Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
Invest Northern Ireland
Bedford Square, Bedford Street
BELFAST
BT2 7ES
ssdadmin.cpd@finance-ni.gov.uk
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UK - UNITED KINGDOM
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
Buyer's address
https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
MOD 14/21 - ID 1458670 - Invest NI - Provision of Drupal Migration and Support Services
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Invest NI wish to extend the provision of Drupal Migration and Support Services in accordance with
Regulation 72 (1) (c) due to the unforeseen impact of the Covid 19 Pandemic which increased the number of website developments and amendments significantly in addition to implications of the EU exit impacting on business operations.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £774,394
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKN - NORTHERN IRELAND
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Invest NI appointed a Contractor to migrate, configure, maintain and support its key corporate websites
on the Drupal 8 platform. The scope of this contract included the following services: • Design and build of a Drupal 8 environment including operating systems on supplied hardware, and with separate instances, suitable for all Invest NI corporate websites including the future migration of NIBusinessInfo; • Migration to Drupal 8 and provision of ongoing support and maintenance including operating system patching for the following Invest NI websites from the date the sites have been successfully migrated; InvestNI.com; NIConnections.com; BuyNIFood.com; and # Invest NI Corporate Intranet. • Future planned migration of nibusinessInfo.co.uk to Drupal 8 • Provision of ongoing support and maintenance; • Provision of Drupal technical and development resource through additional development days in support of our internal development team.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Cost criterion - Name: Qualitative Criteria / Weighting: 50
Cost criterion - Name: Quantitative Criteria / Weighting: 50
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
This contract started on the Contract Commencement Date and will run for an initial period of three years and
up to nine months.There are also seven 7 optional extension periods of one 1 year i.e. 3 years plus 9 months + 1 year + 1 year + 1 year +
1 year + 1 year +1 year + 1 year.
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations
Explanation:
This is to allow for the provision of necessary services required for the contract, due to unforeseen reasons. The Contractor is the sole supplier of these services and is permissible under the PCR 2015 Regulations 72 1 (c).
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2018/S 163-372837
Section five. Award of contract/concession
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract/concession
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
22 August 2018
five.2.2) Information about tenders
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
NEUEDA LTD
11th Floor Lanyon Plaza, West Tower, 8 Lanyon Place
Belfast
BT1 3LP
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKN - NORTHERN IRELAND
Internet address
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot/concession: £774,394
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.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
Belfast
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures
The Public Contract Regulations 2015 provide for 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 will incorporate a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) before this contract is awarded.