Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
Dundonald House, Upper Newtownards Road
BELFAST
BT4 3SB
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
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
ID 1627370 DAERA – The Development and Maintenance of the Northern Ireland Air Quality Website and Provision of Specialist Air Quality Services
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKN - Northern Ireland
two.2.4) Description of the procurement at the time of conclusion of the contract:
DAERA have a contract in place with RICARDO-AEA LTD for The Development and Maintenance of the Northern Ireland Air Quality website and provision of specialist Air Quality services
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement, dynamic purchasing system or concession
Duration in months
63
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.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Contract award notice concerning this contract
Notice number: 2019/S 040-090645
Section five. Award of contract/concession
Contract No
1
five.2) Award of contract/concession
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract/concession award decision:
20 June 2023
five.2.2) Information about tenders
The contract/concession has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
RICARDO-AEA LTD
DIDCOT
OX11 0QR
SSDAdmin.cpd@finance-ni.gov.uk
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
Internet address
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession (at the time of conclusion of the contract;excluding VAT)
Total value of the procurement: £239,947
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.
Section seven: Modifications to the contract/concession
seven.1) Description of the procurement after the modifications
seven.1.1) Main CPV code
- 48000000 - Software package and information systems
seven.1.3) Place of performance
NUTS code
- UKN - Northern Ireland
seven.1.4) Description of the procurement:
DAERA have a contract in place with RICARDO-AEA LTD for The Development and Maintenance of the Northern Ireland Air Quality website and provision of specialist Air Quality services
seven.1.5) Duration of the contract, framework agreement, dynamic purchasing system or concession
Duration in months
63
seven.1.6) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot/concession:
£326,085
seven.1.7) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
RICARDO-AEA LTD
DIDCOT
SSDAdmin.cpd@finance-ni.gov.uk
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
Internet address
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
Yes
seven.2) Information about modifications
seven.2.1) Description of the modifications
Nature and extent of the modifications (with indication of possible earlier changes to the contract):
This contract modification allows for the preparation of annual in-depth technical reports Air Pollution Northern Ireland (APNI) Report for 2022 to fulfil DAERA’s statutory reporting obligations and meet business objectives.
seven.2.2) Reasons for modification
Need for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire.
Description of the economic or technical reasons and the inconvenience or duplication of cost preventing a change of contractor:
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.
seven.2.3) Increase in price
Updated total contract value before the modifications (taking into account possible earlier contract modifications, price adaptions and average inflation)
Value excluding VAT: £13,800
Total contract value after the modifications
Value excluding VAT: £326,085