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Published 26 Mar 2021, 16:32 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

DAC134/20 DoF NISRA ELMSB - Licensing, Support and Development of Statistical Survey IT System

Official notice

Authority: DoF - Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency NISRA·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Awarded value£942,854published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 14 Oct 2022no call for competition
Awarded to ITS Computing Limited2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) have a Contract with a supplier for the provision of licensing, support and development of statistical survey IT system

CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
26 Mar 2021, 16:32 GMT
Last source update
17 Oct 2022, 09:32 BST
Authority reference
DAC 134/20
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-029107
Classification (CPV)
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-029fe7 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification

The Contracting Authority will be relying on Regulation 72 1 B as the supplier holds exclusive rights to the software and no other supplier would be able to provide continuity for these critical services.

Review and risk notes
Review procedure

The Public Contract Regulations 2015 provide for aggrieved parties who have.. been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). The.. authority will incorporate a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) before this contract is awarded...

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Buyer details updated
    17 Oct 2022, 09:32 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £942,8541 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once
Contracts signed 2latest 14 Oct 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
ITS Computing Limited£942,854 †same award published again · counted once—Awarded
ITS Computing Limited£942,854 †—Awarded

Contracts

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

DoF - Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency NISRA

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawGeneral public services Colby House, Stranmillis Court, BELFAST, UK, BT9 5RRContact email

Consortium members and other public bodies

  • National Statistics and Research AgencyContracting authorityBody governed by public lawGeneral public services BELFAST, UKContact email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The UK does not have any special review body with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures in public procurement competitions. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR 2015Review body United Kingdom

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties on the notice
  • EQUINITI ICS LIMITEDAwarded supplier Belfast, Northern IrelandContact email
  • Equiniti ICS LtdAwarded supplier 205 Airport Road West, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT3 9EDContact email

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.