Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Forensic Science Northern Ireland
c/o CPD, 303 Airport Road West
BELFAST
BT3 9ED
UK
E-mail: Justice.CPD@finance-ni.gov.uk
NUTS: UKN
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.justice-ni.gov.uk/topics/forensic-science/forensic-science-northern-ireland
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/topics/procurement
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
DOJ DAC 19/22 - FSNI - Northern Ireland DNA Administration System
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
This Direct Award Contract is to cover expenditure for the continuing support and
maintenance of the FSNI DNA Administration system and the NI DNA database (NIDNAD).
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
149 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
This Direct Award Contract is to cover expenditure for the continuing support and maintenance of the FSNI DNA Administration system and the NI DNA database (NIDNAD).
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
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
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason: protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights
Explanation
Negotiated without a prior call for competition
- The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights
Explanation:
This contract is awarded in accordance with the following derogations under the regulations:
I. Where competition is absent for technical reasons (regulation 32(2)(b)(ii);
II. For reasons connected with the protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights (reg32(2)(b) iii) but only where no reasonable alternative or substitute exists and the absence of competition is not the result of an artificial narrowing down of the parameters of the procurement.
The local DNA management system is a bespoke and integral part of the FSNI DNA profiling service required by PSNI under the Criminal Justice and Police & Criminal Evidence Act (PACE). IPR relating to the approaches, coding methodologies, techniques and tools for matching and processing suspects belong to the Economic Operator. This direct award contract will allow for ongoing maintenance, service development and ensure ongoing availability and functionality.
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
21/02/2023
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
Name withheld for security reasons
Belfast
UK
NUTS: UKN
The contractor is an SME:
No
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:
: 149 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
A Voluntary ex ante transparency notice was published on 09/02/2023 reference 2023/S 000-003956.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures
The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures
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, to which proceedings may be issued regarding
alleged. breaches of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended).
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
07/03/2023