Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-12-30
Buyer: Department for Infrastructure — Rivers
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 71353100 | 71354400 | 72000000
Estimated value: 472500 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-01-26
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Υπηρεσίες τεχνολογίας των πληροφοριών: παροχή συμβουλών, ανάπτυξη λογισμικού, Διαδίκτυο και υποστήριξη
The hydrometric section within DfI-Rivers operates the Northern Ireland surface water hydrometric network, mainly for flood defence, water quality and water resource purposes. The hydrometric section acts as coordinator and provided advice and dissemination for meteorological information provided by the Met Office. It is an objective of the DfI–Rivers that hydrometric staff has the necessary equipment, support and are competent, through training and experience, to carry out their duties. DfI-Rivers is now inviting tenders for the provision of equipment, services and training. It is intended that one sole contractor shall be appointed for a period of up to 3 years with a further option to extend for 1 year to deliver all the requirements detailed within the tender documents.
The figure indicated in II.1.5 represents the upper limit of an estimated contract value which ranges from (315 000 GBP to 472 500 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 notice of unsatisfactory performance and the contract may be terminated. The effect of the notice will be to enable any department, at its discretion, to exclude the supplier from future procurement competitions being undertaken for a period of 3 years. 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: 472500