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DFP - e-Procurement managed Service for the Northern Ireland Public Sector.

Contract award notice

Services

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)

Department of Finance and Personnel Northern Ireland
Clare House, 303 Airport Road West
Contact point(s): For the attention of: Supplies and Services Division
For the attention of: Stephen McCann
BT3 9ED Belfast
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail:

Internet address(es):

Address of the buyer profile: http://www.dfpni.gov.uk/cpd and http://e-sourcingni.bravosolution.co.uk
I.2)Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.3)Main activity
General public services
Other: Public Procurement
I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)Description
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract
DFP - e-Procurement managed Service for the Northern Ireland Public Sector.
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Services
Service category No 7: Computer and related services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Northern Ireland.

NUTS code UKN0

II.1.3)Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
II.1.4)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
This contract is to implement a long term replacement electronic procurement managed service, which will be available for all publicly funded procurement in Northern Ireland and will replace the existing e-Sourcing NI service.
II.1.5)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

72250000, 80500000, 48490000, 72260000, 72253000, 72212490

II.1.6)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes
II.2)Total final value of contract(s)
II.2.1)Total final value of contract(s)
Value: 1 913 850 GBP

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
Open
IV.2)Award criteria
IV.2.1)Award criteria
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction
An electronic auction has been used: no
IV.3)Administrative information
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority
Project_13446
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Section V: Award of contract

V.1)Date of contract award decision:
25.2.2014
V.2)Information about offers
Number of offers received: 4
Number of offers received by electronic means: 4
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken

European Dynamics SA
209, Kifissias Ave & Arkadiou St
15124 Athens
GREECE

V.4)Information on value of contract
Total final value of the contract:
Value: 1 913 850 GBP
Excluding VAT
If annual or monthly value:
Number of years: 10
V.5)Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be sub-contracted: no

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about European Union funds
The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
VI.2)Additional information:

Suppliers Instructions How to Express Interest in this Tender~: 1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once): Suppliers Instructions How to Express Interest in this Tender~: 1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once): https://e-sourcingni.bravosolution.co.uk and click the link to register - Accept the terms and conditions and click ‘continue' - Enter your correct business and user details - Note the username you chose and click ‘Save' when complete - You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure) 2. Express an Interest in the tender - Login to the portal with the username/password - Click the ‘PQQs / ITTs Open To All Suppliers' link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires or Invitations to Tender open to any registered supplier) - Click on the relevant PQQ/ ITT to access the content. - Click the ‘Express Interest' button at the top of the page. - This will move the PQQ /ITT into your ‘My PQQs/ My ITTs' page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only) -You can now access any attachments by clicking ‘Buyer Attachments' in the ‘PQQ/ ITT Details' box 3. Responding to the tender - Click ‘My Response' under ‘PQQ/ ITT Details', you can choose to ‘Create Response' or to ‘Decline to Respond' (please give a reason if declining) - You can now use the ‘Messages' function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification - Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ/ ITT - There may be a mixture of online & offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available) You must then submit your reply using the ‘Submit Response' button at the top of the page. If you require any further assistance please consult the online help, or contact the eTendering help desk.

This new project will be covered by the same Prior Information notice that was published for project_9358. The PIN details are as follows:- OJEU Document Number 2012/S 200-329122 Notice Reference 2012-012126

VI.3)Procedures for appeal
VI.3.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures

Department of Finanance and Personnel (CPD)
Clare House, 303 Airport Road West
BT3 9ED Belfast
UNITED KINGDOM

Body responsible for mediation procedures

Department of Finanance and Personnel (CPD)
Clare House, 303 Airport Road West
BT3 9ED Belfast
UNITED KINGDOM

VI.3.2)Lodging of appeals
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: CPD will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into The Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 No 5) 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).
VI.3.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

Department of Finanance and Personnel (CPD)
Clare House, 303 Airport Road West
BT3 9ED Belfast
UNITED KINGDOM

VI.4)Date of dispatch of this notice:
27.2.2014