Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Support and Maintenance of the NIFRS Electronic Retained Availability system (ERAS).
Authority: Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service (Police & fire)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision 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 publishedLot #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)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0396feFind 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| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- NIFRSReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Gartan TechnologiesAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.