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Published 21 Apr 2022, 16:47 BST

Official UK procurement notice

ID 4210261 - DOF- CPD – Provision, Implementation, Support and Development of a Construction Information Management System (CIMS)

Official notice

Authority: Department of Finance (Central government)

GoodsCompetitive procedure with negotiation
Published estimate£5,800,000exc. VAT51% below published estimate
Submissions closed 23 May 2022awarded 18 Nov 2022
Awarded to Asite Solutions Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Department of Finance, Construction Procurement Delivery (CPD) has a requirement for the provision of Implementation, Support and Development of a Construction Information Management System to facilitate the management of, and effective collaboration between parties engaged on the management, design, procurement and delivery of government funded construction projects and contracts.

CPV: Custom software development services · Database and operating software package · Database systems · 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 configuration services · Software development services · Software implementation services · Software package and information systems · Software programming and consultancy services · +4 more

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£5,800,000
Extensions: This contract is for an initial period of 5 years with an option to extension for period/s up to and including amaximum of 10 years · This contract is for an initial period of 5 years with an option to extension for period/s up to and including a maximum of 10 years.Variant bids: 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 Award Criteria: 60%
  • Quantitative Award Criteria: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Qualitative Award Criteria: 60
  • Quantitative Award Criteria: 40
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    Candidates will be assessed in accordance with Regulation 58 of the Public Contract Regulations.. 2015 (as amended). A selection process will also be used to identify. economic operators, who having submitted a response to the Selection Questionnaire, sufficiently demonstrate to the Department’s satisfaction the appropriate technical and professional ability,economic, financial and legal standing to meet the requirements of the contract.

Successive reduction
Candidates will be reduced successively across stages
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
Competitive procedure with negotiation
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Goods
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
21 Apr 2022, 16:47 BST
Last source update
18 Nov 2022, 17:32 GMT
Authority reference
ID 4210261
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-032872
Classification (CPV)
Custom software development servicesDatabase and operating software packageDatabase systemsIT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportIndustry specific software development servicesProgramming services of packaged software productsProgramming services of systems and user softwareSoftware configuration servicesSoftware development servicesSoftware implementation services
+6 moreSoftware package and information systemsSoftware programming and consultancy services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-032f4d Find a Tender
Contract terms
Performance terms

The appointment to the contract will be subject to the preferred supplier demonstrating that the minimum requirements specified in the selection questionnaire continue to be met and that there being no material adverse. change to the standing of the supplier. The appointment will also be subject to all other necessary due diligence being carried out by the Authority. Contract performance will be subject to the conditions specified in the contract, which may include social and environmental clauses in order to promote equality of opportunity and sustainable development. Further details are set out at Section VI.3 below and furthermore in the Information Memorandum

Review and risk notes
Review procedure

CPD will comply with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended). and, where appropriate, will incorporate a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award.. of contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. This provides time for the. unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.

Publisher note: The figure indicated inV 2.4 £5,800,000.00 represents the potential scale of the contract and takes into account potential optional extension periods. In addition, neither CPD nor the Contracting Authority can provide any guarantee. as to the level of business. under this. contract. The successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored.. 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 the. contract may be terminated. The.. issue of a. Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance will 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 for a period. of. twelve. months from the date of issue of the Notice. This contract will not be awarded in Lots as a single supplier is required..

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
23 May 2022, 15:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

23 May 2022 → 18 Nov 2022 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    23 May 2022, 15:00 BST
  2. Bids must remain valid until
    20 Sept 2022, 23:59 BST
  3. Notice published
    18 Nov 2022, 17:32 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    18 Nov 2022, 17:32 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £2,841,6001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 7
Contracts signed 1latest 18 Nov 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Asite Solutions LimitedContract£2,841,600 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
7bids · 7 electronic · 1 from abroad0——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Department of Finance

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawGeneral public services C/o Clare House, 303 Airport Road West, BELFAST, UK, BT3 9EDContact 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 PCR2015as amendedReview body Belfast

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Asite Solutions LtdAwarded supplier 1 mark Square, London, UK, EC2A 4EGContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria