Award

ICT-25-003 - Carbon Emission Reporting Platform

  • the Education Authority

F15: Voluntary ex ante transparency notice

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-009259

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-04ecdd

Published 13 March 2025, 2:59pm



Section one: Contracting authority/entity

one.1) Name and addresses

the Education Authority

40 Academy Street

Belfast

BT12NQ

Contact

Colin Morrison

Email

colin.morrison@eani.org.uk

Telephone

+44 2890564000

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKN06 - Belfast

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.eani.org.uk

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

one.5) Main activity

Education


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

ICT-25-003 - Carbon Emission Reporting Platform

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

Tp provide the Education Authority with a Carbon Emission Reporting Platform to baseline and track progress on carbon emissions reduction across EA operations to meet legislative reporting requirements, inform decarbonisation investment, support NI carbon emission reduction targets and realise significant cost savings to schools.

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: £205,000

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKN - Northern Ireland

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Provision of a Carbon Emissions Platform

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Social Value / Weighting: 10

Cost criterion - Name: Price / Weighting: 90

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:

This contract is not an award without prior notice.

This is a secondary competition from the original framework RM1557.14

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

ICT-25-003

Title

Carbon Emission Reporting Platform

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract/concession

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

5 March 2025

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

SustainIQ

Belfast

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKN - Northern Ireland
Companies House

NI648285

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: £206,000

Total value of the contract/lot/concession: £205,000


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

EACPS intends to award this contract to SustainIQ and is informing the market that a voluntary standstill period will apply before final award.

The standstill period will operate from 13th March 2025 until midnight on 23rd March 2025. The Contract will not be entered into before 24th March 2025.

This contract is not an award without prior notice.

This is a secondary competition from the original framework RM1557.14

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