Official UK procurement notice
Software Testing Services · UK public procurement notice
Authority: LIVESTOCK INFORMATION LIMITED
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionLivestock Information Ltd (LI Ltd) provides livestock movement information for industry and government that enables :
Better control of endemic livestock diseases
Terminate exotic disease outbreaks quickly and efficiently.
Drive positive changes in productivity and sustainability.
Develop a competitive trade advantage by building trade partner and consumer confidence in the provenance of British meat and livestock products.
LI Ltd is owned jointly by the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and is a Contracting Authority.
The current contract is being delivered by a UK provider with an offshore capability and is due to expire in April 2025, therefore the Authority is seeking expressions from economic operators who can provide software testing services.
This new contract opportunity will be for a period of 4 years (with an initial term of 2 years and the option for the Contracting Authority acting in its sole discretion, to extend for two further periods of 1 year each), aiming to commence in or around April 2025.
CPV: Program testing software development services · Software testing
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The Contracting Authority is seeking a supplier to provide ongoing capability to…RenewalPublished value£12,000,000
The Contracting Authority is seeking a supplier to provide ongoing capability to deliver Software Testing Services (functional and non-functional) across current live service(s), additions and enhancements to current live service(s), new multi-species platform services under development and the migration of current live services to the new multi-species platform. Testing will be based on user, industry, government, and policy requirements as LI delivers on its mandate and product roadmaps. This will be for a period of 4 years (with an initial term of 2 years and the option for the Contracting Authority acting in its sole discretion, to extend for two further periods of 1 year each), aiming to commence on or around April 2025.
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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 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
Refer to procurement documents.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Competitive procedure with negotiation
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 30 Jan 2024, 17:32 GMT
- Last source update
- 30 Jan 2024, 17:32 GMT
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-003133- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0435ddFind a Tender
Publisher note: The procurement is undertaken pursuant to the Competitive Procedure with Negotiation (CPN). Applicants will initially need to register their interest by sending an email to: [email protected] and will need to complete a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) which will be issued by the Authority's commercial team. Once the signed NDA has been received by the Authority then all procurement documentation will be available from the Authority's portal and all communication is to be conducted via the portal. Applicants will then be required to complete and return responses to the selection questionnaire (SQ) in accordance with the instructions set out in the procurement documentation. Following the evaluation of the SQ returns, the Authority will shortlist to between four and seven applicants to participate in the stage stage of the process. For clarity, the successful applicants invited to the next stage of the process will then be referred to as bidders Bidders will then be asked to submit their initial returns to provide their proposals to deliver the services and to provide the costs for doing so . The Authority reserves the right to award the contract to the bidder with whom provides the Most Economically Advantageous Tender in terms of the highest combined qualitative and commercial scoring. Should the Authority decide to negotiate, all bidders will be invited to participate. Once the Authority identifies the solution/solutions capable of meeting its needs, the negotiation phase will be concluded and bidders invited to submit a final tender before a preferred bidder is selected that represents the Most Economically Advantageous Tender. Full details of the scope and requirements for the opportunity will be set out in the procurement documentation to be issued by the Authority. To be able to access the procurement documents, applicants will need to register their company details @[email protected]
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 25 Mar 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Participation fee
- document
Timeline
30 Jan 2024 → 25 Mar 2024 · 2 dates- Notice published30 Jan 2024, 17:32 GMT
- Submission deadline25 Mar 2024, 12:00 GMT
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The High CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria