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
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.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKN - NORTHERN IRELAND
two.2.4) Description of the procurement at the time of conclusion of the contract:
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.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement, dynamic purchasing system or concession
Duration in months
45
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.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Contract award notice concerning this contract
Notice number: 2018/S 163-006005
Section five. Award of contract/concession
Contract No
1
Title
ID 1458670 - Invest NI - Provision of Drupal Migration and Support Services
five.2) Award of contract/concession
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract/concession award decision:
21 August 2018
five.2.2) Information about tenders
The contract/concession 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
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKN - NORTHERN IRELAND
Internet address
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession (at the time of conclusion of the contract;excluding VAT)
Total value of the procurement: £631,954
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 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 incorporated a standstill period before this contract modification was awarded. The standstill period was for a minimum of 10 calendar days.
Section seven: Modifications to the contract/concession
seven.1) Description of the procurement after the modifications
seven.1.1) Main CPV code
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
seven.1.3) Place of performance
NUTS code
- UKN - NORTHERN IRELAND
seven.1.4) 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
seven.1.5) Duration of the contract, framework agreement, dynamic purchasing system or concession
Duration in months
45
seven.1.6) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot/concession:
£774,394
seven.1.7) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
NEUEDA LTD
11th Floor Lanyon Plaza, West Tower, 8 Lanyon Place
Belfast
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKN - NORTHERN IRELAND
Internet address
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
No
seven.2) Information about modifications
seven.2.1) Description of the modifications
Nature and extent of the modifications (with indication of possible earlier changes to the contract):
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.
seven.2.2) Reasons for modification
Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee.
Description of the circumstances which rendered the modification necessary and explanation of the unforeseen nature of these circumstances:
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 (c).
seven.2.3) Increase in price
Updated total contract value before the modifications (taking into account possible earlier contract modifications, price adaptions and average inflation)
Value excluding VAT: £631,954
Total contract value after the modifications
Value excluding VAT: £774,394