Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-11-15
Buyer: Department for Economy — Invest Northern Ireland
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 48450000 | 72000000 | 72212450 | 72212517 | 72222300: Information technology services
Estimated value: 750000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-12-19
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Services de développement de logiciels d'enregistrement des horaires ou de logiciels de gestion des ressources humaines
Invest NI was formed in April 2002 to be Northern Ireland's main business development agency. It is a Non-Departmental Public Body (NDPB) operating under the Department for the Economy (DfE) with an overall mission to deliver expertise and resources to accelerate the creation and growth of business committed to and capable of, being entrepreneurial, innovative and international. Invest NI has approximately 650 staff, spread across its Bedford Square headquarters, a Regional Office Network, comprising 8 offices across Northern Ireland and a number of overseas offices. Invest NI have a requirement for the provision, implementation, support and maintenance of a Human Resources Management Information System which must encompass the following system requirements: — A Human Resources Information Management System (HRIMS); — Learning Management System (LMS); and — E-recruitment system.
After the initial Contract period there will be an option to extend for 2 further periods of 2 years each.
Prior to the expiry of the second 2 year extension period, Invest NI will assess whether the system is sustainable, still fit for purpose and meets the organisation's needs. Subject to this approval and obtaining the additional budget, Invest NI may wish to extend the Support and Maintenance of the system on an annual basis.
The figure indicated in II.1.5 represents the upper limit of an estimated contract value which ranges from (500 000 GBP to 750 000 GBP). This range reflects the potential scale of the contract and takes into account such changes to the scope and/or scale which may result from future operational requirements. 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. In addition, neither CPD nor the Authority can provide any guarantee as to the level of business under this contract. Contract Monitoring. 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 Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance and the contract may be terminated. The issue of a Certificate 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 certificate. This contract will not be awarded in Lots as a single supplier is required.
CPD will comply with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and, where appropriate, will incorporate a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision.


Award value: 750000