Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-04-25
Buyer: Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
Country: UK
Region: Northern Ireland
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 72000000 | 72140000 | 72212170 | 72212730 | 72212732
Estimated value: 80000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-06-07
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs wishes to establish contractual arrangements for the Provision of ICT Services and Solutions to assist in the delivery of ICT enabled change programmes. The services include application development, technical delivery support, business intelligence, testing, GIS and data management. The services and solutions will assist in delivering line of business software solutions and outcomes. It is anticipated the contract will be awarded by Aug 2017. The Contract will be awarded in 2 lots Lot 1 Digital Solution Development and Lot 2 Business Intelligence and Data Analytics. Please note that this competition has been published without budget approval in the expectation that this will be in place by the time the contract is to be awarded. In the event that approval is not received, the value or term may be adjusted or there maybe no award made. Tenderers should take this into account when deciding whether to bid for this opportunity.
The Initial Contract Period will be for 2 years with a further possible extension of 3 years and a further extension of 2 years. The will be dependent on budgets being available. Please note that this competition has been published without budget approval in the expectation that this will be in place by the time the contract is due to be awarded. In the event that approval is not received, the value or term of the Contract may be adjusted or there may be no award made. Tenderers should take this into account when deciding whether to bid for this opportunity.
The figure indicated in II.1.5 represents the upper limit of an estimated contract value which ranges from 10 000 000 GBP to 70 000 000 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 Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs wishes to establish contractual arrangements for the Provision of ICT Services and Solutions to assist in the delivery of ICT enabled change programmes. The services include application development, technical delivery support, business intelligence, testing, GIS and data management. The services and solutions will assist in delivering line of business software solutions and outcomes. It is anticipated the contract will be awarded by Aug 2017. The Contract will be awarded in two lots Lot 1 Digital Solution Development and Lot 2 Business Intelligence and Data Analytics. Please note that this competition has been published without budget approval in the expectation that this will be in place by the time the contract is to be awarded. In the event that approval is not received, the value or term may be adjusted or there maybe no award made. Tenderers should take this into account when deciding whether to bid for this opportunity.
The Initial Contract Period will be for 2 years with a further possible extension of 3 years and a further extension of 2 years. The will be dependent on budgets being available. Please note that this competition has been published without budget approval in the expectation that this will be in place by the time the contract is due to be awarded. In the event that approval is not received, the value or term of the Contract may be adjusted or there may be no award made. Tenderers should take this into account when deciding whether to bid for this opportunity.
The figure indicated in II.1.5 represents the upper limit of an estimated contract value which ranges from 1 000 000 GBP to 7 000 000 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.
In the context of the NI Executive's Sustainable Development Strategy 2010 and the Department's strategic goals relating to prosperity and well-being, it is working to implement the Buy Social approach through this procurement — see www.buysocialni.org . The Buy Social requirements for this contract are outlined within Annex D and Schedule 11 of the conditions of contract. All bidders are required to complete and return the Buy Social response document with their tenders.  Strategic Investment Board (SIB) in partnership with DAERA and Central Procurement Directorate (CPD) will hold an Information day on Monday 15.5.2017 to brief bidders on the Buy Social requirement included in this competition (see Annex D, Schedule 11 and the Buy Social response document).. It is anticipated that this will be one morning session. If attendance figures exceed the room availability CPD reserve the right to hold an afternoon session as well. Notification on this will be issued.. Please indicate your interest and names of attendees via the messaging portal by 11.5.2017. Please note this will be restricted to two per company. Please read the following in conjunction with LOT 1 11.2.4-. The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs wishes to establish contractual. arrangements for the Provision of ICT Services and Solutions to assist in the delivery of ICT enabled change programmes. The services. include application development, technical delivery support, business intelligence, testing, GIS and data management. The services and. solutions will assist in delivering line of business software solutions and outcomes. It is anticipated the contract will be awarded by Aug 2017. The Contract will be awarded in two lots Lot 1 is Digital Solution Development .. Please note that this competition has been published without budget approval in the expectation that this will be in place by the time the. contract is to be awarded. In the event that approval is not received, the value or term may be adjusted or there maybe no award made.. Tenderers should take this into account when deciding whether to bid for this opportunity. Please read the following in conjunction with LOT 2 11.2.6. The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs wishes to establish contractual. arrangements for the Provision of ICT Services and Solutions to assist in the delivery of ICT enabled change programmes. The services. include application development, technical delivery support, business intelligence, testing, GIS and data management. The services and. solutions will assist in delivering line of business software solutions and outcomes. It is anticipated the contract will be awarded by Aug 2017. The Contract will be awarded in two lots Lot 2 is Business Intelligence and Data Analytics. Please note that this competition has been published without budget approval in the expectation that this will be in place by the time the. contract is to be awarded. In the event that approval is not received, the value or term may be adjusted or there maybe no award made. Tenderers should take this into account when deciding whether to bid for this opportunity.
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: 80000000