Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
DAERA - Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
303 Airport Road West
BELFAST
BT3 9ED
SSDadmin.CPD@finance-ni.gov.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
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
MOD 28/25 - ID 1908770 - DAERA - Provision of Business Intelligence and Data Analytics
Reference number
ID 1908770
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
This contract is for the provision of business intelligence and data analytics services to support DAERA business areas in the processing of EU returns, provision of data analytics and reporting needs. These services will include, but not be limited to, operational intelligence, management information, forecasting, performance analysis, trend analysis, customer analysis, data analysis, business planning, financial and EU reporting.
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: £25,000,000
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKN - Northern Ireland
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
This contract is for the provision of business intelligence and data analytics services to support DAERA business areas in the processing of EU returns, provision of data analytics and reporting needs. These services will include, but not be limited to, operational intelligence, management information, forecasting, performance analysis, trend analysis, customer analysis, data analysis, business planning, financial and EU reporting.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: As Per the Tender Documents / Weighting: 70
Cost criterion - Name: As Per the Tender Documents / Weighting: 30
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
This Contract includes the option to extend the Contract for a further three periods of up to and including 24 Months beyond the end of the Initial Contract Period
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
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:
DAERA intend to modify the current contract by increasing the value of services by £12,000,000 in accordance with Regulation 72(1)(b) Additional works, services or supplies “have become necessary” and were not included in the initial procurement and a change of supplier would not be practicable (for economic, technical or interoperability reasons) and would involve substantial inconvenience/duplication of costs provided the change does not exceed 50% of the value of the original contract. The modification is to ensure continuity of service. Any change of contractor would lead to disruption to key digital services, increased costs and risk to delivering key ministerial priorities and DAERA wish to maximise Technological advances in data analysis, broadly within scope of the contract, which were not foreseen at contract award.
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: 2019/S 105-256849
Section five. Award of contract/concession
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract/concession
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
29 May 2019
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
Deloitte — Main Account MCS/LLP
Hill House
London
EC4A 3JR
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
Internet address
https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot/concession: £25,000,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures. 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.
Belfast
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures
CPD complied with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) and incorporated a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 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. This provided time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract was entered into.