Award

Provision of Support and Maintenance of the NIFRS Pharos Management Information System (MIS) and WAND system

  • Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service

F15: Voluntary ex ante transparency notice

Notice identifier: 2023/S 000-005867

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-03ace7

Published 28 February 2023, 2:39pm



Section one: Contracting authority/entity

one.1) Name and addresses

Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service

Lisburn

BT274SX

Contact

Doreen Booth

Email

doreen.booth@nifrs.org

Telephone

+44 2892664221

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKN0E - Lisburn and Castlereagh

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.nifrs.org

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

one.5) Main activity

Public order and safety


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Provision of Support and Maintenance of the NIFRS Pharos Management Information System (MIS) and WAND system

Reference number

3496/282

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 72500000 - Computer-related services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Provision of Support and Maintenance of the NIFRS Pharos Management Information System (MIS) and WAND system for a period of up to 3 years.

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: £914,000

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKN - Northern Ireland

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Provision of Support and Maintenance of the NIFRS Pharos Management Information System (MIS) and WAND system for a maximum of 3 years

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: 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:

As per Reg 32.2(b)(iii) Sophtlogic has exclusive rights to support and maintain the Pharos MIS and Wand systems currently in use by NIFRS, as this supplier holds the intellectual property rights and source code and therefore is the only supplier that can provide this service.

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

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes


Section five. Award of contract/concession

Contract No

3496/282

Title

Provision of Support and Maintenance of the NIFRS Pharos Management Information System (MIS) and WAND system

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract/concession

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

28 February 2023

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

Sophtlogic LTD

Ipswich

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UK - United Kingdom
Companies House

02848781

The contractor/concessionaire is an SME

Yes

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

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot/concession: £914,000

Total value of the contract/lot/concession: £914,000


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

NIFRS

Lisburn

Country

United Kingdom