Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-12-20
Buyer: Tourism NI
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 48612000: Database-management system | 48780000 | 48783000 | 72000000 | 72212000: Platform-specific software programming services
Estimated value: 2000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2020-01-20
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Υπηρεσίες τεχνολογίας των πληροφοριών: παροχή συμβουλών, ανάπτυξη λογισμικού, Διαδίκτυο και υποστήριξη
Tourism NI require a supplier to deliver a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) e-Tourism solution to support its tourism development, including consumer, travel trade and MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Events) markets. A specification of requirements for this work includes: the delivery of a destination management system, including development of websites for Tourism NI consumer and MICE audiences and the potential roll out of the platform to up to 11 Local Councils and other key partners, the supply of the backend database and software applications to deliver the functionality requested. Tenderers must note that there may be workload fluctuations at different time periods of the year. Tourism NI would like to have the option to roll out all of the functionality of the platform to up to 11 Local Councils and other industry partners.
The figure indicated in II.1.5) represents the upper limit of an estimated contract value which ranges from (1 000 000 GBP to 2 000 000 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 12 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 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. 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: 2000000