Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
The Department of Justice
c/o Clare House Supplies and Services 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.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 4849859 DoJ - Causeway Procurement Delivery Partner
Reference number
4849859
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 79410000 - Business and management consultancy services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The Department of Justice (DoJ) is seeking to appoint a Contractor with expertise on ICT industry best practice and standards, trends, advancements and use of the latest technology. The Contractor will act as a critical friend for the Causeway Procurement Project Team providing services through the Pre-Market Engagement Exercise, Pre-Procurement, Procurement and Implementation stages of the major digital solution. The contract period will be for an initial period of three years with three options to extend for any period, up to and including, twelve months each. There is no guarantee as to the level of work to be carried out under this contract.
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)
- 79418000 - Procurement consultancy services
- 72220000 - Systems and technical consultancy services
- 79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services
- 73200000 - Research and development consultancy services
- 73220000 - Development consultancy services
- 73210000 - Research consultancy services
- 71621000 - Technical analysis or consultancy services
- 72600000 - Computer support and consultancy services
- 79411000 - General management consultancy services
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- 72200000 - Software programming and consultancy services
- 72260000 - Software-related services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKN - Northern Ireland
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Department of Justice (DoJ) is seeking to appoint a Contractor with expertise on ICT industry best practice and standards, trends, advancements and use of the latest technology. The Contractor will act as a critical friend for the Causeway Procurement Project Team providing services through the Pre-Market Engagement Exercise, Pre-Procurement, Procurement and Implementation stages of the major digital solution. The contract period will be for an initial period of three years with three options to extend for any period, up to and including, twelve months each. There is no guarantee as to the level of work to be carried out under this contract.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: AC1 Proposed Key Personnel Experience / Weighting: 44.8
Quality criterion - Name: AC2 Contract Management and Contingency / Weighting: 14.7
Quality criterion - Name: AC3 Social Value / Weighting: 10.5
Cost criterion - Name: AC4 Total Contract Price / Weighting: 30
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
There are three options to extend for any period up to, and including, twelve 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: 2023/S 000-023306
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
19 October 2023
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 6
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: 6
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
redacted
redacted
SSDAdmin.CPD@finance-ni.gov.uk
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: £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 such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures.
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.