Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Probation Board for Northern Ireland - PBNI
c/o Clare House 303 Airport Road West
BELFAST
BT3 9ED
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.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
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
ID 3504260 – DoJ – PBNI - Replacement HR & Payroll Software & Services
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 79211110 - Payroll management services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
ID 3504260 – DoJ – PBNI - Replacement HR & Payroll Software & Services - PRE MARKET ENGAGEMENT EXCERCISE
PBNI and CPD are conducting Pre-Market Engagement exercise with a view to preparing the procurement and to inform economic operators of the opportunity of the future procurement requirements. The purpose of the document, which is a Pre-Engagement Information Memorandum and Questionnaire, is to seek advice/ information from organisations who may wish to tender via the procurement process. The objectives of this exercise are to:
• Gain initial supplier awareness, engagement and opinion, resulting in a confidence around viability of concept;
• Gain insight to the market possibilities and potential innovative solutions;
• Understand risks and issues not previously considered;
• Inform the outline business case; and
• prevent the department from advertising an unachievable project at Find a Tender Service (FTS) stage. Inform the procurement strategy.
**PLEASE NOTE: ALL COMPLETED QUESTIONNAIRES MUST BE SUBMITTED VIA THE MESSAGING FUNCTION on eTendersNI (under reference ID 3504260), BEFORE 3PM ON TUESDAY 8 JUNE 2021.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- 79631000 - Personnel and payroll services
- 48000000 - Software package and information systems
- 48450000 - Time accounting or human resources software package
- 48610000 - Database systems
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKN - Northern Ireland
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Pre Market Engagement excercise
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
1 August 2021
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes