Official UK procurement notice
ID 4309224 DfI - CAD Additional Support Services and Autodesk Licensing Contract 2022
Authority: Department for Infrastructure (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Department for Infrastructure (DfI) (Northern Ireland) has a requirement for:
- third party software support services for civil and structural engineering Computer Aided Design (CAD) software on networked PCs
- packaging / preparing (and potentially installing) CAD software upgrades to all relevant PCs, including packaging upgrades into one-click installations
- user training after the upgrades
- CAD training in a range of CAD software
- ad hoc consultancy in connection with the above
- supply of Autodesk software licence. Tenderers should refer to the Specification Schedule for more details on the services required.
CPV: Computer-aided design (CAD) software development services · Document creation, drawing, imaging, scheduling and productivity software package · Drawing and imaging software package · Software programming and consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedWhat it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality: 10%
- Cost: 90%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 10
- Cost: 90
- Price carries 90 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 9 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 · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 25 Nov 2022, 13:39 GMT
- Last source update
- 26 Jan 2023, 13:15 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 29 Dec 2022 – …
- Authority reference
ID 4309224- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-002420- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03886eFind a Tender
- Review procedure
CPD comply with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) and... where appropriate, will incorporate 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 Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance and the contract may be terminated. The issue of a... Notice 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 Notice. This contract will not be awarded in Lots as a single supplier is required.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 29 Dec 2022, 15:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 29 Dec 2022, 15:30 GMT
Timeline
29 Dec 2022 → 29 Mar 2023 · 4 dates- Submission deadline29 Dec 2022, 15:00 GMT
- Bids opened29 Dec 2022, 15:30 GMT
- Notice published26 Jan 2023, 13:15 GMT
- Bids must remain valid until29 Mar 2023, 23:59 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete26 Jan 2023, 13:15 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| PENTAGON SOLUTIONS NI LTDSMEContract | £525,883 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract · PENTAGON SOLUTIONS NI LTDSME
- Signed
- 26 Jan 2023
- Value
- £525,883
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids · 2 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
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 PCR2015 as amendedReview 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
1 commercial party on the notice- PENTAGON SOLUTIONS NI LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria