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Published 1 May 2025, 11:45 BST

Official UK procurement notice

ID 5931195 - DAC 55/25 - AFBI - Electronic Quality Management System (eQMS)

Official notice

Authority: Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (Central government)·On behalf of: CPD

Direct award
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN)
Awarded value£148,979published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 1 May 2025no call for competition
Awarded to IDEAGEN PLC, Ideagen Gael Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

AFBI have a requirement for an Electronic Quality Management System (eQMS). The contract will be for a duration of five years with no options to extend.

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
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
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
1 May 2025, 11:45 BST
Last source update
19 May 2025, 10:51 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-022493
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050b2e Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification

This Direct Award to maintain business critical function is justified on the grounds set out under paragraph 5 of Schedule 5 of Procurement Act 2023 where the following conditions are met in relation to the public contract-

(a)due to an absence of competition for technical reasons, only a particular supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and

(b)there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

13 May 2025 → 19 May 2025 · 2 dates
  1. Standstill ends
    13 May 2025, 23:59 BST
  2. Notice published
    19 May 2025, 10:51 BST

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 1 May 2025
  1. Transparency notice published
    1 May 2025, 11:45 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    1 May 2025, 16:28 BST
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    15 May 2025, 23:59 BST
    scheduled
  4. Contract details notice published
    19 May 2025, 10:51 BST
    UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £148,9791 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 15 May 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
IDEAGEN PLC, Ideagen Gael Ltdjoint award15 May 2025 – 14 May 2030£148,9791 May 2025Awarded

Contracts

  • ID 5931195 - DAC 55/25 - AFBI - Electronic Quality Management System (eQMS) · IDEAGEN PLC, Ideagen Gael Ltd

    Signed
    15 May 2025
    Value
    £148,979
    Period
    16 May 2025 – 15 May 2030
    Status
    active

    No agreed KPIs: The value of this contract is not above the relevant threshold of £5 million including VAT

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

3 public bodies on the notice

Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central governmentNorthern Irish devolved regulations apply GB-PPON: PBLN-5294-NVHZ 18a Newforge Lane, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT9 5PXContact email

Other public bodies

  • CPDBeneficiary authority
  • CPD - Supplies & Services DivisionProcess contact pointProcuring entityConstruction and Procurement Delivery - Supplies and Services Division, is a Centre of Procurement Expertise and provides a central procurement function for central government in Northern IrelandGB-PPON: PVWG-8426-YWXV Belfast, Northern IrelandContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties on the notice
  • Ideagen LimitedAwarded supplierGB-COH: 02805019GB-PPON: PWPZ-9546-LGVP One Mere Way, Nottingham, East Midlands, NG11 6JSContact email
  • Ideagen LtdAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PNYC-1886-YMGP 1 Mere Way, Ruddington Fields Business Park, Nottingham, East Midlands, NG11 6JSContact email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender