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Published 7 Jan 2022, 09:45 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

UREGNI - MMU IT Support 2022-25

Official notice

Authority: Utility Regulator (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedure
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN)
Published estimate£189,000exc. VAT17.8% below published estimate
Submissions closed 7 Feb 2022awarded 8 Apr 2022
Awarded to Version1 Software

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The UR wishes to appoint a contractor for an initial period of 1 year with 2 optional extension periods of 12 months, subject to satisfactory annual review each year of the contract, to provide support in the population and maintenance of the database (ownership of which is with and will remain with UR). The Contractor will provide support including data retrieval from the data providers, details of which are provided in section 4 (using SSIS, FTP, sFTP and others), maintaining and updating the SQL Database with all up to date data, verifying and validating all data and liaising with the data providers to ensure all data is captured. There is the possibility that ad-hoc support or training will also be required from time to time under the contract.

CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedPublished value£189,000
Delivery: Northern Ireland
Extensions: The initial contract period is for 1 year with 2 optional extension periods of 12 months.Variant bids: not allowed
72000000 IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

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
Quality: 40%Price: 60%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • AC1 - Project Management: 40%
  • AC2 - Total Contract Price: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
  • AC1 - Project Management: 40
  • AC2 - Total Contract Price: 60
Conditions of participation1
  • Technical & professional ability

    Tenderers must provide at least one detailed example of having provided a similar data retrieval and population service to a similar scale and scope of the services outlined in the Specification within the last 3 years.

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

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
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
7 Jan 2022, 09:45 GMT
Last source update
8 Apr 2022, 15:42 BST
Award evaluation window
7 Feb 2022 – …
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-009522
Classification (CPV)
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03082a Find a Tender
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

The Public Contract Regulations 2015 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed. or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England,. Wales and Northern Ireland). The authority incorporated a standstill period (i.e. a minimum. of 10 calendar days) before this contract was awarded.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: eTendersNI · Who buys & how to bid on eTendersNI
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free Northern Ireland registration
Submission deadline
7 Feb 2022, 15:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
7 Feb 2022, 15:30 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

etendersni.gov.uk/epps ↗

Timeline

7 Feb 2022 → 8 May 2022 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    7 Feb 2022, 15:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    7 Feb 2022, 15:30 GMT
  3. Notice published
    8 Apr 2022, 15:42 BST
  4. Bids must remain valid until
    8 May 2022, 23:59 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    8 Apr 2022, 15:42 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £155,4501 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 3
Contracts signed 1latest 8 Apr 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Version1 SoftwareContract£155,450 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids · 3 electronic · 1 from abroad0——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Utility Regulator

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawGeneral public services Queens House 14 Queen Street, BELFAST, UK, BT1 6EDContact email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The UK does not have any special review body with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures in public procurement competitions. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR 2015.Review body Belfast

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • VERSION1 SOFTWAREAwarded supplier Millennium House, Millennium Walkway, Dublin, IE, noneContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.