Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Monkstone House, City Road
Peterborough
PE1 1JY
UK
Telephone: +44 1733866894
E-mail: contractqueries@jncc.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.jncc.gov.uk
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
www.jncc.gov.uk
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
www.jncc.gov.uk
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Environment
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Marine Recorder Redevelopment
Reference number: C21-0262-1579
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72212610
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
This contract aims to produce the first build of a multi-organisation cloud-based benthic data management (and analysis) solution for use by both UK statutory agencies and the wider UK marine community as a replacement for the current “Marine Recorder” desktop-based solution, which is at end-of-life.
The solution will be centrally administered to ensure a consistent and comparable approach to storing and managing benthic data within each organisation and ensure friction-free integration of data across organisations, enabling streamlined dissemination to downstream data systems, and analysis-ready outputs.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
300 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
Main site or place of performance:
UNITED KINGDOM
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Open Procedure
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
250 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 6
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
Bidders should be aware that there is the potential for the successful contractor to be requested by JNCC to undertake additional work on this contract into the financial year 2022/23 and 2023/24 as follows:
•Development of reporting, analysis and visualisation element of the MVP if this is not achievable in the first tender.
•Continued development, with a backlog of phase two, nice to have and ad-hoc individual requests.
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
Yes
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
JNCC are open to all technical solutions that would fulfil these requirements.
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 III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
List and brief description of selection criteria:
Previous 3 years statement of accounts.
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
III.2.3) Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract
Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract
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:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
10/08/2021
Local time: 16:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Duration in months: 3 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
11/08/2021
Local time: 12:00
Information about authorised persons and opening procedure:
Dora Iantosca
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
VI.3) Additional information
The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.
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GO Reference: GO-202179-PRO-18542721
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Monkstone House
Peterborough
PE1 1JY
UK
Telephone: +44 1733866894
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Monkstone House
Peterborough
PE1 1JY
UK
Telephone: +44 1733866894
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Monkstone House
Peterborough
PE1 1JY
UK
Telephone: +44 1733866894
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
09/07/2021