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Published 26 Feb 2024, 09:39 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

QUB/2488/24 Framework for Digital development Services and Support and Delivery of Digital Transformation Roadmap

Official notice

Authority: Queen's University Belfast (Education)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

Framework agreementServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Framework ceiling (notional)£10,000,000framework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Submissions closed 28 Mar 2024awarded 25 Jun 2024

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Queens University Belfast wish to create a Framework of suitable Economic Operators to support digital transformation projects through the provision of resource in architectural design, software development and support with Microsoft Dynamics 365, Power Platform, Azure, and Microsoft Identity Manager. Economic Operators will provide individual specialists to deliver a specific outcome with defined deliverables on a service, programme, or project.

  • Recurrence: 42 months

CPV: Project management software development services · Technical computer support services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Queen's University Belfast wish to create a Framework of 5 suitable Economic Operators…AwardedRenewalPublished value£10,000,000

Queen's University Belfast wish to create a Framework of 5 suitable Economic Operators to support the delivery of our digital transformation projects. Economic Operators must be able to provide digital development resource with skills in areas such as Microsoft Power Platform, Azure, Dataverse, DevOps, web development technologies, database management systems and artificial intelligence (AI). Economic Operators will provide individual specialists to deliver a specific outcome with defined deliverables on a service, programme, or project. Call-off under this Framework can be via Direct Award, Further Competition or a Desktop Exercise

Delivery: Northern Ireland · Queen's University Belfast
Extensions: The contract is for an initial period of 2 years with option to extend by up to a further 24 months · The contract may be subject to renewal in approx 42 months, subject to all options being exercisedVariant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
  • Price
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    Please refer to the tender documentation

Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
What this means for your bid
  • “QUB/2488/24 Framework for Digital development Services and Support…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
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
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Yes · 42 months
First published
26 Feb 2024, 09:39 GMT
Last source update
24 Jul 2024, 19:06 BST
Award evaluation window
28 Mar 2024 – …
Authority reference
QUB/2488/24
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-023120
Classification (CPV)
Project management software development servicesTechnical computer support services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN06)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-043cb9 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

How it was run

Official notice
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Appointment period ends
28 Mar 2024, 16:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
28 Mar 2024, 16:15 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

28 Mar 2024 → 24 Jul 2024 · 3 dates
  1. Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
    28 Mar 2024, 16:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    28 Mar 2024, 16:15 GMT
  3. Notice published
    24 Jul 2024, 19:06 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 24 Jul 2024
  1. Status changed to complete
    24 Jul 2024, 19:06 BST
  2. Buyer details updated
    24 Jul 2024, 19:06 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 5admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 103 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 25 Jun 2024

1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

  • Framework for Digital Development Services and Support for Delivery of Digital Transformation Roadmap

    Signed
    25 Jun 2024
    Value
    £10,000,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
10bids · 10 electronic3——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Queen's University Belfast

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation University Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT71NNContact name, email, phone

Framework contractors & participating bidders

5 commercial parties on the notice
  • CodecFramework contractor 8 th Floor, The Boat, Queen’s Square, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT1 3FG
  • ErgoFramework contractor 1st Floor, Block T, East Point Business Park, Dublin, IE061, D03 R6C6
  • Kainos Software LtdFramework contractor 4-6 Upper Crescent , Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT7 1NT
  • Radically Digital LimitedFramework contractor 5a Frascati Way, Maidenhead , South East, SL6 4UY
  • Version 1 SoftwareFramework contractor Waterloo Court, Suites 6 & 7, First Floor, 10 Theed St, London , London, SE1 8ST

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria