DoF LPS Land Registration Delivery Partner Project

The appointment to the contract will be subject to the preferred bidder demonstrating that the minimum requirements specified in the SQ continue to be met and there being no material adverse change to the standing of the preferred bidder. The appointment will also be subject to all other necessary due diligence being carried out by the Contracting Authority. No formal contract shall be binding until it has been formally executed by the duly authorised representatives of the parties.. Contract performance will be managed and monitored in accordance with the principles as outlined in the Procurement Guidance Note 01/12 ‘Contract Management’, link included below: . www.finance-ni.gov.uk/publications/procure… ↗ . . This contract forms part of the NOVA Programme, which will bring together a number of suppliers each of which will be required to act in a collaborative manner to achieve the programme’s objectives. As such there will be contractual requirements that the contractor works co-operatively, proactively and effectively with each of the other Nova Programme suppliers and with the Contracting Authority. This will include the provision of reasonable cooperation, support, assistance and information (including potentially granting access to the contractor’s resources, systems, software and information for the services) and notifying other suppliers and the Contracting Authority where the contractor’s non compliance may have an impact on the performance of another supplier’s services to the Contracting Authority. The contractor may also be required as part of this contract to deliver certain actions or activities that are dependencies of other suppliers under the Nova Programme. It is envisaged that such dependencies will have Milestone Dates attached as well as consequences for failing to achieve such Milestones (e.g. delay payments or services points / credits). As part of the dialogue process the tenderers will also be expected to identify any dependences that they have on the Contracting Authority and other suppliers.. The successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored in line with PGN 01/12. 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 Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance and the contract may be terminated. The issue of a Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance will 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 twelve months from the date of issue of the certificate.” . . . The Authority expressly reserves the rights:. . (I). not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice;. (II). to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering Competition;. (III). to award (a) contract(s) in respect of any part(s) of the services covered by this notice; and. (IV). to award contract(s) in stages.. . and in no circumstances will the Authority be liable for any costs incurred by candidates.". . . .

CPD complied with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and incorporated a. standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract was communicated to tenderers.. That notification provided full information on the award decision. This provided time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract was entered into.