Official UK procurement notice
DOJ DAC 19/22 - FSNI - Northern Ireland DNA Administration System
Authority: Forensic Science Northern Ireland (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis Direct Award Contract is to cover expenditure for the continuing support and maintenance of the FSNI DNA Administration system and the NI DNA database (NIDNAD).
CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 9 Feb 2023, 09:37 GMT
- Last source update
- 9 Feb 2023, 09:37 GMT
- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-003956- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03a421Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights
- Published justification
This contract is awarded in accordance with the following derogations under the regulations:
I. Where competition is absent for technical reasons (regulation 32(2)(b)(ii);
II. For reasons connected with the protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights (reg32(2)(b) iii) but only where no reasonable alternative or substitute exists and the absence of competition is not the result of an artificial narrowing down of the parameters of the procurement.
The local DNA management system is a bespoke and integral part of the FSNI DNA profiling service required by PSNI under the Criminal Justice and Police & Criminal Evidence Act (PACE). IPR relating to the approaches, coding methodologies, techniques and tools for matching and processing suspects belong to the Economic Operator. This direct award contract will allow for ongoing maintenance, service development and ensure ongoing availability and functionality.
- Review procedure
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 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended).
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Information withheld for security reasonsSME | £149,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 003956-2023-1 · Information withheld for security reasonsSME
- Signed
- 9 Feb 2023
- Value
- £149,000
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation proceduresReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Information withheld for security reasonsAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.