Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland
New Cathedral Buildings, Writers Square, 11 Church Street
BELFAST
BT1 1PG
SSDAdmin.CPD@finance-ni.gov.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.policeombudsman.org/
Buyer's address
https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/topics/procurement
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to 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 4338839 DoJ PONI - Development of External Website and Recurring Annual Support and Hosting Arrangements
Reference number
ID 4338839
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 48000000 - Software package and information systems
two.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
two.1.4) Short description
The Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland’s website is a vital means by which it makes information available to the public, police and a range of stakeholders. This information includes investigative reports, case summaries, press releases, publications, videos, statistics, an online complaints form and other information. The overall aim of this contract is in support of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland’s commitment to raising public, police and stakeholder awareness and confidence in its work through the provision of timely, accurate and easily accessible information, and the ability to make a complaint online. The Police Ombudsman’s Office (the Office) is committed to openness and transparency, subject to the legal parameters within which it operates. The Office is seeking to appoint a contractor to design, develop, support, maintain and host a dedicated website, as well as administration facilities to allow Police Ombudsman staff to maintain and update the site. The site CMS must, in addition, provide a means by which the site may be optimised for search engines, and must provide for the bulk distribution of emails to editable contacts lists (e.g. press releases to media contacts). Please refer to the separate document “ID 4338839 Specification Schedule” for further information.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £330,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 48220000 - Internet and intranet software package
- 48221000 - Internet browsing software package
- 48224000 - Web page editing software package
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- 72212200 - Networking, Internet and intranet software development services
- 72212210 - Networking software development services
- 72212220 - Internet and intranet software development services
- 72212224 - Web page editing software development services
- 72400000 - Internet services
- 72410000 - Provider services
- 72413000 - World wide web (www) site design services
- 72415000 - World wide web (www) site operation host services
- 72421000 - Internet or intranet client application development services
- 72422000 - Internet or intranet server application development services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKN - Northern Ireland
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland’s website is a vital means by which it makes information available to the public, police and a range of stakeholders. This information includes investigative reports, case summaries, press releases, publications, videos, statistics, an online complaints form and other information. The overall aim of this contract is in support of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland’s commitment to raising public, police and stakeholder awareness and confidence in its work through the provision of timely, accurate and easily accessible information, and the ability to make a complaint online. The Police Ombudsman’s Office (the Office) is committed to openness and transparency, subject to the legal parameters within which it operates. The Office is seeking to appoint a contractor to design, develop, support, maintain and host a dedicated website, as well as administration facilities to allow Police Ombudsman staff to maintain and update the site. The site CMS must, in addition, provide a means by which the site may be optimised for search engines, and must provide for the bulk distribution of emails to editable contacts lists (e.g. press releases to media contacts). Please refer to the separate document “ID 4338839 Specification Schedule” for further information.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
two.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: £330,000
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
96
This contract is subject to renewal
No
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: No
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
The contract period will be 3 years with optional extension years of 2 + 2 + 1 (8 years in total)
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 three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information
three.1) Conditions for participation
three.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
three.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
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.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date
23 December 2022
Local time
3:00pm
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
four.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Tender must be valid until: 23 March 2023
four.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date
23 December 2022
Local time
3:30pm
Section six. Complementary information
six.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: No
six.3) Additional information
The successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be 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 regarded as an act of grave professional misconduct and they may be issued with a Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance and the contract may be terminated. The issue of a Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance will 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 for a period of twelve months from the date of issue of the certificate.
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Insert: 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 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.