Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
The Department of Justice, NI Courts and Tribunal Service NICTS
c/o Clare House Supplies and Services Division, 303 Airport Road West
BELFAST
BT3 9ED
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.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 4728866 DoJ - NICTS - Provision of a Judicial Portal and Support Arrangements
Reference number: ID 4728866
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service (NICTS) (an agency of the Department of Justice) is seeking to establish a contract to provide a judicial portal and mobile app and support arrangements. This will be a 3-year initial contract period, with two options to extend for any period up to, and including, one year each. Prices shall be fixed for the initial contract period.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
450 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
72220000
72253200
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service (NICTS) (an agency of the Department of Justice) is seeking to establish a contract to provide a judicial portal and mobile app and support arrangements. This will be a 3-year initial contract period, with two options to extend for any period up to, and including, one year each. Prices shall be fixed for the initial contract period.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: MR1 Compliance with the Specification in Full Pass/Fail
/ Weighting: 0
Quality criterion: AC1 Development and Implementation of the Judicial Portal and App
/ Weighting: 15
Quality criterion: AC2 Judicial Portal and App Configuration
/ Weighting: 15
Quality criterion: AC3 Security
/ Weighting: 10.2
Quality criterion: AC4 System Support and Change Management
/ Weighting: 9.6
Quality criterion: AC5 Social Value
/ Weighting: 10.2
Cost criterion: AC6 Total Contract Price
/ Weighting: 40
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
There are two options to extend for any period up to, and including, one year 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:
2023/S 000-005378
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
03/05/2023
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 5
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: 5
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
redacted
redacted
redacted
redacted
UK
E-mail: SSDAdmin.CPD@finance-ni.gov.uk
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:
: 450 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The successful Contractor’s performance will be managed as per the specification. and 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 grounds for termination. of the contract at the Contractor's expense. In lieu of termination they may be issued with a Notice of Written Warning or a Notice of.. Unsatisfactory Performance. A central register of such Notices for supplies and services Contracts will be maintained and published.. on the CPD website. Any Contractor in receipt of multiple Notices of Written Warning or Notices of Unsatisfactory Performance will be.. required to declare this in future tender submissions for a period of three years from the date of issue of the Notice. It may also result in.. the Contractor being excluded from all procurement competitions being undertaken by Centres of Procurement..
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
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 PCR 2015 as amended
Belfast
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
CPD complied with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and incorporated a. standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract was communicated to tenderers.. That notification provided full information on the award decision. This provided time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the. award decision before the contract was entered into.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
04/05/2023