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Published 12 Jan 2023, 15:25 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of Support and Maintenance of the NIFRS Electronic Retained Availability system (ERAS).

Official notice

Authority: Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service (Police & fire)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Awarded value£108,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 26 Jan 2023no call for competition
Awarded to Gartan Technologies2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Provision of Support and Maintenance of the NIFRS Electronic Retained Availability system (ERAS)

CPV: System and support services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Provision of Support and Maintenance of the NIFRS Electronic Retained Availability…Awarded

Provision of Support and Maintenance of the NIFRS Electronic Retained Availability system (ERAS) for a period of up to 3 years.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
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
12 Jan 2023, 15:25 GMT
Last source update
27 Jan 2023, 08:19 GMT
Authority reference
3496/281
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-002501
Classification (CPV)
System and support services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0396fe 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

As per Reg 32.2(b)(iii) - Gartan Technologies has exclusive rights to support and maintain the Electronic Retained Availability System (ERAS) currently used by NIFRS; as this supplier holds the intellectual property rights and source code and therefore is the only supplier that can provide this service.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £108,0001 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 2latest 26 Jan 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Gartan TechnologiesSME£129,600 †same award published again · counted once—Awarded
Gartan TechnologiesSME£108,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 002501-2023-3496/281-1 · Gartan TechnologiesSME

    Signed
    26 Jan 2023
    Value
    £108,000
    Status
    active
  • Provision of Support and Maintenance of the NIFRS Electronic Retained Availability system (ERAS) · Gartan TechnologiesSME

    Signed
    3 Jan 2023
    Value
    £129,600
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service

Contracting authorityPolice & fireBody governed by public lawPublic order and safety Lisburn, Northern Ireland, BT274SXContact name, email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • NIFRSReview body Lisburn

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.