Official UK procurement notice
ID 2612780 -DfE - Tourism NI Tourism Business Hub and Website Development
Authority: DfE Tourism Northern Ireland (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDfE - Tourism NI is placing this voluntary transparency notice to alert economic operators of its intention to modify the Tourism NI Tourism Business Hub and Website Development contract in accordance with Regulation 72 (1) (b) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. This transparency notice does not place any obligation on the Authority to enter into this modification.
CPV: Content management software development services · Content management software package · Database and operating software development services · Database software development services · Database-management system · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Software package and information systems · System, storage and content management software development services · System, storage and content management software package
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Tourism NI require a Contractor to deliver a solution to provide the NI tourism industry
Tourism NI require a Contractor to deliver a solution to provide the NI tourism industry
with a “one-stop-shop” tourism business hub as well as a corporate “shopfront” for the hub which will contain all necessary corporate information. A specification of requirements for this work is outlined below; this includes:- The delivery of a Tourism Business Hub including the development of our corporate website, the full integration with Microsoft Dynamics and software applications to deliver the functionality requested. Contractor(s) must note that there may be workload fluctuations at different time periods of the year.
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
- 5 Nov 2021, 14:15 GMT
- Last source update
- 5 Nov 2021, 14:15 GMT
- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-027844- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02f431Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
To allow TNI to complete critical work that has become necessary through recovery following the pandemic, it is permissible to rely on regulation 71(1)(b) as the required work was not included in the initial procurement documents and a change of supplier would not be practical practicable (for economic, technical or interoperability reasons) and would involve substantial inconvenience/duplication of costs.
This is not a modification for any additional time, but for additional services at £275,725 required within the contract term.
- Review procedure
The Public Contract Regulations 2015 provide for 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 will incorporate a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) before this contract is awarded.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| MADE TO ENGAGE LIMITEDSME | £827,175 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 027844-2021-1 · MADE TO ENGAGE LIMITEDSME
- Signed
- 6 Mar 2020
- Value
- £827,175
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- 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 PCR 2015.Review body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- MADE TO ENGAGE LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.