Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
National Museums Northern Ireland
153 Holywood Road, Cultra
Holywood
BT18 0EU
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.1) Name and addresses
National Museums Northern Ireland
153 Holywood Road, Cultra
Holywood
BT18 0EU
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 involves 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
DAC 192/16 — National Museums Northern Ireland (NMNI) — Development of Beta Version of Atlas of Living Northern Ireland (AOLNI).
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
This is a Direct Award Contract (DAC) for NMNI for the Development of Beta Version of Atlas of Living Northern Ireland (AOLNI).
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
146 350.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
48000000
90700000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
This is a Direct Award Contract (DAC) for NMNI for the Development of Beta Version of Atlas of Living Northern Ireland (AOLNI).
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
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 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: absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation
The award of this contract is justified using derogation 32 (2)(b)(ii)) for reasons connected where the competition is absent for technical reasons but only where no reasonable alternative or substitute exists and the absence of competition is not the result of an artificial narrowing down of the parameters of the procurement. There is no other individual or company with the required expertise or knowledge that can manage the development of a UK-wide Atlas based approach for the future dissemination of biodiversity information for Northern Ireland.
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:
2017/S 145-300134
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
05/09/2017
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
National Biodiversity Network Trust
Nbn Trust Broadway Business Centre, 32a Stoney Street
Nottingham
NG1 1LL
UK
Telephone: +44 1159247132
E-mail: support@nbn.org.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
URL: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 146 350.00
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 (a minimum of 10 calendar days) before this contract was awarded.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
07/09/2017