APHIS Supplemental Agreement · UK public procurement notice

CPV: Computer-related services

Procedure method

Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Legal basis

CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)

Procurement category

Services

Notice status

Awarded without competition

Procurement threshold

Unspecified in notice

Regulatory regime

Standard

Commercial structure

Stand-alone contract (no framework)

Competition type

Direct award (no call for competition)

GPA / WTO covered

Yes (GPA)

Recurring procurement

Unspecified in notice

First published

11 Mar 2021, 14:08 GMT

Last source update

11 Mar 2021, 14:08 GMT

FTS notice number

2021/S 000-004949

Classification (CPV)

Computer-related services

Delivery area

Northern Ireland (UKN)

Official registry OCID

ocds-h6vhtk-029ac6 Find a Tender

Why no open competition

The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive

Published justification

In 2014 the Contract known as APHIS Supplemental agreement was awarded to AMT Sybex. The total value of the Contract was £6.84M over a period of 6 years. The Contract is due to expire in June 2021.

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) requires a further extension of its original contract for an additional 4 years. This extension is seen as a modification under the

provisions outlined in regulation 72 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

Regulation 72 provides that contracts may be modified without a new procurement procedure in any of a number of cases, including:

“(1) (b) for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor that have become necessary and were not included in the

original procurement, where a change of contractor —

(i) cannot be made for economic or technical reasons such as such as requirements of interchangeability or interoperability with existing

equipment, services or installations procured under the initial procurement, and

(ii) would cause significant inconvenience or substantial duplication of costs for the contracting authority,

(iii) provided that any increase in price does not exceed 50% of the value of the original contract;

In this case, DAERA will seek to rely on the modification provisions of 72(1)(b) as a transfer to a new contractor would be impossible due to IPR reasons. APHIS requires sufficient cover for maintenance and support to allow it to continue to provide essential services to the Agri Food sector in Northern Ireland. The APHIS system is extremely complex and its data is considered business critical to the agri-food sector and mission critical to the delivery of the business of Veterinary Service Animal Health Group within DAERA. The introduction of a new supplier would undoubtedly cause technical difficulties and issues with a potential liability in terms of maintenance and data integrity.

This modification does not require an increase in contract value

Publisher note: The date shown in this Voluntary Transparency Notice section v.2.1 is defaulted at the date the Authority issued the notice to the journal.

• AMT SybexAwarded supplierThe Spirella Building , Bridge Road Letchworth Garden City, UKContact emailShow contact details

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