Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2017-03-17
Buyer: Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
Country: UK
Region: Northern Ireland
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Contract award without prior publication
CPV classification: 72212983 | 72220000: Systems and technical consultancy services | 72222300: Information technology services | 72223000: Information technology requirements review services | 72224000: Project management consultancy services
Estimated value: 24000000 GBP

Technical requirements: The Central Procurement Directorate is placing this transparency notice to alert economic operators of its plan to modify a contract in accordance with Regulation 72. 1. (b) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The scope of this contract remains true to the original procurement and the services required are as specified. The contract is being modified up to the value of 2 400 000 GBP.
The next critical milestones involve the development of enhanced capability for the EU Environmental Farming Scheme (EFS), refinement of the key controls to the claims process, advance payments for October 2017, processing 95 % of Basic Payment Scheme payments to farmers by December 2017 and meeting an EU mandated 50 percent uptake target for DAERA's Geospatial Aid Application (GSAA). This is coupled with increasingly complicated requirements for new services, such as the integration of Northern Ireland Food and Animal Information System (NIFAIS) into DAERA enterprise environment and integration and upgrading of Environmental Marine Fisheries Group (EMFG) systems (70) into DAERA environment.
The Central Procurement Directorate is placing this transparency notice to alert economic operators of its plan to modify a contract in accordance with Regulation 72. 1. (b) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The scope of this contract remains true to the original procurement and the services required are as specified. The contract is being modified up to a maximum 2 400 000 GBP. The regulations allow for a contract to be modified without a new procurement procedure under the following circumstances which are relevant to the DAERA requirement; for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor that have become necessary and were not included in the initial procurement, where a change of contractor— i. cannot be made for economic or technical reasons such as requirements of interchangeability or interoperability with existing equipment, services or installations procured under the initial procurement, and ii. would cause significant inconvenience or substantial duplication of costs for the contracting authority. provided that any increase in price does not exceed 50 per cent of the value of the original contract; Regulation 72. 2. states that where successive modifications are made, the 50 per cent limitation shall apply to the value of each modification. However consecutive modifications shall not be aimed at circumventing the regulations.
This transparency notice to alert economic operators of its plan to modify a contract in accordance with Regulation 72 (1) (b) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The scope of this contract remains true to the original procurement and the services required are as specified. The contract is being modified by 2 400 000 GBP.
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).


Winner: Neueda Consulting Ltd
Award value: 24000000