Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman
Progressive House,33 Wellington Place
BELFAST
BT1 6HN
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.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
one.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
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
Development, support and maintenance of the Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman Website – PME
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
ID 3961496 - NIPSO - Development, support and maintenance of the Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman Website – PME
NIPSO and CPD are conducting Pre-Market Engagement exercise with a view to preparing the procurement and to inform economic operators of the opportunity of the future procurement requirements. The purpose of the document, which is a Pre-Engagement Information Memorandum and Questionnaire, is to seek advice/ information from organisations who may wish to tender via the
procurement process.
The objectives of this exercise are to:
• Gain initial supplier awareness, engagement and opinion, resulting in a confidence around viability of concept;
• Gain insight to the market possibilities and potential innovative solutions;
• Understand risks and issues not previously considered;
• Inform the outline business case;
• Inform the procurement strategy; and
• prevent the department from advertising an unachievable project
**PLEASE NOTE: ALL COMPLETED QUESTIONNAIRES MUST BE SUBMITTED VIA THE
MESSAGING FUNCTION on eTendersNI (under reference ID 3961496), BEFORE 3PM ON FRIDAY 11 FEBRUARY 2022**
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 72222300 - Information technology services
- 72212610 - Database software development services
- 48000000 - Software package and information systems
- 48783000 - Content management software package
- 48780000 - System, storage and content management software package
- 72212780 - System, storage and content management software development services
- 48612000 - Database-management system
- 72212600 - Database and operating software development services
- 72413000 - World wide web (www) site design services
- 72415000 - World wide web (www) site operation host services
- 72212220 - Internet and intranet software development services
- 72212783 - Content management software development services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKN - Northern Ireland
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Pre Market Engagement Exercise
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
30 April 2022
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes