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title: "ID 2612780 -DfE - Tourism NI Tourism Business Hub and Website Development"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-02f431"
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buyer: "DFE TOURISM NORTHERN IRELAND"
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# ID 2612780 -DfE - Tourism NI Tourism Business Hub and Website Development

Buyer: DFE TOURISM NORTHERN IRELAND  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-02f431

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## Summary

The Department for Economy (DfE) Tourism Northern Ireland is conducting a procurement process titled "ID 2612780 -DfE - Tourism NI Tourism Business Hub and Website Development". This project falls under the services category, specifically involving database software development services, and is located in Belfast, UK. The procurement is at the award stage, with a contract value of £827,175 signed on 6th March 2020. This modification notice, dated 5th November 2021, comes as part of a limited procurement method, with the intention to add additional services not originally included in the initial procurement documents.

This tender presents a significant opportunity for IT service providers, particularly those specialising in web development, content management systems, and database management solutions. Businesses that can integrate with Microsoft Dynamics and offer a comprehensive software solution tailored for the tourism sector will find themselves well-placed to compete. Firms capable of handling fluctuating workloads throughout the year will particularly benefit from this contract extension, fostering growth within the recovery phase post-pandemic.

## Notice

DfE - Tourism NI is placing this voluntary transparency notice to alert economic operators of its intention to modify the Tourism NI Tourism Business Hub and Website Development contract in accordance with Regulation 72 (1) (b) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. This transparency notice does not place any obligation on the Authority to enter into this modification.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Tourism NI require a Contractor to deliver a solution to provide the NI tourism industry with a "one-stop-shop" tourism business hub as well as a corporate "shopfront" for the hub which will contain all necessary corporate information. A specification of requirements for this work is outlined below; this includes:- The delivery of a Tourism Business Hub including the development of our corporate website, the full integration with Microsoft Dynamics and software applications to deliver the functionality requested. Contractor(s) must note that there may be workload fluctuations at different time periods of the year.

Options: The Contract commenced on the 6 March 2020 for 2 years. There are 3 additional optional extension options of 1 year each.

### Procurement Information

To allow TNI to complete critical work that has become necessary through recovery following the pandemic, it is permissible to rely on regulation 71(1)(b) as the required work was not included in the initial procurement documents and a change of supplier would not be practical practicable (for economic, technical or interoperability reasons) and would involve substantial inconvenience/duplication of costs. This is not a modification for any additional time, but for additional services at PS275,725 required within the contract term.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027844-2021 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 5 Nov 2021 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 6 Mar 2020 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £827,175 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | DFE TOURISM NORTHERN IRELAND |
| Locality | BELFAST |
| Post town | Northern Ireland |
| Postcode | BT2 7ES |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| ITL 1 | TLN Northern Ireland |
| ITL 2 | TLN0 Northern Ireland |
| ITL 3 | TLN06 Belfast |
| Local authority | Belfast |
| Electoral ward | Central |
| Westminster constituency | Belfast South and Mid Down |
| Delivery location | TLN Northern Ireland |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | MADE TO ENGAGE |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 48 - Software package and information systems
- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

### Codes

- 48000000 - Software package and information systems
- 48612000 - Database-management system
- 48780000 - System, storage and content management software package
- 48783000 - Content management software package
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- 72212600 - Database and operating software development services
- 72212610 - Database software development services
- 72212780 - System, storage and content management software development services
- 72212783 - Content management software development services

## Release History

- 5 Nov 2021 at 14:15 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027844-2021

## Notice URLs

- https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
- https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:122319-2020:TEXT:EN:HTML

## Provenance

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