Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Education Authority
40 Academy Street
Belfast
BT1 2NQ
UK
Contact person: Frances Meehan
E-mail: frances.meehan@eani.org.uk
NUTS: UKN
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.eani.org.uk
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
Education
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Provision of Digital Service Admissions
Reference number: RM1557.10
II.1.2) Main CPV code
48000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
Lot 3: Cloud support for digital admissions and pupils services to include:
— planning,
— setup and migration,
— training,
— security services,
— quality assurance and performance testing, and
— ongoing support.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
750 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
This Call-off contract will include the following implementation plan, exit and off boarding plans and milestones:
— delivery of Alpha phase which may include:
1) Tactical MVP for Post-Primary applications;
2) Evidence Upload;
3) ‘Smart’ Admissions criteria builder tool;
4) Benefits eligibility checker;
5) Improved matching of student records
— beta phase to deliver MVP for Post Primary 2021 intake at the latest,
— live phase with continual improvement developments.
All work should build on the user stories identified during the discovery exercise conducted in Spring 2019 and include exploration of cloud ready support for pre-school and primary admissions for September 2020 intake with full migration of pre-school and primary admissions at a date to be agreed but not later than September 2022 intake.
— future agile phases for other pupil services.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Staffing levels
/ Weighting: 20
Quality criterion: Staff availability
/ Weighting: 20
Price
/ Weighting:
60
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
2 years with option to extend for 2 further 12 month periods.
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
Restricted procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
11/07/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Neueda
20c Weaver’s Court, Linfield Road
Belfast
BT12 5GH
UK
NUTS: UKN
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 750 000.00
EUR
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Education Authority
40 Academy Street
Belfast
BT1 2NQ
UK
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Education Authority
182 Galgorm Road
Ballymena
BT421HN
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
11/07/2019