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Tender

19 Feb 2025 at 12:41

Planning

20 Jan 2022 at 13:05

Summary of the contracting process

The Department of Finance (DoF) Land and Property Services (LPS) in Northern Ireland is conducting a tender process for the "DoF LPS Valuation Delivery Partner Project". This project falls under the IT services category and aims to digitally transform property valuation processes. The procurement stage is currently active with the deadline for tender submission set for 3rd April 2025. The procurement employs the Competitive Procedure with Negotiation under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, with an estimated contract value of GBP 90 million. The contract will commence for an initial term of thirteen years, potentially extendable up to sixteen years.

This tender presents significant business growth opportunities, particularly for companies specialising in IT consulting, software development, and digital transformation services. Businesses capable of delivering flexible, adaptable, and technologically advanced ICT solutions with user-centric features and integrated public-facing applications should consider participating. The project involves significant digital transformation, making it ideal for firms experienced in implementing comprehensive and scalable digital solutions in the public sector. The success of the contractor will be monitored regularly, ensuring that high standards of performance are met throughout the contract period.

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Notice Title

DoF LPS Valuation Delivery Partner Project

Notice Description

Land and Property Services (LPS) is the statutory authority responsible for assessing and collecting property taxation in Northern Ireland. LPS is gearing up for a significant digital transformation aimed at enhancing its property valuation processes. In NI there are in the region of 825,500 Domestic properties, 72,000 Non-Domestic properties and 2,700 properties that contain an element of both domestic and non-domestic. The Directorate also provides a full range of non-rating valuation services to the public sector in Northern Ireland. LPS advises authorities on disposal and acquisition of land, market valuations and property advice, and both before and after valuations for vesting, on all aspects of compulsory purchase and negotiate compensation claims on their behalf. Valuation Services provides valuations (capital and rental) of land and property for a wide range of purposes, including calculations for assessment of benefits and business planning. The specific aims and objectives of this Valuation Delivery Partner Project are to: * implement a digital solution and service operating model which provides ICT functionality and business processes (including automated business processes) to support users to undertake the range of Valuation Services; * ensure that the procured ICT digital solution is flexible and adaptable to support future changes in business needs, supports data driven decision making, business process automation and is monitored and updated over time to embrace new technology that improves the user experience; * ensure the procured ICT digital solution is user friendly, customer-focused, geospatially enabled, supports web-based technologies, digital self-service platforms and provides a range of digital first ICT functionality that is capable of integrating with public facing applications (e.g. contact centre services, portals, 3rd party payment engines, authentication tools), line of business applications and back-office functions that supports intuitive and efficient case management and self-service offering the potential for delivering citizen centric public services; and * ensure the procured ICT solution provides Application Programme Interfaces (API's) to allow integration with other LPS ICT systems and databases, government services and external systems, adopts an event driven architecture approach and complies with the wider Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS) 'digital first' policy.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Land and Property Services (LPS) is the statutory authority responsible for assessing and collecting property taxation in Northern Ireland. LPS is gearing up for a significant digital transformation aimed at enhancing its property valuation processes. In NI there are in the region of 825,500 Domestic properties, 72,000 Non-Domestic properties and 2,700 properties that contain an element of both domestic and non-domestic. The Directorate also provides a full range of non-rating valuation services to the public sector in Northern Ireland. LPS advises authorities on disposal and acquisition of land, market valuations and property advice, and both before and after valuations for vesting, on all aspects of compulsory purchase and negotiate compensation claims on their behalf. Valuation Services provides valuations (capital and rental) of land and property for a wide range of purposes, including calculations for assessment of benefits and business planning. The specific aims and objectives of this Valuation Delivery Partner Project are to: * implement a digital solution and service operating model which provides ICT functionality and business processes (including automated business processes) to support users to undertake the range of Valuation Services; * ensure that the procured ICT digital solution is flexible and adaptable to support future changes in business needs, supports data driven decision making, business process automation and is monitored and updated over time to embrace new technology that improves the user experience; * ensure the procured ICT digital solution is user friendly, customer-focused, geospatially enabled, supports web-based technologies, digital self-service platforms and provides a range of digital first ICT functionality that is capable of integrating with public facing applications (e.g. contact centre services, portals, 3rd party payment engines, authentication tools), line of business applications and back-office functions that supports intuitive and efficient case management and self-service offering the potential for delivering citizen centric public services; and * ensure the procured ICT solution provides Application Programme Interfaces (API's) to allow integration with other LPS ICT systems and databases, government services and external systems, adopts an event driven architecture approach and complies with the wider Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS) 'digital first' policy. Additional information: The estimated contract value indicated in Section II.1.5 and II.2.6 represents the potential value of the contract over the maximum contract period which ranges from PS75,000,000 GBP to PS90,000,000 GBP exclusive of VAT. This is an estimated range only and the Department reserves the right to award for a lower or higher amount. This range reflects the potential scale of the contract and takes into account changes and potential modifications to the contract that may be required that could not be identified or foreseen at the time of this procurement exercise but which are complementary to the services to be provided to ensure that the Valuation operational service is maintained, upgraded and enhanced over its lifetime. It is envisaged that such modifications would be made without requiring a new procurement procedure in accordance with Regulation 72 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. This range does not however take into account the application of indexation or increases to charges due to increases in the Real Living Wage. Neither CPD nor the Contracting Authority can provide any guarantee as to the level of business under this contract. The Contracting Authority does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender. Economic Operators remain responsible for all costs and expenses incurred by them or by any third party acting under instructions from the Economic Operator in connection with taking part in this procurement process regardless of whether such costs arise as a consequence, directly or indirectly of any amendments made to the procurement documents by the Contracting Authority at any time. No legally binding contract shall arise (and an Economic Operator shall have no legitimate expectation that a contract will be entered into) until such time as entry into the Contract has been confirmed by the Contracting Authority. Economic Operators should note that all dates, time periods and figures in relation to values and volumes specified in this notice and the procurement documents are approximate only and the Contracting Authority reserves the right to change any or all of them. Additional CPV codes are:.48800000-Information systems and servers. 48200000-Networking, Internet and intranet software package. 48220000 : Internet and intranet software package. 48300000 : Document creation, drawing, imaging, scheduling and productivity software package. 48310000 : Document creation software package. 48318000 : Scanner software package. 48320000 : Drawing and imaging software package. 48326000 : Mapping software package. 48326100 : Digital mapping system. 48329000 : Imaging and archiving system. 48600000 : Database and operating software package. 48610000 : Database systems. 48611000 : Database software package. 48612000 : Database-management system. 48810000-Information systems. 48000000-Software package and information systems.48442000-Financial systems software package. 48900000-Miscellaneous software package and computer systems

Options: The Contract will commence on the Effective Date with an implementation period of two (2) years and five months. The contract will then run for a period of ten (10) years and seven (7) months until expiry of the initial term (thirteen (13) years total), with the potential to extend for up to three (3) years for a maximum term duration of sixteen (16) years.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-030d43
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005821-2025
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Planning, Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planning Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Competitive procedure with negotiation
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

64 - Postal and telecommunications services

66 - Financial and insurance services

71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

75 - Administration, defence and social security services

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security


CPV Codes

64210000 - Telephone and data transmission services

66112000 - Deposit services

66170000 - Financial consultancy, financial transaction processing and clearing-house services

71354000 - Map-making services

71354100 - Digital mapping services

71354200 - Aerial mapping services

71355000 - Surveying services

71355200 - Ordnance surveying

72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

72100000 - Hardware consultancy services

72200000 - Software programming and consultancy services

72210000 - Programming services of packaged software products

72212200 - Networking, Internet and intranet software development services

72212211 - Platform interconnectivity software development services

72212220 - Internet and intranet software development services

72212326 - Mapping software development services

72212400 - Business transaction and personal business software development services

72212482 - Business intelligence software development services

72212517 - IT software development services

72212600 - Database and operating software development services

72212610 - Database software development services

72212732 - Data security software development services

72212900 - Miscellaneous software development services and computer systems

72220000 - Systems and technical consultancy services

72222300 - Information technology services

72224100 - System implementation planning services

72227000 - Software integration consultancy services

72228000 - Hardware integration consultancy services

72230000 - Custom software development services

72250000 - System and support services

72260000 - Software-related services

72268000 - Software supply services

72300000 - Data services

72316000 - Data analysis services

72317000 - Data storage services

72320000 - Database services

72322000 - Data management services

72400000 - Internet services

72500000 - Computer-related services

72700000 - Computer network services

72900000 - Computer back-up and catalogue conversion services

75100000 - Administration services

79410000 - Business and management consultancy services

79500000 - Office-support services

79571000 - Mailing services

79800000 - Printing and related services

79940000 - Collection agency services

79990000 - Miscellaneous business-related services

79999000 - Scanning and invoicing services

79999100 - Scanning services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£90,000,000 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
£90,000,000 £10M-£100M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
19 Feb 20251 years ago
Submission Deadline
3 Apr 2025Expired
Future Notice Date
1 Jul 2022Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Active
Lots Status
Active
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Department of Finance, Land and Property Services
Additional Buyers

Department of Finance Land and Property Services

Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
BELFAST
Postcode
BT1 3LP
Postcode Area
Northern Ireland
Country
Northern Ireland

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLN Northern Ireland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLN0 Northern Ireland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLN06 Belfast
Delivery Location
TLN0 Northern Ireland

Local Authority
Belfast
Electoral Ward
Central
Westminster Constituency
Belfast South and Mid Down

Further Information

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