Official UK procurement notice
ID 4198777 DfE - Consumer Council - Website design, development, hosting and support
Authority: The Consumer Council for Northern Ireland (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionConsumer Council for Northern Ireland is placing this voluntary transparency notice to alert economic operators of its intention to modify the value of this contract to facilitate additional development, support and maintenance of its website to continue to meet business needs in accordance with Regulation 72 (1) (b) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. This transparency notice does not place any obligation on the Authority to enter into this modification.
CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Internet services · Provider services · Web page editing software development services · Web server software development services · World wide web (www) site design services · World wide web (www) site operation host services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1ID 4198777 DfE - Consumer Council - Website design, development, hosting and support -…AwardedPublished value£141,000
ID 4198777 DfE - Consumer Council - Website design, development, hosting and support - see Specification for further details
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 · 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 18 Nov 2022, 11:43 GMT
- Last source update
- 2 Dec 2025, 10:39 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 19 Dec 2022 – …
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-078787- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-038667Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
In order to perform additional website development, support & maintenance to meet business needs, Consumer Council for Northern Ireland require an increase to contract value to ensure continuity of service through to expiry of contract term. The Authority will be relying on Regulation 72(1)(b) Additional works, services or supplies “have become necessary” and were not included in the initial procurement, and a change of supplier would not be practicable (for economic, technical or interoperability and would involve substantial inconvenience/duplication of costs. This modification is for a total of £67,250 giving a revised contract value of £242,100.
- Review procedure
CPD will comply with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and has incorporated a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. This provides time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.
Publisher note: The successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored. Contractors not delivering on contract requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If a contractor fails to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified time, they still fail to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance, the matter will be escalated to senior management in CPD for further action. If this occurs and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, it may be regarded as an act of grave professional misconduct and they may be issued with a Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance and the contract may be terminated. The issue of a Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance will result in the contractor being excluded from all procurement competitions being undertaken by Centres of Procurement Expertise on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Procurement Policy for a period of twelve months from the date of issue of the certificate.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 19 Dec 2022, 15:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 19 Dec 2022, 15:30 GMT
Timeline
19 Dec 2022 → 2 Dec 2025 · 4 dates- Submission deadline19 Dec 2022, 15:00 GMT
- Bids opened19 Dec 2022, 15:30 GMT
- Bids must remain valid until19 Mar 2023, 23:59 GMT
- Notice published329 days ago2 Dec 2025, 10:39 GMT
Notice history
3 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 10 Jan 2023- Status changed to complete10 Jan 2023, 14:14 GMT
- Procurement method changed17 Nov 2025, 16:22 GMT
- Buyer details updated17 Nov 2025, 16:22 GMT
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2022-11: 1 release · 18 Nov 2022
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| BT48.COM LTDSMEContract | £134,500 † | — | Awarded |
| BT48.COM LTDSME | £242,100 † | — | Awarded |
| BT48.COM LTDSME | £242,100 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract · BT48.COM LTDSME
- Signed
- 4 Jan 2023
- Value
- £134,500
- Status
- active
Contract 074522-2025-1 · BT48.COM LTDSME
- Signed
- 4 Jan 2023
- Value
- £242,100
- Status
- active
Contract 078787-2025-1-1 · BT48.COM LTDSME
- Signed
- 4 Jan 2023
- Value
- £242,100
- Status
- active
- Change In order to perform additional website development, support & maintenance to meet business needs, Consumer Council for Northern Ireland require an increase to contract value to ensure continuity of service through to expiry of contract term. The Authority will be relying on Regulation 72(1)(b) Additional works, services or supplies “have become necessary” and were not included in the initial procurement, and a change of supplier would not be practicable (for economic, technical or interoperability and would involve substantial inconvenience/duplication of costs. This modification is for a total of £67,250 giving a revised contract value of £242,100., Need for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire: The Authority will be relying on Regulation 72(1)(b) Additional works, services or supplies “have become necessary” and were not included in the initial procurement, and a change of supplier would not be practicable (for economic, technical or interoperability and would involve substantial inconvenience/duplication of costs
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- The Consumer CouncilContracting authorityBody governed by public lawGeneral public services
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 2015Review body
- The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures. 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 as amended.Review body
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- BT48.COM LTDAwarded supplier
- BT48.COM LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria