Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2020-07-02
Buyer: Northern Ireland Housing Executive
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 72000000 | 72500000

Technical requirements: Υπηρεσίες τεχνολογίας των πληροφοριών: παροχή συμβουλών, ανάπτυξη λογισμικού, Διαδίκτυο και υποστήριξη
The NIHE requires an IT system to support management and maintenance of the grounds asset register and management of grounds maintenance service contracts with external contractors and in-house direct labour organisation for circa 1370 ha public open spaces. Only suppliers whose products meet the criteria in section ll.2.4) below are invited to register their interest.
NIHE are interested in engaging with suppliers who currently provide a grounds maintenance IT solution to organisations who generate in excess of 8 000 works orders per annum. The Housing Executive's open spaces include; 1 242 ha grass, 130 000 trees and shrubbery/hedges/hard surfaces. We are interested in engaging with suppliers who currently provide IT systems which match the following criteria:
• grounds asset register to maintain asset history and associated features/categorisations for circa 60 000 plots;
• integration with Housing Executive GIS/grounds asset mapping system data based on Irish grid, including in-house developed web apps, for management and maintenance of grounds asset;
• creation and management of scheduled cyclical work programmes and non-routine works for grounds maintenance contracts including schedule of rates, bills of quantities and budget profiling;
• works order generation and contractor payments processing including interface to organisation’s finance system;
• contractor performance management including parameter-based inspections generation/processes, variation orders and pre/post contract reports;
• reporting functionality including management dashboard options and data dictionary/data extract options to support use of in-house Data Analytics reporting services.
If your product meets the above criteria and you would like to register your interest, please e-mail your company's interest to kathryn.mcgonagle@nihe.gov.uk by 12.00 noon on Friday 10 July 2020 giving your contact details i.e. name, job title, email address and contact telephone number. Please ensure only one representative from your organisation registers interest.
NIHE may wish to follow up with a questionnaire and subsequently hold interviews on submitted questionnaires and/or hold demonstrations of products to seek further information.
NIHE are not looking for a product to be developed. Only suppliers who have a developed product should register their interest.
This notice is for information only and the publication of this notice does not oblige NIHE to commence any competitive tender process. The information contained in this notice, including (but not limited to) the description and classification of the requirements, CPV codes, and the estimated date of publication of contract notice, is indicative only and NIHE reserves the right to amend it at any time without notice. NIHE shall not be liable for any costs, expenses or liabilities incurred by those participating in this notice in any way.