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Published 2 Feb 2021, 17:08 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

MOD 14/21 - ID 1458670 - Invest NI - Provision of Drupal Migration and Support Services

Official notice

Authority: Invest Northern Ireland (Central government)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN)
Awarded value£774,394published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 22 Aug 2018no call for competition
Awarded to NEUEDA LTD

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Invest NI wish to extend the provision of Drupal Migration and Support Services in accordance with

Regulation 72 (1) (c) due to the unforeseen impact of the Covid 19 Pandemic which increased the number of website developments and amendments significantly in addition to implications of the EU exit impacting on business operations.

CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Invest NI appointed a Contractor to migrate, configure, maintain and support its key…

Invest NI appointed a Contractor to migrate, configure, maintain and support its key corporate websites

on the Drupal 8 platform. The scope of this contract included the following services:

  • Design and build of a Drupal 8 environment including operating systems on supplied hardware, and with separate instances, suitable for all Invest NI corporate websites including the future migration of NIBusinessInfo;
  • Migration to Drupal 8 and provision of ongoing support and maintenance including operating system patching for the following Invest NI websites from the date the sites have been successfully migrated; InvestNI.com; NIConnections.com; BuyNIFood.com; and # Invest NI Corporate Intranet.
  • Future planned migration of nibusinessInfo.co.uk to Drupal 8
  • Provision of ongoing support and maintenance;
  • Provision of Drupal technical and development resource through additional development days in support of our internal development team.
Delivery: Northern Ireland
Extensions: This contract started on the Contract Commencement Date and will run for an initial period of three years and up to nine months.There are also seven 7 optional extension periods of one 1 year i.e. 3 years plus 9 months + 1 year + 1 year + 1 year + 1 year + 1 year +1 year + 1 year.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
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
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
2 Feb 2021, 17:08 GMT
Last source update
2 Feb 2021, 17:08 GMT
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-002087
Classification (CPV)
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-028f7d Find a Tender
Why no open competition
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification

This is to allow for the provision of necessary services required for the contract, due to unforeseen reasons. The Contractor is the sole supplier of these services and is permissible under the PCR 2015 Regulations 72 1 (c).

Review and risk notes
Review procedure

The Public Contract Regulations 2015 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). The authority will incorporate a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) before this contract is awarded.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £774,3941 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 22 Aug 2018
Awarded toValueDateStatus
NEUEDA LTD£774,394 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 002087-2021-1 · NEUEDA LTD

    Signed
    22 Aug 2018
    Value
    £774,394
    Status
    active

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Invest Northern Ireland

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawGeneral public services Bedford Square, Bedford Street, BELFAST, UK, BT2 7ESContact email

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 Belfast

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • NEUEDA LTDAwarded supplier 11th Floor Lanyon Plaza, West Tower, 8 Lanyon Place, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT1 3LPContact email

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.