Official UK procurement notice
ID 5299226 TEO - Equality Commission for Northern Ireland - ICT Support Services Equality House
Authority: Equality Commission for Northern Ireland (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Executive Office - Equality Commission for Northern Ireland - ICT Support Services for Equality House
CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 20 Mar 2024, 15:46 GMT
- Last source update
- 8 Apr 2024, 10:26 BST
- Authority reference
ID 5299226- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-011227- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-044aecFind 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
There are derogations under the regulations to award a contract to a single supplier where the supplies or services can only be supplied by a particular supplier for the following reason:-
i) in cases of extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseen or attributable to the contracting authority, where the time limits for the open, restricted or competitive procedures with negotiation cannot be compiled with (regulation 32(2)(c)).
Due to unforeseen circumstances the Equality Commission will be without IT support from the end of March and it would not be possible to complete a competitive tender exercise given the timescales involved. This award is for a short term DAC (for a period of up to one year) to provide cover until a new service model can be established (either via internal NICS IT service provision or following a competitive tender exercise). The technical complexities
together with the timescales / duration appear to suggest that the contract would not be a viable commercial opportunity for the market.
- Review procedure
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..
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 construction and procurement delivery (CPD) for. further. action. If this occurs and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels. within the specified period, this may be. considered grounds for termination of the contract at. your expense as provided for in the Conditions of Contract. In lieu of termination,. CPD may. issue a Notice of Written Warning or a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance. A supplier in. receipt of multiple Notices of Written. Warning or a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance. may, in accordance with The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended), be. excluded. from future public procurement competitions for a period of. up to three years
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cyber Security NISME | £275,000 † | — | Awarded |
| CYBER SECURITY N.I. LTDSMEContract | £264,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract · CYBER SECURITY N.I. LTDSME
- Signed
- 5 Apr 2024
- Value
- £264,000
- Status
- active
Contract 009074-2024-1 · Cyber Security NISME
- Signed
- 20 Mar 2024
- Value
- £275,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- 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 amendedReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- CYBER SECURITY N.I. LTDAwarded supplier
- Cyber Security NIAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.