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Published 10 Mar 2021, 15:56 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

ID 3391076 - DfE - LOBA Replacement Programme – Work-Based Learning Strand - **Pre-Market Engagement**

Official notice

Authority: Department for the Economy (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedure
Budget not disclosed£1exc. VAT
Submissions closed 31 Mar 2021

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Department for the Economy (DfE) are considering how best to procure an application / system to support the Department’s Work-Based Learning (WBL) programmes. Construction and procurement delivery (CPD) is running a pre-procurement engagement on behalf of DfE and is inviting suitably qualified and experienced suppliers who may have an interest in this project to complete a questionnaire via eTendersNI under ID 3391076, to assist DfE in gaining a better understanding of the feasibility of their requirements, the most appropriate approach, the capacity of the market to deliver and any possible risks or issues that may not have previously been considered. Any information provided in response to this market engagement exercise marked as commercially sensitive will be treated as such. Interested parties are requested to complete a questionnaire via eTendersNI under ID 3391076, which will be available within the next few days and return it via eTendersNI messaging function by 15.00 on Wednesday 31 March 2021. Please note detailed and lengthy submissions are not necessary at this stage. Nonetheless, we welcome any pertinent information on your company's capability and views on an approach to the provision of a range of required services. Respondents' views or submissions will not be individually identified or revealed to third parties.

CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Industry specific software development services · Programming services of packaged software products · Programming services of systems and user software · Software programming and consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Closed
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
10 Mar 2021, 15:56 GMT
Last source update
10 Mar 2021, 15:56 GMT
Award evaluation window
31 Mar 2021 – …
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-004854
Classification (CPV)
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportIndustry specific software development servicesProgramming services of packaged software productsProgramming services of systems and user softwareSoftware programming and consultancy services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-029a67 Find a Tender

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
31 Mar 2021, 15:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
31 Mar 2021, 15:30 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

10 Mar 2021 → 29 Jun 2021 · 4 dates
  1. Notice published
    10 Mar 2021, 15:56 GMT
  2. Submission deadline
    31 Mar 2021, 15:00 BST
  3. Bids opened
    31 Mar 2021, 15:30 BST
  4. Bids must remain valid until
    29 Jun 2021, 23:59 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Department for the Economy

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawGeneral public services Netherleigh, Massey Avenue, BELFAST, UK, BT4 2JPContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

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 UK

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.