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Published 25 Nov 2022, 16:13 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Digital Audio Recording System for the Office of the Official Report (Hansard) in the Northern Ireland Assembly (BR-07-2021)

Official notice

Authority: NI Assembly

GoodsOpen procedureSME suitable
Sectors: Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment (32)Medical Devices & Pharma (33) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN06)
Published estimate£225,000exc. VAT37.8% above published estimate
Submissions closed 13 Jan 2023awarded 15 May 2023
Awarded to Sliq Media Technologies Inc

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Northern Ireland Assembly Commission wishes to procure and install a fit for purpose Digital Audio System that enables the Office of the Official Report (Hansard) to produce official reports of all relevant Assembly business within the required service standards.

CPV: Apparatus for sound, video-recording and reproduction · Audio-visual equipment · Recording systems and exploration devices · Television and audio-visual equipment

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£225,000
Delivery: Northern Ireland · Belfast, UK
Extensions: renewal upon expiry of intital period and any extensions availed ofVariant bids: not allowed
32320000 Television and audio-visual equipment32330000 Apparatus for sound, video-recording and reproduction33120000 Recording systems and exploration devices

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 34.5%Price: 60%Social value: 5%
Published sub-criteria (6)
  • Implementation Plan: 5%
  • Usability, Stability and Configuration: 12.5%
  • Technical Design: 10%
  • Maintenance and Support: 7%
  • Cost: 60%
  • Social Value: Promoting Wellbeing: 5%
Published award criteria (6)
  • Implementation Plan: 5
  • Usability, Stability and Configuration: 12.5
  • Technical Design: 10
  • Maintenance and Support: 7
  • Social Value: Promoting Wellbeing: 5
  • Cost: 60
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 60 of 99.5 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 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
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Goods
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
Yes
First published
25 Nov 2022, 16:13 GMT
Last source update
15 May 2023, 15:28 BST
Award evaluation window
13 Jan 2023 – …
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-013808
Classification (CPV)
Apparatus for sound, video-recording and reproductionAudio-visual equipmentRecording systems and exploration devicesTelevision and audio-visual equipment
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN06)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03888a Find a Tender
Contract terms
Performance terms

KPIs detailed within the tender documents

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: eTendersNI · Who buys & how to bid on eTendersNI
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free Northern Ireland registration
Submission deadline
13 Jan 2023, 15:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
13 Jan 2023, 15:30 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

etendersni.gov.uk/epps ↗

Timeline

13 Jan 2023 → 15 May 2023 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    13 Jan 2023, 15:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    13 Jan 2023, 15:30 GMT
  3. Bids must remain valid until
    13 Apr 2023, 23:59 BST
  4. Notice published
    15 May 2023, 15:28 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    15 May 2023, 15:28 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £310,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 22 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 15 May 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Sliq Media Technologies IncSME£310,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Digital Audio Recording System for the Office of the Official Report (Hansard) in the Northern Ireland Assembly (BR-07-2021) · Sliq Media Technologies IncSME

    Signed
    15 May 2023
    Value
    £310,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids · 2 electronic · 1 from abroad2——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NI Assembly

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawGeneral public services Parliament Buildings, Belfast, UK, BT4 3XXContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Northern Ireland Assembly CommissionReview body Belfast

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Sliq Media Technologies IncAwarded supplier 3500 Boulevard de Maisonneuve O, Westmount, CA, H3Z 3C1Contact email, phone

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria