Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-02-26
Buyer: Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 48000000 | 72000000
Estimated value: 250000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2019-03-26
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: CFT1627370 — DAERA — The Development and Maintenance of the Northern Ireland Air Quality Website and Provision of Specialist Air Quality Services
CFT1627370 — DAERA — The Development and Maintenance of the Northern Ireland Air Quality website and provision of specialist air quality services. The creation of an air quality website has provided a portal for access to information on air quality for Northern Ireland. The Website and Archive has proved to be a primary source of air pollution information in Northern Ireland for district councils, government departments, consultants, academics and the general public. It is the client's intention to maintain this website and further enhance it by the addition of optional new features within this renewal contract. This contract is the continuation of the collation and dissemination of data and information about air pollution in Northern Ireland via a dedicated website. The website must display timely information on actual or predicted exceedances of alert thresholds and any information relating to this relayed to the public.
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.


Award value: 250000