Find a TenderAwarded without competition
Published 27 May 2021, 15:20 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Hosting, Support & Maintenance of NIFRS Website

Official notice

Authority: Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service (Police & fire)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Awarded value£100,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 29 Jun 2021no call for competition
Awarded to The Tomorrow Lab (Trading as The Pierce Partnership)2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Hosting, Support & Maintenance of NIFRS Website

CPV: Maintenance of information technology software

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Hosting, Support & Maintenance of NIFRS Website for up to 5 years from 01.04.2021Awarded

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
27 May 2021, 15:20 BST
Last source update
29 Jun 2021, 09:49 BST
Authority reference
3496/236
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-014783
Classification (CPV)
Maintenance of information technology software
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02b5c4 Find 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

As per Reg.32.2(b)(iii) - The Tomorrow Lab created the website currently in use by NIFRS (www.nifrs.org ↗) and as such is the only supplier that can provide hosting and on-going support as they hold the source code.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £100,0001 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 2latest 29 Jun 2021
Awarded toValueDateStatus
The Tomorrow Lab (Trading as The Pierce Partnership)SME£100,000 †same award published again · counted once—Awarded
The Tomorrow Lab (Trading as The Pierce Partnership)SME£100,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service

Contracting authorityPolice & fireBody governed by public lawPublic order and safety Lisburn, Northern Ireland, BT274SXContact name, email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • NIFRSReview body Lisburn

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.