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
BT1 4NN
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.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 1612779 DoF — ‘mydirect’ Citizen Portal
Reference number: 1612779
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The contractor will deliver a solution based on the product backlog, MVP for mydirect portal using Agile delivery methodology. The solution must be future-proof and provide a good platform for growth and improvement.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
5 000 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
72413000
72212211
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The contractor will deliver a solution based on the product backlog, MVP for mydirect portal using agile delivery methodology. The solution must be future-proof and provide a good platform for growth and improvement.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 60
Cost criterion: Cost
/ Weighting: 40
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
The client may, no later than 6 months prior to the initial contract period expiry date, give notice in writing to the contractor to invite the contractor to agree to extend the contract for any period up to and including 12 months commencing from the initial contract period expiry date the ‘First Extension Period’.
Thereafter, the parties may agree in writing to extend the contract for 2 further periods of up to and including 12 months beyond the end of the first extension period provided that the client gives notice in writing, no later than 6 months before the expiry of any current contract extension period, to invite the contractor to agree to accept the proposed extension.
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 175-426569
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
16/01/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 3
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 3
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 1
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
Civica UK Ltd
South Bank Central, 30 Stamford Street
London
SE1 9LS
UK
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
URL: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 5 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
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.
belfast
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
CPD will 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
16/01/2020