Award

Development, Maintenance and Support of the Livestock and Meat Commission's Farm Quality Assurance Scheme (FQAS) Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Database

  • Livestock and Meat Commission for Northern Ireland (LMC)

UK6: Contract award notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-034071

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-050c9b (view related notices)

Published 20 June 2025, 2:00pm



Scope

Description

This procurement is for the on-going development, support and maintenance of the Northern Ireland Beef and Lamb Farm Quality Assurance Scheme (NIBL FQAS) Customer Relationship

Management (CRM) Database. LMC uses the NIBL FQAS CRM database to manage and operate this NIBL FQAS on a daily basis. In order to operate NIBL FQAS effectively and efficiently a database is required to store information in relation to NIBL FQAS participant's

membership, registration, inspection and certification.


Contract 1

Supplier

Contract value

  • £1,600,000 excluding VAT
  • £1,920,000 including VAT

Above the relevant threshold

Award decision date

20 June 2025

Date assessment summaries were sent to tenderers

20 June 2025

Standstill period

  • End: 1 July 2025
  • 8 working days

Earliest date the contract will be signed

2 July 2025

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 2 July 2025 to 1 January 2029
  • Possible extension to 1 July 2035
  • 10 years

Description of possible extension:

This Contract will be for an initial period of 3 years and six months, from the Effective Date as stated on the Award Letter. This includes an implementation period of up to six months.

There will be an option to extend the contract for a further 3 periods of 2 years e.g. 3.5+2+2+2 years. Optional extension periods will be subject to review and satisfactory performance assessment by the Contracting Authority.

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 50312110 - Maintenance of mainframe computers
  • 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Contract locations

  • UKN - Northern Ireland

Information about tenders

  • 7 tenders received
  • 7 tenders assessed in the final stage:
    • 4 submitted by small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
    • 0 submitted by voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)
  • 1 supplier awarded contracts
  • 6 suppliers unsuccessful (details included for contracts over £5 million)

Procedure

Procedure type

Open procedure


Supplier

OpenSky Data Systems

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PLVW-1381-XJPR

Premier Business Centre B, Osprey Business Campus, John Devoy Road,

Naas, Co. Kildare

W91W0D0

Ireland

Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): Yes

Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No

Supported employment provider: No

Public service mutual: No

Contract 1


Contracting authority

Livestock and Meat Commission for Northern Ireland (LMC)

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PNDD-6986-JGQQ

Lissue Industrial Estate

Lisburn

BT28 2LU

United Kingdom

Region: UKN0E - Lisburn and Castlereagh

Organisation type: Public authority - central government

Devolved regulations that apply: Northern Ireland


Other organisation

These organisations are carrying out the procurement, or part of it, on behalf of the contracting authorities.

CPD - Supplies & Services Division

Summary of their role in this procurement: Construction and Procurement Delivery - Supplies and Services Division, is a Centre of Procurement Expertise and provides a central procurement function for central government in Northern Ireland

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PVWG-8426-YWXV

Clare House, 303 Airport Road West

BELFAST

BT3 9ED

United Kingdom

Region: UKN06 - Belfast


Contact organisation

Contact CPD - Supplies & Services Division for any enquiries.