Notice Information
Notice Title
ID 5897841 - DAC 39/25 - DOF - LPS - Avgen Support and Maintenance
Notice Description
This contract is for the provision of Support and Maintenance of the Avgen application to maintain capability and business continuity to deliver asset valuations for financial reporting purposes until transfer to the new 'asset valuation' application.
Procurement Information
This Direct Award to a single supplier is justified on the grounds set out under paragraph 6 of Schedule 5 of Procurement Act 2023 where the following conditions are met in relation to the public contract - Page 4 to 6 (a)due to an absence of competition for technical reasons, only a particular supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and (b)there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04fd60
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/018125-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK7 - Contract Details Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Direct
- Procurement Method Details
- Direct award
- 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
- £370,000 £100K-£500K
- Contracts Value
- £370,000 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 30 Apr 20259 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 4 Apr 202510 months ago
- Contract Period
- 30 Apr 2025 - 31 Mar 2027 1-2 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE (NORTHERN IRELAND)
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- ssdadmin.cpd@finance-ni.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BELFAST
- Postcode
- BT3 9ED
- 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
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Belfast
- Electoral Ward
- Sydenham
- Westminster Constituency
- Belfast East
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/018125-2025
30th April 2025 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014729-2025
11th April 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/013105-2025
4th April 2025 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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