Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Department of Finance - Central Expenditure Division
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.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 4405531 - DoF - CED – DoF CED Supply, Configuration and Maintenance of Information Control System
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
***PRE MARKET ENGAGEMENT EXCERCISE *** ID 4405531 - DoF - CED Supply, Configuration and Maintenance of Information Control System - Pre-Market Engagement.The Department of Finance, Central Expenditure Division (CED) is currently preparing to initiate a procurement process to establish a contract with a Supplier to report NI Public Expenditure. The current contract is due to expire in 22/02/2023. CED operate a financial database, Resource Budgeting Management (RBM) to manage the financial processes and administers Departmental and Supply access to the system when required. To extract meaningful data/information and structured reports from RBM, CED currently use a WebFocus reporting system. The current system is used across the NICS infrastructure to retrieve, analyse and report both to support local processes and for updates to the HMT OSCAR system. These updates to HM Treasury OSCAR demonstrate that the NI budget remains within the control limits as set by Treasury. This is an important legal imperative and cannot be avoided. Please see the Pre-Market Engagement exercise document (inc. questionnaire) for all relevant details. The objectives of this exercise are to: • gain initial supplier awareness, engagement and opinion, • provide confidence around viability of concept; • gain insight to the market possibilities and potential innovative solutions; • understand risks and issues not previously considered; • inform the Procurement Strategy; and • prevent the Department from advertising an unachievable project **PLEASE NOTE: THE DEADLINE FOR REQUESTS FOR CLARIFICATION IS 3PM ON MONDAY 10 OCTOBER 2022. ALL COMPLETED QUESTIONNAIRES MUST BE SUBMITTED VIA THE MESSAGING FUNCTION on eTendersNI (under reference ID 4405531), BEFORE 3PM ON MONDAY 17 OCTOBER 2022**.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 72240000 - Systems analysis and programming services
- 72260000 - Software-related services
- 72262000 - Software development services
- 48000000 - Software package and information systems
- 48400000 - Business transaction and personal business software package
- 48440000 - Financial analysis and accounting software package
- 48900000 - Miscellaneous software package and computer systems
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKN - Northern Ireland
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Pre-market engagement exercise.
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
31 October 2022
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