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*Pre-Market Engagement Questionnaire* Northern Ireland Assembly - Legislative Drafting Solution

NI ASSEMBLY

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18 Jan 2024 at 16:42

Summary of the contracting process

The Northern Ireland Assembly Commission has initiated a preliminary market engagement exercise to award a contract for a Legislative Drafting Solution. This exercise will help gauge market interest before the formal procurement process begins. Interested parties must submit completed questionnaires via the messaging function on eTendersNI under reference ID 4837655 by 3PM on Monday 12 June 2023. The procurement stage is currently at the award phase, and the main procurement category is services in the IT industry.

This tender opportunity offers businesses in the consulting, software development, and support services sector a chance to participate in providing a Legislative Drafting Solution to the Northern Ireland Assembly Commission. Companies well-versed in IT services and software development would be suitable candidates to compete for this contract. The procurement method for this opportunity is an open procedure, providing a transparent process for interested businesses to engage with the Northern Ireland Assembly Commission.

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Notice Title

*Pre-Market Engagement Questionnaire* Northern Ireland Assembly - Legislative Drafting Solution

Notice Description

*This is not a tender exercise* The Northern Ireland Assembly Commission is currently preparing to initiate a procurement process to award a contract for a Legislative Drafting Solution. Prior to initiating the procurement, the Commission wishes to establish the level of market interest in participating in the procurement process. At this stage, any information gathered through this market consultation exercise may inform internal business planning and any possible subsequent procurement process and will NOT be appraised in any future tender evaluation exercise. Please note that participation or non-participation in this preliminary market consultation exercise shall not prevent any provider participating in any potential procurement process, nor is it intended that any information supplied shall place any provider at an advantage or disadvantage in any forthcoming procurement process. For the avoidance of doubt, this is the scoping phase of the project and is not part of a formal procurement process. Further information including the questionnaire can be downloaded from CfT Documents. There are no formal tender documents to be completed other than the questionnaire. **PLEASE NOTE: ALL COMPLETED QUESTIONNAIRES MUST BE SUBMITTED VIA THE MESSAGING FUNCTION on eTendersNI (under reference ID 4837655), BEFORE 3PM ON MONDAY 12 JUNE 2023**

Lot Information

Lot 1

*This is not a tender exercise* The Northern Ireland Assembly Commission is currently preparing to initiate a procurement process to award a contract for a Legislative Drafting Solution. Prior to initiating the procurement, the Commission wishes to establish the level of market interest in participating in the procurement process. At this stage, any information gathered through this market consultation exercise may inform internal business planning and any possible subsequent procurement process and will NOT be appraised in any future tender evaluation exercise. Please note that participation or non-participation in this preliminary market consultation exercise shall not prevent any provider participating in any potential procurement process, nor is it intended that any information supplied shall place any provider at an advantage or disadvantage in any forthcoming procurement process. For the avoidance of doubt, this is the scoping phase of the project and is not part of a formal procurement process. Further information including the questionnaire can be downloaded from CfT Documents. There are no formal tender documents to be completed other than the questionnaire. **PLEASE NOTE: ALL COMPLETED QUESTIONNAIRES MUST BE SUBMITTED VIA THE MESSAGING FUNCTION on eTendersNI (under reference ID 4837655), BEFORE 3PM ON MONDAY 12 JUNE 2023**

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-042e51
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001833-2024
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
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Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

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

72200000 - Software programming and consultancy services

72230000 - Custom software development services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
18 Jan 20242 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
18 Jan 20242 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Unsuccessful
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
NI ASSEMBLY
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

Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)

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