Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Department for the Economy
Adelaide House, 39-49 Adelaide Street Belfast
Belfast
BT2 8FD
UK
E-mail: ICT.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
DAC22/18 DfE Qualifications and E-Learning — Northern Ireland Colleges Information System (NICIS 2) – Support Services
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
DAC22/18 DfE Qualifications and E-Learning — Northern Ireland Colleges Information System (NICIS 2) – Support Services.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
2 700 000.00
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
DAC22/18 DfE Qualifications and E-Learning — Northern Ireland Colleges Information System (NICIS 2) – Support Services.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
The contract is to be awarded for a period of 2 years starting 3.6.2018 with the option of a 5 month extension.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
The figure indicated in II.1.7 represents the upper limit of an estimated contract value which ranges from 1 800 000 GBP to 2 700 000 GBP. This range reflects the potential scale of the contract and takes into account such changes to the scope / and or scale which may result from future operational requirements.
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
The award of this contract is justified under Regulation 32, 2, b, iii due to the supplier's expertise and in depth technical knowledge of the bespoke software and the need to continue to support and maintain the system until the replacement solution is implemented.
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:
2018/S 083-188241
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
18/05/2018
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
M-Hance Group Limited
Trinity House Bredbury Park Way
Stockport
SK6 2SN
UK
Telephone: +44 3307771950
E-mail: tony.stones@m-hance.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)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 2 700 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal / mediation procedures
United Kingdom
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
The Public Contract Regulations 2015 provide aggrieved parties who have. been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). The authority has incorporated a standstill period before this contract is awarded. The standstill period was for a minimum of 10 calendar days.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
22/05/2018