Official UK procurement notice
Accounting Services Programme (ASP)
Authority: DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE & PERSONNEL
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNo description was published on the notice. See the official documents.
CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1This is a contract modification , extending the contract term of the current…
This is a contract modification , extending the contract term of the current Accounting Services Programme contract. The estimated value is 26 million GBP and this will be the
maximum expenditure under the modification. This contract extension is required to ensure continuity of services whilst this complex, transformational project is competitively
tendered. The Accounting Services Programme ("ASP") migrated all of the Northern Ireland Government Departments , the Northern Ireland Office , the Public Prosecution Service and
a number of their Agencies and other Bodies to the common accounting system. The contract covers, inter alia, the supply of a broad range of computer and related services (including, without limitation, on-going management, operation and maintenance services), information technology consultancy services and the supply of computer hardware, software and associated products.
The period of the modification / extension is three years with the potential to extend for a further period of up to 24 months. Given the complexity of this contract , these options are for contingency only ; for example if there is a delay in the implementation or transition to the new solution.
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- “Accounting Services Programme (ASP)” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 3 May 2022, 11:14 BST
- Last source update
- 3 May 2022, 11:14 BST
- Authority reference
S/9946/03- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-011317- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0332d2Find a Tender
- Review procedure
There is no review body for mediation procedures in Northern Ireland.
This modification is governed by the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (as amended) and provides for Economic Operators who have suffered or who risk suffering loss or damage as a
consequence of an alleged breach of duty owned in accordance with Regulation 91 to start proceedings in the High Court.
A standstill period of a minimum 10 calendar was applied following the publication of a VEAT notice on 10/03/2022 (Notice reference: 2022/S 000-006546).
This provided transparency and the time to challenge the required decision before the modification was progressed and the extended contract is entered into.
Any proceedings relating to any perceived non-compliance with the relevant law must be started within 30 days, beginning with the date when the Economic Operator first knew or ought to have known that grounds for starting the proceedings had arisen.( A court may extend the time to 3 months where the court considers that there is a good reason for doing so).
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Accounting Services Programme (ASP)
- Signed
- 9 Mar 2006
- Value
- £128,990,000
- Status
- active
- Change This is a contract modification , extending the contract term of the current Accounting Services Programme contract. The estimated value is 26 million GBP and this will be the maximum expenditure under the modification. This contract extension is required to ensure continuity of services whilst this complex, transformational project is competitively tendered. The Accounting Services Programme ("ASP") migrated all of the Northern Ireland Government Departments , the Northern Ireland Office , the Public Prosecution Service and a number of their Agencies and other Bodies to the common accounting system. The contract covers, inter alia, the supply of a broad range of computer and related services (including, without limitation, on-going management, operation and maintenance services), information technology consultancy services and the supply of computer hardware, software and associated products. The period of the modification / extension is three years with the potential to extend for a further period of up to 24 months. Given the complexity of this contract , these options are for contingency only ; for example if there is a delay in the implementation or transition to the new solution. The contract has been subject to two previous modifications to add in extension periods March 2018 to March 2020 and March 2020 to March 2023., Need for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire: The Regulations permit the modification of a contract where the changes proposed meet one or more of the prescribed tests as set out in Regulation 72. This contract is being modified in accordance with Regulation 72(1) (b); whereby additional services "have become necessary" and were not included in the initial procurement and a change of supplier would not be practicable for economic or technical and would involve substantial inconvenience/duplication of costs -provided the change does not exceed 50% of the value of the original contract. The limitations imposed by Regulation 72(1) (b) include that the 50% of the value of the original contract shall apply to the value of each modification. The value of this modification will not exceed the 50% cap. The expenditure of the contract will be closely monitored to ensure strict adherence to the regulatory financial cap. DoF will seek to rely on the modification provisions of 72(1)(b) due to the near technical impossibility for another economic operator to achieve the required performance within the time permitted; and the necessity to use its specific know-how, tools and means which only the current Contractor has at its disposal.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Construction and Procurement Delivery (CPD)Review body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
2 commercial parties on the notice- British Telecomms (BT)Framework contractor
- British Telecommunication plcFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.