Scope
Description
Continued provision of the Human Resource Management System for the Assembly Commission for a period of three years to accommodate replacement systems.
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Contract 1
Supplier
Contract value
- £411,000 excluding VAT
- £493,200 including VAT
Above the relevant threshold
Date signed
23 July 2025
Contract dates
- 24 July 2025 to 23 July 2028
- 3 years
Main procurement category
Services
CPV classifications
- 79631000 - Personnel and payroll services
Other information
Conflicts assessment prepared/revised
Yes
Procedure
Procedure type
Direct award
Direct award justification
- Single supplier - technical reasons
- Additional or repeat goods, services or works - extension or partial replacement
The Northern Ireland Assembly Commission intend to directly award a contract under section 41(6) and Schedule 5 of the
Procurement Act 2023 ('the 2023 Act') and is therefore publishing this transparency notice.
Section 41 provides that a contracting authority may award a public contract
directly if a direct award justification applies. The direct award justifications are
set out in Schedule 5 and include:
• Prototypes and development - procuring a prototype or other novel
good or service with the contract limited to the early stages of design
and development
• Single suppliers - there are three sub-headings to this:
o Creation or acquisition of a unique work of art or artistic
performance
o Possession of intellectual property or other exclusive rights and
there are no reasonable alternatives
o Only a particular supplier can supply the goods, services or
works required due to an absence of competition for technical
reasons or there are no reasonable alternatives
• Additional or repeat goods, services or works - this is an award to an
existing supplier where there is a need to buy additional or partly
replace existing goods, services or works which are the same or
compatible with existing provisions. There is also provision in this
heading where provision was made in the original tender for
subsequent procurement by way of direct award, within 5 years of the
tender
• Purchase of commodities
• Advantageous terms on insolvency
• Urgency - where the goods, services or works are strictly necessary
for reasons of extreme and unavoidable urgency. The urgency is
unavoidable if it is not attributable to any act or omission of the
contracting authority, and could not have been foreseen by the
contracting authority. The Government guidance states that
unavoidable urgency does not include where there is not enough time
to undertake a re-procurement of a contract,
• User choice contracts - intended for contract such as for the provision
of personal care.
• Defence and security
The Northern Ireland Assembly Commission intend to proceed with this direct award on the basis of legal advice and Schedule 5 paragraph 7 of the Procurement Act 2023.
'The public contract concerns the supply of goods, services or
works by the existing supplier which are intended as an
extension to, or partial replacement of, existing goods, services
or works in circumstances where-
(a) a change in supplier would result in the contracting
authority receiving goods, services or works that are
different from, or incompatible with, the existing goods,
services or works, and
(b) the difference or incompatibility would result in
disproportionate technical difficulties in operation or
maintenance.'
Supplier
MHR Global
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PLVH-3271-VZNN
Ruddington
Nottingham
NG11 6JS
United Kingdom
Email: info@mhrglobal.com
Region: UKF16 - South Nottinghamshire
Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): No
Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No
Supported employment provider: No
Public service mutual: No
Contract 1
Contracting authority
Northern Ireland Assembly Commission
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PYCW-9139-GQXZ
Northern Ireland Assembly, Parliament Buildings, Stormont
Belfast
BT4 3XX
United Kingdom
Region: UKN06 - Belfast
Organisation type: Public authority - central government