Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2023-08-25
Buyer: Department of Finance
Country: IE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 72000000 | 72200000 | 72230000: Custom software development services | 72250000: System and support services | 72260000: Software-related services
Estimated value: 4000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2023-09-22
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Υπηρεσίες τεχνολογίας των πληροφοριών: παροχή συμβουλών, ανάπτυξη λογισμικού, Διαδίκτυο και υποστήριξη
The Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB) is seeking to appoint a Contractor to provide hosting, full support, and customisation services in relation to the Jems Electronic Monitoring System along with the provision of a full-service managed support portal for the delivery of the PEACEPLUS Programme. The contract will commence upon contract award for an initial period of 5 years.
The Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB) is seeking to appoint a Contractor to provide hosting, full support, and customisation services in relation to the Jems Electronic Monitoring System along with the provision of a full service managed support portal for the delivery of the PEACEPLUS Programme. The contract will commence upon contract award for an initial period of 5 years.
There will be 2 optional extension periods of any period up to, and including, 24 months each, subject to budgetary approval and satisfactory performance.
A new European Union funded programme “PEACEPLUS” has been designed to support peace and prosperityacross Northern Ireland and the border counties of Ireland, building upon the work of the previous PEACE andINTERREG Programmes. The design reflects the importance of peace-building activity, but also the importanceof actions that will contribute positively to the economy, building prosperity
The figure indicated in Section II 1.5 represents an estimated contract value. This value reflects the potential scale of the contract, however, neither CPD nor the Authority can provide any guarantee as to the level of business under this contract. The Contracting Authority does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender. Economic Operators remain responsible for all costs and expenses.
incurred by them. or by any third party acting under instructions from the Economic Operator in connection with taking part in this procurement process regardless of whether such costs arise as a consequence, directly or indirectly of any amendments made to the procurement documents by the Contracting Authority at any time. No legally binding contract shall arise (and an
Economic Operator shall have no legitimate expectation that a contract will be entered into) until such time as entry into the Contract has been confirmed by the Contracting Authority. Economic Operators should note that all dates, time periods and figures in relation to values and volumes specified in this notice and the procurement documents are approximate only and the Contracting Authority reserves the right to change any or. all of them. 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 CPD for further action. If this occurs and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, it may be regarded as an act of grave professional. misconduct and they may be issued with a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance and the contract may be terminated. The issue of a. Notice of unsatisfactory Performance will result in the contractor being excluded from all procurement
competitions being undertaken by. Centres of Procurement Expertise on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Procurement Policy for a period of twelve months. from the date of issue of the Notice..
The Contracting Authority will comply with the requirements of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as


Award value: 4000000