Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service
Lisburn
BT274SX
UK
Contact person: Doreen Booth
Telephone: +44 2892664221
E-mail: doreen.booth@nifrs.org
NUTS: UKN0E
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.nifrs.org
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Public order and safety
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Provision of Support and Maintenance of the NIFRS Pharos Management Information System (MIS) and WAND system
Reference number: 3496/282
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72500000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Provision of Support and Maintenance of the NIFRS Pharos Management Information System (MIS) and WAND system for a period of up to 3 years.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
914 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Provision of Support and Maintenance of the NIFRS Pharos Management Information System (MIS) and WAND system for a period of up to 3 years.
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
As per Reg 32.2(b)(iii) Sophtlogic has exclusive rights to support and maintain the Pharos MIS and Wand systems currently in use by NIFRS, as this supplier holds the intellectual property rights and source code and therefore is the only supplier that can provide this
service.
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:
2023/S 000-005867
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 3496/282
Title: Provision of Support and Maintenance of the NIFRS Pharos Management Information System (MIS) and WAND system
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
27/03/2023
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
Sophtlogic Ltd
02848781
Ipswich
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 914 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
27/03/2023