Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Department of Finance
Lanyon Plaza 7 Lanyon Place
BELFAST
BT1 3LP
UK
E-mail: SSDAdmin.CPD@finance-ni.gov.uk
NUTS: UKN
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
Address of the buyer profile: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
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 5530827 Department of Finance - NISRA - SPSS Licences
Reference number: ID 5530827
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) is Northern Ireland’s (NI) largest producer of official statistics and government social research. Its role is to enhance understanding of NI society through the provision of trusted information. NISRA provides services to all NI Government Departments and a wide range of other public sector bodies to assist the policy development process and the delivery of their business objectives. The Agency has utilised SPSS software for 25 years and across all work areas large database analysis syntaxes have been written in SPSS code and data validation, analysis and linkages to excel and desktop publishing systems are also set up in SPSS. This tender is for procurement of the provision and support of the SPSS licences. For further information please see ID 5530827 Specification Schedule.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
213 736.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
72000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) is Northern Ireland’s (NI) largest producer of official statistics and government social research. Its role is to enhance understanding of NI society through the provision of trusted information. NISRA provides services to all NI Government Departments and a wide range of other public sector bodies to assist the policy development process and the delivery of their business objectives. The Agency has utilised SPSS software for 25 years and across all work areas large database analysis syntaxes have been written in SPSS code and data validation, analysis and linkages to excel and desktop publishing systems are also set up in SPSS. This tender is for procurement of the provision and support of the SPSS licences. For further information please see ID 5530827 Specification Schedule.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: AC1 Contract Management
/ Weighting: 10
Quality criterion: AC2 Social Value
/ Weighting: 10
Cost criterion: AC3 Total Contract Price
/ Weighting: 80
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
There are two optional extension periods of up to 12 months each.
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:
2024/S 000-040154
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
21/02/2025
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
SMART VISION EUROPE LIMITED
Level 17, Dashwood House, 69 Old Broad Street
LONDON
EC2M 1QS
UK
Telephone: +44 2077863568
E-mail: info@sv-europe.com
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:
: 213 736.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
Contract monitoring: the successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored. 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 construction and procurement delivery. (CPD) for further action. If this occurs and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period,. this may be considered grounds for termination of the contract at your expense as provided for in the Conditions of Contract. In lieu. of termination, CPD may issue a Notice of Written Warning or a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance. A supplier in receipt of multiple. Notices of Written Warning or a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance may, in accordance with The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as. amended), be excluded from future public procurement competitions for a period of. up to three years...
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR 2015 as amended.
Belfast
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
25/02/2025