Awarded contract

ID 4291692 DOJ NICTS - IT support for eJudiciaryNI Office 365

  • The Department of Justice, NI Courts and Tribunal Service NICTS

F03: Contract award notice

Notice reference: 2022/S 000-028141

Published 6 October 2022, 4:08pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

The Department of Justice, NI Courts and Tribunal Service NICTS

c/o Clare House Supplies and Services Division, 303 Airport Road West

BELFAST

BT3 9ED

Email

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

General public services


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

ID 4291692 DOJ NICTS - IT support for eJudiciaryNI Office 365

Reference number

ID 4291692

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

NI Courts and Tribunals Service is seeking to establish a contract to provide IT support and maintenance for their eJudiciaryNI solution which has been developed on the Office 365 platform. This will be a 3-year initial contract period and is expected to commence on 1st December 2022 with two options to extend for any period up to, and including, one year each.

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: £250,000

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 72220000 - Systems and technical consultancy services
  • 72253200 - Systems support services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKN - Northern Ireland

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

NI Courts and Tribunals Service is seeking to establish a contract to provide IT support and maintenance for their eJudiciaryNI solution which has been developed on the Office 365 platform. This will be a 3-year initial contract period and is expected to commence on 1st December 2022 with two options to extend for any period up to, and including, one year each.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: AC1 Social Value / Weighting: 10

Cost criterion - Name: AC2 Total Contract Price / Weighting: 90

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: Yes

Description of options

There are two options to extend for any period up to, and including 12 months each.

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 000-019462


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

6 October 2022

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 3

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1

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: 3

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

ENDEAVOUR INFORMATION SOLUTIONS

14-18 Great Victoria Street

Belfast

BT2 7BA

Email

blaithin@endeavour-is.com

Telephone

+44 2890311010

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UK - United Kingdom
Internet address

https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps

The contractor is an SME

Yes

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £250,000

Total value of the contract/lot: £250,000


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

The successful Contractor’s performance will be managed as per the specification. and regularly monitored. 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 grounds for termination. of the contract at the Contractor's expense. In lieu of termination they may be issued with a Notice of Written Warning or a Notice of. Unsatisfactory Performance. 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 multiple Notices of Written Warning or Notices of Unsatisfactory Performance will be required. to declare this in future tender submissions for a period of three 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

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. Any challenges are dealt with by the High Court Commercial Division to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the Public Contracts Regulations.

Belfast

Country

United Kingdom