Official UK procurement notice
Resource Services Support Framework Agreement
Authority: ENERGIA GROUP NI HOLDINGS LIMITED (Public body)
What is being bought4 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionTo appoint a number of contractors to a framework for the provision of resource services to Energia Group and its subsidiary businesses. Applicants will be assessed in accordance with the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016, as amended on the basis of information provided in response to pre-qualification questionnaire ("PQQ") in line with those instructions and selection criteria outlined in the Project Information Memorandum (PIM). Copies of the PIM and PQQ are available on request by email to [email protected]. Completed PQQs must be returned to Energia electronically at the address in section 1 before the specified deadline.
Energia Group NI Holdings Limited is the procuring entity for itself and on behalf of Energia Corporate and IT, Power NI and Energia Retail, their affiliated subsidiaries and trading entities (Participating Organisations) that are wholly owned by Energia Group NI Holdings Limited and Energia Power and Energy Holdings DAC.
CPV: Computer support and consultancy services · Computer support services · Computer-related professional services · IT software development services
Lots and requirements (4)Procurement structure
4 lots · all with a published value (£20,000,000 together)Lot #1Mobile and Web Application DevelopmentRenewalPublished value£3,400,000
Lot 1 shall be used to obtain front-end applications (web and mobile system development (IOS and Android platforms)) services, along with any midtier applications if required. Lot 1 shall include services for the full end to end delivery of an application or for the provision of skilled personnel to support Energia Group with the delivery of an application. Energia Group anticipates the following of areas for front end mobile and web application development:
- MS.NET, HTML5, CSS3, C#, Razor, Blazer Web Assembly, SQL, HTML5, React Native;
- Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery using Azure DevOps or Jenkins CI;
- Web apps hosted on Azure PaaS cloud infrastructure;
- Azure API development.
Lot #2SOFTWARE TESTING AND QUALITY ASSURANCERenewalPublished value£4,600,000
Lot 2 shall be used to obtain software testing and quality assurance services.
Lot 2 shall include services for a 'testing as service' model or for the provision of skilled personnel to support Energia Group with the testing of applications.
Lot 2 Testing as Service
The testing as a service model shall include the outsourcing of one or more of the following non-exhaustive elements:
- test design - the preparation of test strategies, test plan and test cases;
- test management - the managing, reporting and scheduling of technical resources for test execution, managing test risk and managing quality assurance;
- test data preparation - the preparation test data for test execution;
- test execution - execution of user acceptance testing, regression, functional or performance testing; and
- test automation - the development and support of code to automate functional or non-functional performance testing.
Lot #3CLOUD NATIVE AND BACKEND ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS DEVELOPMENTRenewalPublished value£4,600,000
Lot 3 shall be used to obtain development services for cloud native and backend engineering applications. Lot 3 shall include services for the full end to end delivery of a cloud native applications or for the provision of skilled personnel to support Energia Group with the delivery of cloud native applications.
Energia Group anticipates calling-off the following areas for cloud native applications development:
- MS.NET, C#, SQL;
- Application architecture,
- Microservice architecture;
- Event driven architecture;
- Big Data and High-Performance Computing;
- Re-architecting of existing applications to meet a new target operating models;
- Azure Cloud Platform and design and implementation services:
o Serverless PaaS architecture;
o DevSecOps;
o DevOps;
o Infrastructure as Code development;,
o Cloud platform configuration;
o Polyglot persistence;
o Asynchronous processing;
o Designing for failure;
o Iterative frequent update management;
o Automated self-management processes;
o Azure Integration services; and
o API design, development and support.
Lot #4PROJECT RESOURCINGRenewalPublished value£7,400,000
This lot will be used to meet any shortfall in any project personnel experienced by Energia Group and will include (but is not limited to):
- project managers;
- solution architects;
- application architects;
- technical analysts;
- QA analysts;
- QA test automation developers;
- developers;
- business analysts; or
- trainers.
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
- Suitability
Must have industry recognised qualifications and relevant experience in the development and support of IT systems as further specified in the procurement documentation.
- Shortlisting
- Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documentation but note minimum requirements must be met.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Restricted procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 1 Mar 2021, 19:46 GMT
- Last source update
- 1 Mar 2021, 19:46 GMT
- Authority reference
EG20001- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-004078- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-029754Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering
- Performance terms
As detailed in the procurement documentation.
- Review procedure
Energia Group NI Holdings Limited will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. Applicants which are unsuccessful shall be informed by Energia as soon as possible after the decision has been made as to the reasons why the Applicant was unsuccessful. If an appeal regarding the award of the contract has not been successfully resolved, The Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales, and Northern Ireland). Any such action must generally be brought within 30 days. If a declaration of ineffectiveness is sought, any such action must be brought within 30 days where Energia has communicated the award of the contract and a summary of reasons to tenderers, or otherwise within 6 months of the contract being entered into. Where a contract has not been entered into, the Court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order Energia to amend any documents and may award damages. If the contract has been entered into the Court may, depending on the circumstances, award damages, make a declaration of ineffectiveness, order Energia to pay a fine, and/or order that the duration of the contract/s be shortened. The purpose of the standstill period referred to above is to allow the parties to apply to the Courts to set aside the award decision before the contract is entered into.
Publisher note: Energia Group NI Holdings Limited is the procuring entity for itself and on behalf of Energia Corporate and IT, Power NI and Energia Retail, their affiliated subsidiaries and trading entities ("Participating Organisations") that are wholly owned by Energia Group NI Holdings Limited and Energia Power and Energy Holdings DAC. Any contract(s) awarded as a result of this procurement may be entered into by or for the benefit of any one or more of the Participating Organisations.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 31 Mar 2021, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Participation fee
- document
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
Timeline
1 Mar 2021 → 8 Apr 2021 · 3 dates- Notice published1 Mar 2021, 19:46 GMT
- Submission deadline31 Mar 2021, 17:00 BST
- Invitations to tender expected8 Apr 2021, 00:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria