• Manage and maintain the data to enable the Authority’s third parties to access live updates 24 hours a day.
• Change requests and additional activities. This work would be commissioned by the Buyer, with work packages authorised by the Buyer. (Clause 4.14.4 in the Specification).
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
3 500 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Support and manage the services, environments, data and code including:
a Production, staging and development environments
b components and software of each service
c updates to each service (including security updates and minor enhancements)
• Maintain and deliver all technical and system documentation for the supported services
• Manage and maintain the supported services source code within the Authority’s GitHub repository or another appropriate repository agreed with the buyer as an exception.
• Manage and maintain the data to enable the Authority’s third parties to access live updates 24 hours a day.
• Change requests and additional activities. This work would be commissioned by the Buyer, with work packages authorised by the Buyer. (Clause 4.14.4 in the Specification).
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Implementation Planning
/ Weighting: 10
Quality criterion: Technical Solution
/ Weighting: 20
Quality criterion: Operating the Service
/ Weighting: 15
Quality criterion: Maintaining a Quality Service
/ Weighting: 20
Quality criterion: Exit Management
/ Weighting: 5
Quality criterion: Social Value
/ Weighting: 10
Price
/ Weighting:
20
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
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:
2022/S 000-029653
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: FS431176
Title: Data Integration, Sharing & Publishing Platform
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
08/02/2023
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 4
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 4
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Epimorphics Limited
Court Lodge 105 High Street, Portishead,
Bristol
BS20 6PT
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 3 500 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Food Standards Agency
York
YO1 7PR
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
16/02/2023