Awarded contract

DfC Sport NI - Sports Competition and Results Tracking System

  • Department for Communities - Sport Northern Ireland

F03: Contract award notice

Notice reference: 2023/S 000-004324

Published 13 February 2023, 11:10am



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Department for Communities - Sport Northern Ireland

House of Sport, 2A Upper Malone Road

BELFAST

BT9 5LA

Contact

SSDAdmin.CPDfinance-ni.gov.uk

Email

SSDAdmon.CPD@finance-ni.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UK - United Kingdom

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.sportni.net

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

DfC Sport NI - Sports Competition and Results Tracking System

Reference number

ID 4466440

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

The Client wishes to acquire a Sports Competition and Results Tracking System that will provide access to Sport NI in order to: • Provide a comprehensive and up to date data base and search facility of competition and results that can be used to analyse the performances of Northern Ireland athletes and teams at the competitions detailed in Annex 1. • Provide a service desk facility for day-to-day support; and • Provide online training and training documentation for staff in the use of the proposed solution. This will enable access to a comprehensive database of sports competition performance results that are relevant to Sport NI and access to analytical tools that enable Client staff to deliver services such as results monitoring and benchmarking, predictive analysis, and reporting. This contract will run for an initial period of two years plus two optional extension periods of up to twelve months each.

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: £108,000

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 72200000 - Software programming and consultancy services
  • 72230000 - Custom software development services
  • 72232000 - Development of transaction processing and custom software
  • 72250000 - System and support services
  • 72260000 - Software-related services
  • 72300000 - Data services
  • 72310000 - Data-processing services
  • 72312100 - Data preparation services
  • 72313000 - Data capture services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKN0 - Northern Ireland

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

The Client wishes to acquire a Sports Competition and Results Tracking System that will provide access to Sport NI in order to: • Provide a comprehensive and up to date data base and search facility of competition and results that can be used to analyse the performances of Northern Ireland athletes and teams at the competitions detailed in Annex 1. • Provide a service desk facility for day-to-day support; and • Provide online training and training documentation for staff in the use of the proposed solution. This will enable access to a comprehensive database of sports competition performance results that are relevant to Sport NI and access to analytical tools that enable Client staff to deliver services such as results monitoring and benchmarking, predictive analysis, and reporting. This contract will run for an initial period of two years plus two optional extension periods of up to twelve months each.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: AC1 Methodology / Weighting: 16

Quality criterion - Name: AC2 Key Personnel Experience / Weighting: 12

Quality criterion - Name: AC3 Contract Management / Weighting: 6

Quality criterion - Name: AC4 Social Value Methodology / Weighting: 6

Cost criterion - Name: AC5 Total Contract Cost / Weighting: 60

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: Yes

Description of options

After the initial contract period, there are 2 options to extend for 1 year each.

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

Open procedure

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number: 2022/S 000-032841


Section five. Award of contract

Contract No

1

Title

Contract - ID 4466440 DfC Sport NI - Sports Competition and Results Tracking System

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

10 February 2023

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 3

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1

Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 1

Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0

Number of tenders received by electronic means: 3

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Infostrada Statistics B.V.

Binnenwal 2

Nieuwegein

3432 GH

Email

wouter.smak@nielsen.com

Telephone

+31 306007171

Fax

+31 306007177

Country

Netherlands

NUTS code
  • NL - Netherlands
Internet address

https://www.nielsen.com

The contractor is an SME

Yes

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £185,280

Total value of the contract/lot: £108,000


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

The successful Contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored against. the agreed Key Performance Indicators as detailed in the Commercial Conditions of Contract. Schedule for ICT Schedule 5 – Contract and Service Management and Specification. Schedule. 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 Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance and the contract may be terminated. The issue of a Certificate of Unsatisfactory 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 certificate.

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 PCR2015 as amended.

As above

Country

United Kingdom

six.4.3) Review procedure

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures

CPD will comply with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) and has incorporated a standstill period (minimum 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract was communicated to tenderers. That notification provided full information on the award decision and provided time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract was entered into.