Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Department of Finance, Construction and Procurement Delivery
303 Airport Road West
BELFAST
BT3 9ED
Contact
ssdadmin.cpdfinance-ni.gov.uk
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.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
DoF CPD – Provision of AutoDesk Licence Subscriptions, Support and Training 2024-27
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
Construction and Procurement Delivery (CPD) is a business area within the Department of Finance for Northern Ireland (DoF). DoF-CPD is a long term user of Computer Aided Design (CAD) applications in general and in the Autodesk range of construction related applications in particular. CPD’s current contract for this requirement ends 3 February 2024. CPD’s current specific requirements can be summarised below. • Renewal of existing subscriptions for a number of Autodesk applications • Ad-Hoc Autodesk Training and Support services (outside of substantial software changes or upgrades), typically days training are not expected to exceed 10 per annum – typically support days are not expected to exceed 10 per annum, it is not unusual for zero days for either to be requested per annum) (these figures are provided solely as a high-level indication of potential scale).
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: £340,510
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 72212321 - Computer-aided design (CAD) software development services
- 72200000 - Software programming and consultancy services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKN0 - Northern Ireland
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Construction and Procurement Delivery (CPD) is a business area within the Department of Finance for Northern Ireland (DoF). DoF-CPD is a long term user of Computer Aided Design (CAD) applications in general and in the Autodesk range of construction related applications in particular. CPD’s current contract for this requirement ends 3 February 2024. CPD’s current specific requirements can be summarised below. • Renewal of existing subscriptions for a number of Autodesk applications • Ad-Hoc Autodesk Training and Support services (outside of substantial software changes or upgrades), typically days training are not expected to exceed 10 per annum – typically support days are not expected to exceed 10 per annum, it is not unusual for zero days for either to be requested per annum) (these figures are provided solely as a high-level indication of potential scale).
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Qualitative Award Criteria / Weighting: 15
Cost criterion - Name: Quantiative Award Criteria / Weighting: 85
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
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: 2023/S 000-036923
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
1
Title
Contract
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
9 February 2024
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
PENTAGON SOLUTIONS NI LTD
Suite 3 Teal Pavilion
BELFAST
BT3 9ED
Telephone
+44 2890455355
Fax
+44 2890456355
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
Internet address
https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
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: £297,975
Total value of the contract/lot: £340,510
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 as amended
United Kingdom
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures
The Contracting Authority complied with the requirements of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) and incorporated a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract was communicated to all Economic Operators. That notification provided full information on the award decision. This provided time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract was entered into.