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Published 11 Jun 2021, 12:35 BST

Official UK procurement notice

C1105 - SCADA Services Provision

Official notice

Authority: NI Water and its subsidiaries

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£2,758,000exc. VAT26.9% above published estimate
Submissions closed 14 Jul 2021awarded 26 Aug 2021
Awarded to NICOMPUTING LTD

What is being bought

Published requirement description

These SCADA systems are used to provide enhanced monitoring and control at NI Water treatment Works, with both local and remote capabilities it is also used for reporting purposes both internally and to regulatory bodies such as DWI and NIEA. Site SCADA systems are critical to the efficient running of a treatment plant, failure of such systems carries with them financial penalties to the business, increased operational difficulties and adverse publicity relating to NI Water operations and its customer experience. NI Water wishes to procure a Contract to facilitate the supply of configuration, installation and commissioning services in support of SCADA software installed at NI Water sites during the life time of the proposed Contract. It is envisaged that this activity may encompass services provision to accommodate: i. Services at new or upgraded treatment works as required by Asset Delivery (AD) and Business Improvement (BI) projects ii. SCADA Base Maintenance – supply of supplementary SCADA technical services at treatment works as required during the lifetime of the Contract.

  • Recurrence: This contract is for an initial period of 5 years with the option to extend for 2 one year periods.. Therefore the replacement contract is expected to be in 5-7 years.

CPV: Computer-related services · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Software configuration services · Software consultancy services · Software development services · Software implementation services · Software maintenance and repair services · Software programming and consultancy services · Software reproduction services · Software support services · Software-related services · System and support services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£2,758,000
Delivery: UK, Northern Ireland
Extensions: This contract has an initial period of 5 years, with the option to extend for 1 + 1 years. · This contract is for an initial period of 5 years with the option to extend for an additional 2 one year periods.Variant bids: not allowed

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: 50%Price: 50%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality: 50%
  • Cost: 50%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 50%
  • Cost: 50%
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 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 · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/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

Yes · This contract is for an initial period of 5 years with the option to extend for 2 one year periods.. Therefore the replacement contract is expected to be in 5-7 years.

First published
11 Jun 2021, 12:35 BST
Last source update
26 Aug 2021, 12:05 BST
Award evaluation window
14 Jul 2021 – …
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-021137
Classification (CPV)
Computer-related servicesIT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportSoftware configuration servicesSoftware consultancy servicesSoftware development servicesSoftware implementation servicesSoftware maintenance and repair servicesSoftware programming and consultancy servicesSoftware reproduction servicesSoftware support services
+2 moreSoftware-related servicesSystem and support services
Delivery area
UKNorthern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02bb00 Find a Tender

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
14 Jul 2021, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
14 Jul 2021, 12:30 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

14 Jul 2021 → 10 Jan 2022 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    14 Jul 2021, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    14 Jul 2021, 12:30 BST
  3. Notice published
    26 Aug 2021, 12:05 BST
  4. Bids must remain valid until
    10 Jan 2022, 23:59 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    26 Aug 2021, 12:05 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £3,500,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 21 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 26 Aug 2021
Awarded toValueDateStatus
NICOMPUTING LTDSMEContract£3,500,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract · NICOMPUTING LTDSME

    Signed
    26 Aug 2021
    Value
    £3,500,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids · 2 electronic · 1 from abroad1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NI Water and its subsidiaries

Contracting authorityWater Westland House, Belfast, UK, BT14 6TEContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • NI WaterReview body Belfast

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • NICOMPUTING LTDAwarded supplier 11 Chestnut Gardens, BELFAST, UK, BT14 6LNContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.