Notice Information
Notice Title
DoF Land and Property Services Abbacus Extension DAC 109/23
Notice Description
This is a Direct Award Contract which will enable the Department of Finance's Land and Property Services to use the current Abbacus solution until the replacement system is in implemented. This contract will be for 3 years with an additional contingency of up to 39 x 1 month extension options.
Lot Information
Lot 1
This is a Direct Award Contract which will enable the Department of Finance's Land and Property Services to use the current Abbacus solution until the replacement system is in implemented. This contract will be for 3 years with an additional contingency of up to 39 x 1 month extension options. Additional information: Contract Duration is from 7 April 2024 - 31 December 2026 with the option to extend for an additional period of up to 39 months
Options: Additional contingency of up to 39 x 1 month extensions
Procurement Information
The award of this contract is justified under Regulation 32 (B)(iii) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 in that only iTS Computing due to exclusive rights of their IPR can provide support and maintenance to the toolkit that is used to make changes to the Abbacus system. The Abbacus system comprises of a number of components provided by a range of suppliers who are under contract with iTS Computing and each of whom have exclusive rights to their own IPR.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-045059
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/011274-2024
- 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
72222300 - Information technology services
72268000 - Software supply services
72300000 - Data services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £20,253,000 £10M-£100M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 8 Apr 20241 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 7 Apr 20241 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
- DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE , LAND AND PROPERTY SERVICES
- Contact Name
- SSDAdminCPDfinance-ni.gov.uk
- Contact Email
- strategicdelivery.cpd@finance-ni.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BELFAST
- Postcode
- BT1 3LP
- 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
-
- Local Authority
- Belfast
- Electoral Ward
- Central
- Westminster Constituency
- Belfast South and Mid Down
Further Information
Notice URLs
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