Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2019-05-21
Buyer: Department of Education
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive dialogue
CPV classification: 48000000 | 48800000 | 48810000: Information systems | 50324100 | 72000000
Estimated value: 5907509 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Υπηρεσίες τεχνολογίας των πληροφοριών: παροχή συμβουλών, ανάπτυξη λογισμικού, Διαδίκτυο και υποστήριξη
The Contracting Authority has a requirement to procure a teachers’ pension system which will build on the current solution though enhanced to fully exploit changing technology and new business opportunities in a digital first context. The Contracting Authority will require a strategic partner to:
— successfully introduce/deploy a modern, fit for purpose, fully functional teachers’ pension system, with no interruption to current ongoing services and seamlessly taking over from them, and
— complete the data migration from the current system, system design, development and user testing before deployment.
The Contracting Authority has a requirement to procure a teachers’ pension system which will build on the current solution though enhanced to fully exploit changing technology and new business opportunities in a digital first context. The Contracting Authority will require a strategic partner to:
— successfully introduce/deploy a modern, fit for purpose, fully functional teachers’ pension system, with no interruption to current ongoing services and seamlessly taking over from them, and
— complete the data migration from the current system, system design, development and user testing before deployment.
This competition was conducted in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 “the Regulations” and the Authority used the competitive dialogue procedure which is governed by Regulation 30 of the regulations.
The figure indicated in II.1.5 represents the contract award value. The figure in II.2.4 represents the potential value of the contract over. The maximum contract term which ranges from 5 900 000 GBP to 10 000 000 GBP. This range reflects the potential scale of the contract and takes into account changes and potential. modifications to the contract that may be required due to legislative, operational and technological developments and/or additional. functions and services that DE may be required to provide during the contract term. The pricing strategy applied and the setting of cost, profit margins are a commercial decision for economic operators when submitting a bid for this competition. The Authority will determine precisely what optional services may be required during the term of the contact. In addition, to the optional services, the Authority reserves the right to modify and vary the contract to provide for additional services that are complementary. to the services to be provided under the DE Teachers’ Pension System Contract in order to address future departmental functions and requirements and/or additional ICT requirements, such as:
— services that allow for enhancements and developments to be created, implemented and maintained throughout the system,
— services that develop, assist, maintain and improve the functionality, operation, or performance of the system,
— services to facilitate, assist and support the integration of the system with other systems used by DE and/or other systems used by the Northern Ireland Civil service,
— services providing for and enabling adjustments to the system to reflect legislative, operational and technological developments. In relation to the detailed services detailed above and following the award of the DE Teachers’ Pension System Contract, the department reserves the right to resort to the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice pursuant to Regulation 32 (9) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015. Any date given in Section IV above is a best estimate at the time of dispatch of this notice. The Contracting Authority reserves the right to extend any such date. Social Benefit Objectives. Buy Social clauses may apply to this contract requiring the contractor to deliver measurable targets for the employment of ‘new entrant trainees’. The term “new entrant trainee” includes apprentices, professional trainees, student placements and trainees in support and administration roles. Further information on the inclusion of Buy Social clauses can be accessed at http://buysocialni.org/
Contract monitoring. 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 construction and procurement delivery 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 written warning and notice of unsatisfactory performance and this contract may be terminated. The issue of a notice of written warning and notice of unsatisfactory performance may 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 up to 3 years from the date of issue of the notice.


Winner: Civica UK Ltd
Award value: 5907509
Number of bids: 3