Find a TenderAwarded without competition

Published 18 Feb 2025, 11:47 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Chief Information Office (CIO) Consultancy Support Services

Official notice

Authority: Northern Ireland Electricity Networks Limited (Public body)

Framework agreementServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: UKNorthern Ireland (UKN)

Framework ceiling (notional)Value not publishedframework ceiling, not attributable revenue

Awarded 17 Feb 2025no call for competition

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Award of Chief Information Office (CIO) Professional Services and as associated under a Direct Award, covering Implement Target Operating Model, Process Tooling enablement and Implement Data Classification model.

CPV: Computer support and consultancy services · Hardware consultancy services · Information technology services · Software programming and consultancy services · Systems and technical consultancy services

How this framework works

From the published notice

Bids received: 1 bids received · 1 suppliers appointed

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Award of Chief Information Office (CIO) Professional Services and as associated under…Awarded

Award of Chief Information Office (CIO) Professional Services and as associated under a Direct Award, covering Target Operating Model implementation, Process Tooling enablement, and Data Classification model implementation. Additional information: A competitive procurement exercise to source this requirement from another vendor is not possible due to the need to progress the outputs urgently.

Delivery: UK, Northern Ireland

72100000 Hardware consultancy services 72200000 Software programming and consultancy services 72220000 Systems and technical consultancy services 72600000 Computer support and consultancy services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement: Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 18 Feb 2025, 11:47 GMT
Last source update: 24 Mar 2025, 13:15 GMT
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-010893
Classification (CPV): Computer support and consultancy servicesHardware consultancy servicesInformation technology servicesSoftware programming and consultancy servicesSystems and technical consultancy services
Delivery area: UKNorthern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04e32d Find a Tender

Why no open competition: Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the contracting authority/entity and in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive
Published justification: A competitive procurement exercise to source this requirement from another vendor is not possible due to the need to progress the outputs urgently.

Publisher note: A competitive procurement exercise to source this requirement from another vendor is not possible due to the need to progress the outputs urgently.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Suppliers appointed 1admitted to the panel · see the list ↓

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 2latest 17 Feb 2025

2 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

All 2 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £962,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.

Chief Information Office (CIO) Professional Services
Signed
17 Feb 2025
Value
ceiling above
Status
active
Chief Information Office (CIO) Consultancy Support Services
Signed
17 Feb 2025
Value
ceiling above
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Northern Ireland Electricity Networks

Contracting authorityPublic bodyElectricity 120 Malone Road,, Belfast,, Northern Ireland, BT9 5HTContact email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

High Court of Justice in Northern IrelandMediation body Belfast
Northern Ireland Electricity Networks LimitedReview body Belfast
Northern Ireland Electricity Networks LtdReview body Belfast

Framework contractors & participating bidders

1 commercial party on the notice

IBM United Kingdom LimitedFramework contractor PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO6 3AU, PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO6 3AU, UK, PO6 3AU

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.