ID 4881595 - DAERA - Livestock Genetics and Data Branch - Bovine Genetics Programme

• Recurrence: This contract will potentially be due to be re-procured after the initial contract period and/or following any extensions

CPV: Data services · Design and execution of research and development · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Research and development consultancy services · Research and development services and related consultancy services · Research and experimental development services · Software package and information systems

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 due to be re-procured after the initial contract period and/or following any extensions

First published

19 Feb 2024, 17:09 GMT

Last source update

16 Jan 2025, 11:12 GMT

Award evaluation window

1 Apr 2024 – …

FTS notice number

2025/S 000-001464

Classification (CPV)

Data servicesDesign and execution of research and developmentIT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportResearch and development consultancy servicesResearch and development services and related consultancy servicesResearch and experimental development servicesSoftware package and information systems

Delivery area

Northern Ireland (UKN)

Official registry OCID

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Publisher note: Contract Value. The awarded Contract Value for the maximum contract term including all optional extensions (10 years in total) is £39,093,705.01. This value also includes the annual support and maintenance based on approximately 21,500 users; however actual costs will be calculated on a pro rata basis depending on the actual number of users. This value is based on current requirements as detailed in the Specification Schedule and associated documentation. However, the total potential maximum value of the contract is up to £50m (excl. VAT) for the maximum contract term including all optional extensions (10 years in total). This value reflects the potential scale of the contract and takes into account changes and potential modifications to the contract that may be required due to legislative, operational and technological developments and/or additional functions and additional services that DAERA may be required to provide during the contract term. CPD and DAERA cannot give any guarantee as to the level of business under this contract/agreement. The award of a Services Contract does not confer exclusivity on the successful Supplier. Contract monitoring: 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 construction and procurement delivery (CPD) for further action. If this occurs and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, this may be considered grounds for termination of the contract at your expense as provided for in the Conditions of Contract. In lieu of termination, CPD may issue a Notice of Written Warning or a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance. A supplier in receipt of multiple Notices of Written Warning or a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance may, in accordance with The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended), be excluded from future public procurement competitions for a period of up to three years. The Services to be delivered by the Supplier are the full range of Services required by the Buyer to support its operational requirements over the initial Term of the contract and, if extended, the extension(s) to the Term of the contract. The Services may be subject to change during the Term in order to address and remain consistent with future changes to the Buyer’s operational requirements, including, but not limited to: Changes to the Buyer’s delivery model; Changes to the Buyer’s organisation, including wider changes to NICS Departmental structures; and/or where key functions of the current Buyer organisational structure are provided by different/alternative public sector organisations; and/or where new functions are provided by the Buyer; and. Changes requiring the Supplier to provide services to/for other public sector organisations to fulfil the Buyer’s operational requirements. Such changes may result in increases or decreases in the scope and/or scale of the Services required from the Supplier, or changes to the Contract to accommodate organisational/functional changes affecting the Buyer, and accordingly this contract shall be subject to modification without a new procurement procedure in accordance with Regulation 72 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The Supplier shall provide a suitable mechanism for accommodating these changes assuming the nature of the services provided remain consistent with the overall nature of the Buyer’s operational requirements for this contract as defined in this Specification and associated documentation. Such changes may involve changes which cannot be identified at the time of this procurement, but which may be identified and required during the Term of the contract (“Additional Services”). The Supplier should note that there may also be other changes in the scope and/or scale of the Services required during the Term of the Contract that could not be identified or foreseen at the time of this procurement but which are consistent with the overall nature of the Buyer’s current and future operational requirements as defined in this Specification and associated documentation. In such circumstances the Buyer may seek to agree a modification to this Contract to facilitate the provision of such services by the Supplier, with the charges for such services set by reference to the mechanisms and protections provided in the Conditions of Contract. It is envisaged that such modifications would be made without requiring a new procurement procedure in accordance with Regulation 72 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

Submission deadline

1 Apr 2024, 15:00 BST

Submission channel

{"written"}

Accepted languages

en

Bids opened

1 Apr 2024, 15:30 BST

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