Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute
18a Newforge Lane
Belfast
BT9 5PX
UK
Contact person: SSDAdmin.CPDfinance-ni.gov.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 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 2131356 — DAERA AFBI — Contract for the Provision of Statistical Analysis Software
II.1.2) Main CPV code
48463000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) is a Non-Departmental Public Body (NDPB) established under the Agriculture (Northern Ireland) Order, 2004. As a key part of AFBI’s research and development work, scientific data is gathered from many diverse experiments and surveys. These data require statistical analysis appropriate to the design of the experiment or survey they came from. A contract for the provision of statistical analysis software is sought for use by AFBI’s professional statisticians and by AFBI researchers to analyse experimental and survey data. The software must accommodate the range of AFBI’s statistical analyses from the simple through to the complex analyses done by the statisticians. It must also be suitable to be taught to scientists for less regular use. AFBI require a 2-year contract plus four 2-year optional extension periods.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
367 149.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
48000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) is a Non-Departmental Public Body (NDPB) established under the Agriculture (Northern Ireland) Order, 2004. As a key part of AFBI’s research and development work, scientific data is gathered from many diverse experiments and surveys. These data require statistical analysis appropriate to the design of the experiment or survey they came from. A contract for the provision of statistical analysis software is sought for use by AFBI’s professional statisticians and by AFBI researchers to analyse experimental and survey data. The software must accommodate the range of AFBI’s statistical analyses from the simple through to the complex analyses done by the statisticians. It must also be suitable to be taught to scientists for less regular use. AFBI require a 2-year contract plus four 2 year optional extension periods.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality management processes
/ Weighting: 14
Quality criterion: Conversion of key applications
/ Weighting: 6
Cost criterion: Total contract price
/ Weighting: 80
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
The initial contract period is for 2 years with 4 further optional extension periods of 2 years 2+2+2+2+2.
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 090-216136
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
22/07/2019
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
VSN International Ltd
2 Amberside House
Hemel Hempstead
HP2 4TP
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)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 367 149.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The successful contractor’s performance on this contract will be managed as per the specification and regularly monitored (see procurement guidance note 01/12 — contract management — procedures and principles). Contractors not delivering on contract requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If a contractor fails to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified time, they still fail to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance, the matter will be escalated to senior management in CPD for further action. If this occurs and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, it may be regarded as an act of grave professional misconduct and they may be issued with a notice of unsatisfactory performance and this contract may be terminated. A central register of such notices for supplies and services contracts will be maintained and published on the CPD website. Any contractor in receipt of a notice of unsatisfactory performance will be required to declare this in future tender submissions for a period of 3 years from the date of issue of the notice. It may also result in the contractor being excluded from all procurement competitions being undertaken by centres of procurement expertise on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Procurement Policy. Insert appropriate reservations of rights and disclaimers of liability here consider — e.g . ‘The Authority expressly reserves the rights:
(i) not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice;
(ii) to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering competition;
(iii) to award:
(a) contract(s) in respect of any part(s) of the [services] covered by this notice; and
(iv) to award contract(s) in stages and in no circumstances will the Authority be liable for any costs incurred by candidates’.
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, towhich proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR's 2015
Belfast
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
CPD has complied with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and, have incorporate a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification provided full information on the award decision.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
23/07/2019