Notice Information
Notice Title
Northern Ireland Assembly Commission - Maintenance and Support of Legislative Work Bench 3 (LWB3)
Notice Description
BR-075-2023 Northern Ireland Assembly Commission - Maintenance and Support of Legislative Work Bench 3 (LWB3)
Lot Information
Lot 1
BR-075-2023 Northern Ireland Assembly Commission - Maintenance and Support of Legislative Work Bench 3 (LWB3) Additional information: The Northern Ireland Assembly Commission requires Propylon Ltd. to provide productmaintenance and support ensuring continuity of service during the period in which a newsolution will be procured and implemented, in accordance with Regulation 32 of the PublicContracts Regulations PCR 2015.
Options: After the first 12 month contract there is one option to extend for a further 12 month period.
Procurement Information
The Northern Ireland Assembly Commission is relying on derogation 32(2)(b)(ii) of the Public Contracts Regulations (PCR) 2015 as an exception to open competition that allows for contracts to be awarded without competition in circumstances where competition is absent for technical reasons. In this case, Propylon Ltd. own the rights to the underlying computer program therefore support and maintenance of the program is exclusive to them and cannot be purchased from another provider. The Northern Ireland Assembly Commission is currently assessing options to replace this software.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-03f069
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026102-2023
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
-
- CPV Codes
72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £204,000 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 4 Sep 20232 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 15 Aug 20232 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NI ASSEMBLY COMMISSION
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- procurementniassembly.gov.uk
- Contact Email
- procurement@niassembly.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BELFAST
- Postcode
- BT4 3XX
- Post Town
- 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
- TLN Northern Ireland, TLN06 Belfast
-
- Local Authority
- Belfast
- Electoral Ward
- Stormont
- Westminster Constituency
- Belfast East
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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