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Published 26 Jan 2021, 15:56 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

DOJ NICTS Implementation and Support of IT Case Management Systems for the Office of Care and Protection and Official Solicitors Office.

Official notice

Authority: Department of Justice, Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£680,000exc. VAT7.8% above published estimate
Submissions closed 1 Mar 2021awarded 27 Apr 2021
Awarded to Due to the sensitive nature of this contract the supplier name will be withheld

What is being bought

Published requirement description

DOJ NICTS Implementation and Support of IT Case Management Systems for the Office of Care and Protection and Official Solicitors Office.

CPV: Computer support and consultancy services · Computer-related services · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Software programming and consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£680,000
Extensions: The initial contract period will be for up to 12 months implementation and two years with the system fully operational 3 years. There are two options to extend of up to 2 years each. · The initial contract period will be for up to 12 months implementation and two years with the system fully operational (3 years). There are two options to extend of up to 2 years each.Variant bids: not allowed

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: 60%Price: 40%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Qualitative: 60%
  • Quantitative: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Qualitative: 60
  • Quantitative: 40
Conditions of participation1
  • Technical & professional ability

    1 Tenderers must provide one example within the last 3 years that clearly demonstrates your experience of having successfully implemented a complex Case Management System/database which included over 20 rule based processes and extensive automated template generation and data merging based on business rules.. . 2 Tenderers must provide one example of your experience of delivering a complex Case Management System/database that demonstrates your efficient and effective management of providing support, post system implementation over a period of at least 12 months within the last three years.

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

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
26 Jan 2021, 15:56 GMT
Last source update
7 May 2021, 12:25 BST
Award evaluation window
1 Mar 2021 – …
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-009950
Classification (CPV)
Computer support and consultancy servicesComputer-related servicesIT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportSoftware programming and consultancy services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN0)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-028d6c Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

The Public Contract Regulations 2015 provide 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 incorporated a standstill period before this contract was awarded. The standstill period was for a minimum of 10 calendar days..

Publisher note: The figure indicated in 11.1.5 represents the estimated contract value. The pricing strategy applied and the setting of cost/profit margins are a commercial decision for economic. operators when submitting a bid for this competition. In addition, neither CPD nor the Authority can provide any guarantee as to the level of business under this contract. The successful Contractor’s performance on this Contract. will be managed as per the specification and regularly monitored (see Procurement Guidance Note 01/12 - Contract Management - Procedures and. Principles). 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 Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance and this Contract may be terminated. A central register of such Notices for supplies and services contracts will be maintained and published on the CPD website. Any contractor in receipt of a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance will be required to declare this in future tender submissions for a period of three years from the date of issue of the Notice. It may also 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. 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..

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
1 Mar 2021, 15:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Participation fee
document
Bids opened
1 Mar 2021, 15:30 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

1 Mar 2021 → 30 May 2021 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    1 Mar 2021, 15:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    1 Mar 2021, 15:30 GMT
  3. Notice published
    7 May 2021, 12:25 BST
  4. Bids must remain valid until
    30 May 2021, 23:59 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    7 May 2021, 12:25 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £732,7671 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 41 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 27 Apr 2021
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Due to the sensitive nature of this contract the supplier name will be withheldContract£732,767 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract · Due to the sensitive nature of this contract the supplier name will be withheld

    Signed
    27 Apr 2021
    Value
    £732,767
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
4bids · 4 electronic · 2 from abroad1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Department of Justice, Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawGeneral public services Laganside House, 23-27 Oxford Street, BELFAST, UK, BT1 3LAContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The UK does not have any review body with responsibility for appeal/mediation in public procurement competitions. Instead, challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the Public Contracts Regs 2015Review body N/A

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Due to the sensitive nature of this contract the supplier name will be withheldAwarded supplier Northern Ireland, Northern IrelandContact email

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.