Notice Information
Notice Title
Development, Maintenance and Support of the Livestock and Meat Commission's Farm Quality Assurance Scheme (FQAS) Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Database
Notice Description
This procurement is for the on-going development, support and maintenance of the Northern Ireland Beef and Lamb Farm Quality Assurance Scheme (NIBL FQAS) Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Database. LMC uses the NIBL FQAS CRM database to manage and operate this NIBL FQAS on a daily basis. In order to operate NIBL FQAS effectively and efficiently a database is required to store information in relation to NIBL FQAS participant's membership, registration, inspection and certification.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: This Contract will be for an initial period of 3 years and six months, from the Effective Date as stated on the Award Letter. This includes an implementation period of up to six months. There will be an option to extend the contract for a further 3 periods of 2 years e.g. 3.5+2+2+2 years. Optional extension periods will be subject to review and satisfactory performance assessment by the Contracting Authority.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-050c9b
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/037547-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- 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
50 - Repair and maintenance services
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
-
- CPV Codes
50312110 - Maintenance of mainframe computers
72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
72253000 - Helpdesk and support services
72500000 - Computer-related services
72610000 - Computer support services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £1,600,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £1,600,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- £1,600,000 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- £1,600,000 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 4 Jul 20257 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 2 Jun 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 19 Jun 20258 months ago
- Contract Period
- 1 Jul 2025 - 1 Jan 2028 2-3 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
- LIVESTOCK AND MEAT COMMISSION FOR NORTHERN IRELAND (LMC)
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Northern Ireland Civil Service
- Contact Email
- ssdadmin.cpd@finance-ni.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LISBURN
- Postcode
- BT28 2LU
- 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/037547-2025
4th July 2025 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/034071-2025
20th June 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/018891-2025
2nd May 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
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