Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Department of Finance Northern Ireland
Dundonald House, Upper Newtownards Road
Belfast
BT4 3SB
UK
E-mail: admin.ssd@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.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
Electronic communication requires the use of tools and devices that are not generally available. Unrestricted and full direct access to these tools and devices is possible, free of charge, at:
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
DOF Digital Development Branch — Drupal Professional Services
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
This 3 year contract is intended to secure external Drupal experts to alleviate pressures associated with critical staff shortages in specific skilled areas and to mitigate the associated risks to the delivery of critical services. The external resources will also be used to design, review and continuously improve DDB's processes and to up-skill internal staff.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
1 300 000.00
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
72200000
72262000
72261000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN0
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
This 3 year contract is intended to secure external Drupal experts to alleviate pressures associated with critical staff shortages in specific skilled areas and to mitigate the associated risks to the delivery of critical services. The external resources will also be used to design, review and continuously improve DDB's processes and to up-skill internal staff.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Quality criterion: Qualitative Criteria
/ Weighting: 60
Cost criterion: Quantitative Criteria
/ Weighting: 40
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
1 300 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 36
This contract is subject to renewal: No
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:
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 III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
List and brief description of selection criteria:
Comany Experience — Drupal Website Delivery and Migration to a Drupal Platform
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
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:
12/11/2018
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:
10/02/2019
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
12/11/2018
Local time: 15:30
Place:
Central Procurement Directorate, Clare House, 303 Airport Road, Belfast.
Information about authorised persons and opening procedure:
Authorised procurement persons within Central Procurement Directorate.
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
VI.3) Additional information
The figure indicated in II.1.5 represents an estimated contract value up to 1 300 000 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. The pricing strategy applied and the setting of cost/profit margins are a commercial decision for economic operators when submitting a bid for this competition.In addition, neither 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 twelve 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:
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
08/10/2018