ID 4987303 - DAC 63/23 – DE – CCEA – CA:2E SUPPORT

Official notice

Authority: The Council for the Curriculum, Examinations Assessment (Local council)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competitionSME suitable

Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN)

Awarded value£120,020published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 15 Sept 2023no call for competition

Awarded to IGNITE UKI LTD2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

ID 4987303 - DAC 63/23 – DE – CCEA – CA:2E SUPPORT

CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: Northern Ireland

72000000 IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached

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: 30 Aug 2023, 14:09 BST
Last source update: 18 Sept 2023, 10:13 BST
FTS notice number: 2023/S 000-027453
Classification (CPV): IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Delivery area: Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03f805 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights
Published justification: The Council for the Curriculum, Examinations & Assessment require continued use of the CA:2E Software Development Environment
(SDE) which is CCEA's main business application for 3 years until 17 September 2026. There are derogations under the regulations to
award a contract to a single supplier where the supplies or services can only be supplied by a particular supplier for reasons connected
with the protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights (regulation 32(2)(b)(iii)) in that the supplier owns exclusive
rights to the software.

Review and risk notes

Review procedure: CPD complied with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) and incorporated a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 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. This 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. 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.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 2

Awarded value £120,0201 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once

Bids received 11 from SMEs

Contracts signed 2latest 15 Sept 2023

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
IGNITE UKI LTDSME	£120,020 †same award published again · counted once	—	Awarded
IGNITE UKI LTDSMEContract	£120,020 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract · IGNITE UKI LTDSME
Signed
15 Sept 2023
Value
£120,020
Status
active
Contract 025462-2023-1 · IGNITE UKI LTDSME
Signed
29 Aug 2023
Value
£120,020
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad	1	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

The Council for the Curriculum, Examinations Assessment

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilBody governed by public lawEducation 29 Clarendon Road, Clarendon Dock, BELFAST, UK, BT1 3BGContact name, email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures. 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 as amended.Review body Belfast

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

IGNITE UKI LTDAwarded supplier 22-26 King Street, KING'S LYNN, UK, PE30 1HJContact email

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.