Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
The Department Of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
CAFRE, 45 Tirgracy Road
ANTRIM
BT41 4PS
Contact
SSDAdmin.CPDfinance-ni.gov.uk
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.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
Education
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
ID 3635253 - DAERA - CAFRE - Provision, Implementation and Support of a Learner Management System
Reference number
ID 3635253
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, implementation and Support of a Learner Management System to facilitate DAERA / CAFRE in the recording and administration duties required for students and external customers attending courses at the three CAFRE campuses. CAFRE wish to procure a COTS solution for the provision, Implementation and Support of a Learner Management Solution. Please refer to the Specification for full detail of the requirements.
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: £568,700
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 72200000 - Software programming and consultancy services
- 72210000 - Programming services of packaged software products
- 72230000 - Custom software development services
- 72250000 - System and support services
- 72260000 - Software-related services
- 72262000 - Software development services
- 72263000 - Software implementation services
- 72268000 - Software supply services
- 72211000 - Programming services of systems and user software
- 72212100 - Industry specific software development services
- 48000000 - Software package and information systems
- 48600000 - Database and operating software package
- 48610000 - Database systems
- 48780000 - System, storage and content management software package
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKN - Northern Ireland
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
This Contract is for the provision, implementation and Support of a Learner Management System to facilitate DAERA / CAFRE in the recording and administration duties required for students and external customers attending courses at the three CAFRE campuses. CAFRE wish to procure a COTS solution for the provision, Implementation and Support of a Learner Management Solution. Please refer to the Specification for full detail of the requirements.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Qualitative Criteria / Weighting: 50
Cost criterion - Name: Quantitative Criteria / Weighting: 50
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
The Contract will commence on 1 August 2022 for an initial period of 5 years with the option to extend for afurther three periods of 2 years, 2 years and 1 year [+2 yrs, +2 yrs +1 yr].
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
Open procedure
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: 2022/S 000-006914
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
1
Title
Contract
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
3 August 2022
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
CIVICA UK LTD
South Bank Central, 30 Stamford Street
London
SE1 9LS
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
Internet address
https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £610,000
Total value of the contract/lot: £568,700
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
The successful contractor’s performance on this contract will be managed as per the specification and regularly monitored (see.. Procurement Guidance Note 01/12 — Contract Management — Procedures and Principles). Contractors not delivering on contract.. requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If a contractor fails to reach satisfactory.. levels of contract performance they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified time, they still fail to reach satisfactory.. levels of contract performance, the matter will be escalated to senior management in CPD for further action. If this occurs and their.. performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, it may be regarded as an act of grave professional.. misconduct and they may be issued with a notice of unsatisfactory performance and this contract may be terminated. A central register.. of such notices for supplies and services contracts will be maintained and published on the CPD website. Any contractor in receipt of. a. notice of unsatisfactory performance will be required to declare this in future tender submissions for a period of 3 years from the. date of.. issue of the notice. It may also result in the contractor being excluded from all procurement competitions being undertaken. by Centres. of Procurement Expertise on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Procurement Policy. The authority expressly. reserves. the rights:. . (i) not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice;. .. (ii) to make. whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering competition;. . (iii) to award (a) contract(s) in. respect of any. part(s) of the (services) covered by this notice; and. . (iv) to award contract(s) in stages and in no circumstances will the. authority be liable.. for any costs incurred by candidates.
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 as amended
United Kingdom
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures
CPD will comply with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and, where. appropriate, will incorporate a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract is. communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. This provides time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into