Official UK procurement notice
ID 5530827 Department of Finance - NISRA - SPSS Licences
Authority: Department of Finance (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) is Northern Ireland’s (NI) largest producer of official statistics and government social research. Its role is to enhance understanding of NI society through the provision of trusted information. NISRA provides services to all NI Government Departments and a wide range of other public sector bodies to assist the policy development process and the delivery of their business objectives. The Agency has utilised SPSS software for 25 years and across all work areas large database analysis syntaxes have been written in SPSS code and data validation, analysis and linkages to excel and desktop publishing systems are also set up in SPSS. This tender is for procurement of the provision and support of the SPSS licences. For further information please see ID 5530827 Specification Schedule.
CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£165,000
What it takes to wini
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).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- AC1 Contract Management: 10%
- AC3 Total Contract Price: 80%
- AC2 Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- AC1 Contract Management: 10
- AC2 Social Value: 10
- AC3 Total Contract Price: 80
- Price carries 80 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 8 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- 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
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 12 Dec 2024, 16:19 GMT
- Last source update
- 25 Feb 2025, 12:23 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 23 Jan 2025 – …
- Authority reference
ID 5530827- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-007146- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04c7abFind a Tender
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How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 23 Jan 2025, 15:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 23 Jan 2025, 15:30 GMT
Timeline
23 Jan 2025 → 23 Apr 2025 · 4 dates- Submission deadline23 Jan 2025, 15:00 GMT
- Bids opened23 Jan 2025, 15:30 GMT
- Notice published25 Feb 2025, 12:23 GMT
- Bids must remain valid until23 Apr 2025, 23:59 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 25 Feb 2025- Status changed to complete25 Feb 2025, 12:23 GMT
- Buyer details updated25 Feb 2025, 12:23 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMART VISION EUROPE LIMITEDSMEContract | £213,736 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract · SMART VISION EUROPE LIMITEDSME
- Signed
- 21 Feb 2025
- Value
- £213,736
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Department of Finance - Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency NISRAContracting authorityBody governed by public lawGeneral public services
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- 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.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. Postal addressReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- SMART VISION EUROPE LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.