Notice Information
Notice Title
ID 5828449 - TEO - Equality Commission - Provision of IT Support to Equality House ALBs and NIHRC
Notice Description
In its capacity as Lead Tenant for organisations based in Equality House and the NI Human Rights Commission, ECNI requires a contract for the provision of IT Support Services. The Contract will be for an Implementation period of up to 8 weeks, followed by an Initial period of 3 years with the option to extend for two further periods of up to 24 months each.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: Following contract award there will be an implementation period of approximately 8 weeks prior to commencement of the Initial Term. Optional extension periods will be subject to review and satisfactory performance assessment by the Contracting Authority.
Planning Information
Prospective Suppliers were invited to participate in a Pre-Market Engagement activity via eTendersNI on 20/11/2024. The closing date for Clarifications was 02/12/2024, and the deadline for receipt of responses to the Engagement activity was 06/12/2024. A PME Questionnaire was published, giving Suppliers an overview of an upcoming tender opportunity for IT Support Services for Equality House and its ALBs. The Questionnaire sought prospective Tenderer's responses on various aspects of the upcoming tender opportunity, including Pricing Model, current network infrastructure, project timescales, IPR, IT Security requirements, Incident Response Targets and Social Value. No further engagement was undertaken following receipt of Supplier responses to the Questionnaire, other than through requesting feedback from any Suppliers who declared an interest in the questionnaire but did not provide a response.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-050701
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/057996-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK7 - Contract Details Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- 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
72250000 - System and support services
72500000 - Computer-related services
72510000 - Computer-related management services
72511000 - Network management software services
72600000 - Computer support and consultancy services
72610000 - Computer support services
72611000 - Technical computer support services
72700000 - Computer network services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £1,916,666 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £1,916,666 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- £1,742,100 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- £1,742,100 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 19 Sep 20255 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 27 Aug 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 30 Jun 2025Expired
- Award Date
- 3 Sep 20255 months ago
- Contract Period
- 30 Sep 2025 - 25 Nov 2028 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- 2032-05-17
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- EQUALITY COMMISSION FOR 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
- BT2 7DP
- 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
- Sydenham
- Westminster Constituency
- Belfast East
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/057996-2025
19th September 2025 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/054002-2025
4th September 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/043168-2025
25th July 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/016788-2025
24th April 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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