Official UK procurement notice
ID 4656284 - DoF- NISRA - Central Survey Unit - Payroll Service for CSU Interviewers
Authority: Department of Finance - Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNISRA Central Survey Unit wish to appoint a Contractor for the operation and maintenance of a weekly payroll system for Central Survey Unit’s interviewing staff. The contract will commence on 1 March 2023 for a period of 3 years, with the option to extend the contract for two further periods of twelve months each. See document entitled “ID 4656284 – Specification Schedule” for further details of this requirement.
- Recurrence: This contract will potentially be dye to be re-procured after the initial contract period and/or following any extensions.
CPV: Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Miscellaneous software package and computer systems · Payroll management services · Personnel and payroll services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedWhat it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Qualitative Criteria: 60%
- Quantitative Criteria: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Qualitative Criteria: 60
- Quantitative Criteria: 40
- 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
Yes · This contract will potentially be dye to be re-procured after the initial contract period and/or following any extensions.
- First published
- 25 Jan 2023, 09:02 GMT
- Last source update
- 21 Mar 2023, 13:46 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 9 Feb 2023 – …
- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-008153- Accelerated
DoF - NISRA deemed that it was appropriate to use the accelerated procedure as they had already conducted a procurement exercise for the service that received no compliant bids and there were therefore significant time constraints, with the current contract due to end on 31 March 2023.
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-039a5fFind a Tender
- Review procedure
CPD will comply with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) and has incorporated a standstill period (minimum 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract was communicated to tenderers. That notification provided full information on the award decision and provided time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract was entered into.
Publisher note: The successful Contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored against the agreed Key Performance Indicators as. detailed in the Commercial Conditions of Contract Schedule for ICT Schedule 5 – Contract and Service Management and Specification. Schedule. 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 Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance and the. contract may be terminated. The issue of a Certificate 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 certificate.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 9 Feb 2023, 15:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Participation fee
- document
- Bids opened
- 9 Feb 2023, 15:30 GMT
Timeline
9 Feb 2023 → 10 May 2023 · 4 dates- Submission deadline9 Feb 2023, 15:00 GMT
- Bids opened9 Feb 2023, 15:30 GMT
- Notice published21 Mar 2023, 13:46 GMT
- Bids must remain valid until10 May 2023, 23:59 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete21 Mar 2023, 13:46 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beever StruthersSMEContract | £176,600 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract · Beever StruthersSME
- Signed
- 20 Mar 2023
- Value
- £176,600
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids · 2 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
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 PCR2015 as amended.Review body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Beever StruthersAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.