Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute
18a Newforge Lane
Belfast
BT9 5PX
UK
Contact person: SSDAdmin.CPDfinance-ni.gov.uk
E-mail: SSDAdmin.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.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
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
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
ID 2131356 - DAERA AFBI - Contract for the provision of statistical analysis software
II.1.2) Main CPV code
48463000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) is a Non-Departmental Public Body (NDPB) established under the Agriculture (Northern Ireland) Order, 2004. As a key part of AFBI’s research and development work, scientific data is gathered from many diverse experiments and surveys. These data require statistical analysis appropriate to the design of the experiment or survey they came from. A contract for the provision of statistical analysis software is sought for use by AFBI’s professional statisticians and by AFBI researchers to analyse experimental and survey data. The software must accommodate the range of AFBI’s statistical analyses from the simple through to the complex analyses done by the statisticians. It must also be suitable to be taught to scientists for less regular use. AFBI require a 2 year contract plus four 2 year optional extension periods.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
403 320.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
48000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) is a Non-Departmental Public Body (NDPB) established under the Agriculture (Northern Ireland) Order, 2004. As a key part of AFBI’s research and development work, scientific data is gathered from many diverse experiments and surveys. These data require statistical analysis appropriate to the design of the experiment or survey they came from. A contract for the provision of statistical analysis software is sought for use by AFBI’s professional statisticians and by AFBI researchers to analyse experimental and survey data. The software must accommodate the range of AFBI’s statistical analyses from the simple through to the complex analyses done by the statisticians. It must also be suitable to be taught to scientists for less regular use. AFBI require a 2 year contract plus four 2 year optional extension periods.
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:
403 320.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 24
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
The initial contract period is for 2 years with 4 further optional extension periods of 2 years (2+2+2+2+2).
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:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
The initial contract period is for 2 years with 4 further optional extension periods of 2 years (2+2+2+2+2).
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.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
06/06/2019
Local time: 15:00
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
Tender must be valid until:
04/09/2019
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
06/06/2019
Local time: 15:30
Place:
Supplies & Services Division. Construction and Procurement Delivery. 1st Floor West, Clare House. 303 Airport Road West. Belfast BT3 9ED.
Information about authorised persons and opening procedure:
CPD Representatives with access to the project on eTendersNI.
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.3) Additional information
Please note that this competition has been published without budget approval in the expectation that this will be in place by the time the contract is due to be awarded. In the event that approval is not received, no award will be made. Tenderers should take this into account when deciding whether to bid for this opportunity. CPD nor the Authority can provide any guarantee as to the level of business under this contract. 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 CPD for further action. If this occurs and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, it may be regarded as an act of grave professional misconduct and they may be issued with a notice of unsatisfactory performance and the contract may be terminated. The issue of a notice satisfactory performance will result in the contractor being excluded from all procurement competitions being undertaken by Centres of Procurement Expertise on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland. Procurement Policy for a period of 12 months from the date of issue of the notice. This contract will not be awarded in Lots as a single supplier is required.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures.
Belfast
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:. CPD will comply with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and, where appropriate, will incorporate a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
07/05/2019