Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-06-19
Buyer: Department of Finance
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 72221000: Business analysis consultancy services
Estimated value: 120000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2020-07-21
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: DoF — Development of the Outline Business Case (OBC) for the Replacement of Existing Finance, Payroll and HR Technology Including Implementation and Ongoing Support Services
The Central Government Transformation Programme (CGTP), within the Department of Finance (DoF) has been established to provide for the optimal next generation delivery of finance, HR and payroll systems and services to all existing central government customers. The existing contracts for finance, HR and payroll services and systems have been in place for more than a decade and are now approaching expiry. In order to deliver on the CGTP outcomes it is necessary to develop and assess options for the next generation of service delivery. This assignment is to appoint a contractor to work with the CGTP team to develop the outline business case for the procurement of future technology and its related supporting services both during and post implementation, as set out in the specification schedule.
Contract monitoring. The successful contractor’s performance on this contract will be managed as per the specification and regularly monitored (see Procurement Guidance Note 01/12 — Contract Management — Procedures and Principles). 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 this contract may be terminated. A central register of such notices for supplies and services contracts will be maintained and published on the CPD website. Any contractor in receipt of a notice of unsatisfactory performance will be required to declare this in future tender submissions for a period of three years from the date of issue of the notice. It may also 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. The authority expressly reserves the rights:
(i) not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice;
(ii) to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering competition;
(iv) to award contract(s) in stages and in no circumstances will the authority be liable for any costs incurred by candidates.
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 contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. This provides time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.


Award value: 120000