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Published 10 Mar 2022, 10:54 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Request for Information (RFI) - Microsoft 365 Transformation and Delivery Partner

Official notice

Authority: NI Water and its subsidiaries

ServicesOpen procedure
Budget not disclosed£1exc. VAT
Submissions closed 24 Mar 2022

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This RFI is a general market enquiry to identify and engage with Microsoft 365 Transformation and Delivery Partners who can deliver a Service Transition Team for the migration and implementation of Microsoft 365 (M365) for Northern Ireland Water. We are seeking to understand the market offering, and in particular, the financial investment required to migrate and implement M365 from our current O365 set-up. Please refer to the RfI document for further detail.

CPV: Computer support and consultancy services · Computer-related services · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Programming services of packaged software products · Software programming and consultancy services · Software-related services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 50%Price: 50%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality: 50%
  • Cost: 50%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 50
  • Cost: 50
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 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
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Closed
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
10 Mar 2022, 10:54 GMT
Last source update
10 Mar 2022, 10:54 GMT
Award evaluation window
24 Mar 2022 – …
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-006555
Classification (CPV)
Computer support and consultancy servicesComputer-related servicesIT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportProgramming services of packaged software productsSoftware programming and consultancy servicesSoftware-related services
Delivery area
UKNorthern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-032035 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
24 Mar 2022, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
24 Mar 2022, 12:30 GMT

Timeline

10 Mar 2022 → 22 Jun 2022 · 4 dates
  1. Notice published
    10 Mar 2022, 10:54 GMT
  2. Submission deadline
    24 Mar 2022, 12:00 GMT
  3. Bids opened
    24 Mar 2022, 12:30 GMT
  4. Bids must remain valid until
    22 Jun 2022, 23:59 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NI Water and its subsidiaries

Contracting authorityWater Westland House, Belfast, UK, BT14 6TEContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • NI WaterReview body Belfast

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.