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title: "ID 1406165 - NICS Identity Assurance service - Support and Maintenance"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-03b80a"
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buyer: "DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE - DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION SERVICE"
published: "2023-05-10"
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# ID 1406165 - NICS Identity Assurance service - Support and Maintenance

Buyer: DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE - DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION SERVICE  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03b80a

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## Summary

The Department of Finance - Digital Transformation Service has awarded a contract to Civica UK Ltd for the provision of NICS Identity Assurance service - Support and Maintenance. The procurement falls under the services category specifically for IT services including consulting, software development, and Internet support. The contract was signed on 3rd January 2019 and is valued at £856,475. The procurement was carried out through a limited procurement method without prior publication of a call for competition. The procurement process has now reached the award stage.

This tender presents opportunities for businesses in the IT industry to engage in support and maintenance services. Companies specialising in IT consulting, software development, and Internet support are well-suited to compete for this contract. The contract duration is 1800 days, with the possibility of amendments for additional works or services. The buying organisation is the Department of Finance - Digital Transformation Service located in Belfast, United Kingdom.

## Notice

The Department of Finance is placing this voluntary transparency notice to alert economic operators of its intention to modify the NICS Identity Assurance (NIDA) Support and Maintenance 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

The Department of Finance have a contract with Civica for NICS Identity Assurance (NIDA) Support and Maintenance.

Options: The contract was awarded for an initial period of 2 years, with 2 further optional extension periods of 1 year each. The contract was modified to allow for one additional extension year to end on 2 January 2024.

### Procurement Information

The authority will rely on regulation 72(1)(b) Additional works, services or supplies "have become necessary" and were not included in the initial procurement and a change of supplier would not be practicable (for economic, technical or interoperability reasons) and would involve substantial inconvenience/duplication of costs - provided the change does not exceed 50% of the value of the original contract.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/013349-2023 |
| 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 | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 10 May 2023 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 3 Jan 2019 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £1,831,950 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE - DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION SERVICE |
| Locality | BELFAST |
| Post town | Northern Ireland |
| Postcode | BT4 3SX |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| ITL 1 | TLN Northern Ireland |
| ITL 2 | TLN0 Northern Ireland |
| ITL 3 | TLN06 Belfast |
| Local authority | Belfast |
| Electoral ward | Stormont |
| Westminster constituency | Belfast East |
| Delivery location | TLN Northern Ireland |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | CIVICA |

## 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
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

## Release History

- 10 May 2023 at 14:22 - AwardUpdate - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/013349-2023
- 3 Apr 2023 at 08:34 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009586-2023

## Notice URLs

- https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
- https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:005435-2019:TEXT:EN:HTML
- https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk

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