Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Department of Finance
44 - 58 May Street
BELFAST
BT14NN
strategicdelivery.cpd@finance-ni.gov.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKN06 - Belfast
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/topics/procurement
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
Department of Finance - Integr8 Programme - Integr8 Delivery Partner
Reference number
ID 5790521
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
The Department of Finance's (DoF) Integr8 Programme has established a contract for an Integr8 Delivery Partner (IDP) to implement an integrated Oracle Finance and HR cloud-based technology solution along with an IT Service Management Platform and the provision of Managed Services. The contract period will be for an initial 5 years with the option for two further periods, the first for three years and the second for up to 24 months.
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: £150,000,000
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 66170000 - Financial consultancy, financial transaction processing and clearing-house services
- 72100000 - Hardware consultancy services
- 72212211 - Platform interconnectivity software development services
- 72212220 - Internet and intranet software development services
- 72212400 - Business transaction and personal business software development services
- 72212440 - Financial analysis and accounting software development services
- 72212443 - Accounting software development services
- 72212450 - Time accounting or human resources software development services
- 72212451 - Enterprise resource planning software development services
- 72212482 - Business intelligence software development services
- 72212900 - Miscellaneous software development services and computer systems
- 72220000 - Systems and technical consultancy services
- 72246000 - Systems consultancy services
- 72250000 - System and support services
- 72260000 - Software-related services
- 72300000 - Data services
- 72500000 - Computer-related services
- 72600000 - Computer support and consultancy services
- 79211000 - Accounting services
- 79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services
- 79600000 - Recruitment services
- 79990000 - Miscellaneous business-related services
- 80420000 - E-learning services
- 80533100 - Computer training services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKN - Northern Ireland
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Department of Finance's (DoF) Integr8 Programme has established a contract for an Integr8 Delivery Partner (IDP) to implement an integrated Oracle Finance and HR cloud-based technology solution along with an IT Service Management Platform and the provision of Managed Services. The contract period will be for an initial 5 years with the option for two further periods, the first for three years and the second for up to 24 months.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: As per tender documentation / Weighting: 70
Price - Weighting: 30
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
The contract period will be for an initial 5 years with the option for two further periods, the first for 36 months and
the second for up to 24 months.
two.2.14) Additional information
The estimated contract value indicated in Section II.1.7 and V.2.4 represents the potential value of the contract over the maximum contract period which ranges from £63,000,000 GBP to £150,000,000 GBP exclusive of VAT. This range reflects the potential scale of the contract and takes into account changes and potential modifications to the contract that may be required that could not be identified or foreseen at the time of this procurement exercise but which are consistent with the overall nature of the Buyer's current and future operational requirements for a finance and HR solution. It is envisaged that such modifications would be made without requiring a new procurement procedure in accordance with Regulation 72 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Neither CPD nor the Buyer can provide any guarantee as to the level of business under this contract. Suppliers remain responsible for all costs and expenses incurred by them or by any third party acting under instructions from the Supplier in connection with taking part in this procurement process regardless of whether such costs arise as a consequence, directly or indirectly of any amendments made to the procurement documents by the Buyer at any time. Suppliers should note that all dates, time periods and figures in relation to values and volumes specified in this notice and the procurement documents are approximate only and the Buyer reserves the right to change any or all of them.
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Competitive procedure with negotiation
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: 2024/S 000-010198
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
ID 5790521
Title
Department of Finance - Integr8 Programme - Integr8 Delivery Partner
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
4 August 2025
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
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
Version1 Software Limited
11th Floor, Lanyon Plaza West Tower, 8 Lanyon Plaza
Belfast
BT1 3LP
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKN - Northern Ireland
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Sole trader
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £150,000,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
The original contrat notice (2024/S 000-010198) was published under ID 4956935. Due to technical difficulties the Contracting Authoirty had to create another ID (5790521) to proceed with the procurement. Hence this is why the Contract Award Notice is being published associated with a different ID (5790521) number.
The successful contractor's performance on the contract will be regularly monitored in line with the tender documentation. 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 Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance and the contract may be terminated.
The issue of a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance can 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 three years from the date of issue. All dates, time periods and figures in relation to values and volumes specified in this notice and the procurement documents are approximate only and the Buyer reserves the right to change any or all of them.
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
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 complied with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) and, incorporated a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days).