Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-10-05
Buyer: Department for Infrastructure
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 48000000 | 48600000 | 72000000
Estimated value: 3300000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-11-06
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: DfI Roads and Rivers/Streetworks, PPP and NS IT Projects — NISRANS — Northern Ireland Street Works Register 2019
The Department for Infrastructure (NI) (The “Authority”) proposes to procure a replacement electronic street works and notification register (NISRANS) on behalf of NIRAUC. This managed service, to be hosted by the chosen contractor in a secure environment, is required from the 5.5.2019 and must cover the full range of street works activity in Northern Ireland involving the notification, registration, inspection and co-ordination of all works covered by the Street Works (NI) Order 1995 (as amended in 2007) and all associated Regulations made under the Order. The initial contract period is for a duration of 5 years and approx. 6 months (the first approx. 6 months will include the implementation phase followed by 5 years following Service commencement (Go Live)). There is also the option to extend this contract by a further 2 periods of 2 years from the end date of the initial contract period.
The Department for Infrastructure (NI) (The “Authority”) proposes to procure a replacement electronic street works and notification register (NISRANS) on behalf of NIRAUC. This managed service, to be hosted by the chosen contractor in a secure environment, is required from the 5.5.2019 and must cover the full range of street works activity in Northern Ireland involving the notification, registration, inspection and co-ordination of all works covered by the Street Works (NI) Order 1995 (as amended in 2007) and all associated Regulations made under the Order. The initial contract period is for a duration of 5 years and approx. 6 months (the first approx. 6 months will include the implementation phase followed by 5 years following Service commencement (Go Live)). There is also the option to extend this contract by a further two periods of two years from the end date of the initial contract period.
The initial contract period is for a duration of 5 years and approx. 6 months (the first approx. 6 months will include the implementation phase followed by 5 years following Service commencement (Go Live)). There is also the option to extend this contract by a further 2 periods of 2 years from the end date of the initial contract period.
The figure indicated in II.2.6 represents the upper limit of an estimated contract value up to 3 300 000 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 figure indicated in II.1.5 represents the upper limit of an estimated contract value up to 3 300 000 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 notice of unsatisfactory performance and the contract may be terminated. The issue of a notice satisfactory 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 notice. 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: 3300000