---
title: "ID 2434961 -- DfE TNI -- Destination Management System"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-040cc2"
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source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "TOURISM NI"
published: "2023-10-17"
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# ID 2434961 -- DfE TNI -- Destination Management System

Buyer: TOURISM NI  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-040cc2

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## Summary

The Tourism NI recently completed a procurement process for a Platform-as-a-service (PaaS) eTourism solution known as "ID 2434961 — DfE TNI — Destination Management System". The contract aimed to support tourism development across various markets including consumer, travel trade, and MICE. The procurement method used was a limited negotiation without the publication of a contract notice. The contract was awarded to New Mind Internet Consultancy Trading as Simpleview Europe Ltd, with a contract value of £1,836,060. The buying organization, Tourism NI, based in BELFAST, United Kingdom, was the contracting authority.

This tender for the eTourism solution provides business growth opportunities for companies specializing in IT services, consulting, software development, and Internet support. Businesses well-suited to compete include those experienced in delivering Platform-as-a-service solutions with expertise in the tourism industry. The contract offers potential growth prospects in the tourism sector and involves an initial contract period of 2 years with optional extension periods up to 3 years. The procurement stage has progressed from the tender to award phase, with the contract signed on 19th February 2020.

## Notice

Tourism NI procured a contract to deliver a Platform-as-a-service (PaaS) eTourism solution to support its tourism development, including consumer, travel trade and MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences and events) markets. As the level of support for the original contract was severely underestimated, Tourism NI require a modification of the contract value to deliver the required additional development, required technical fixes or amends for the key consumer facing discovernorthernireland.com.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Tourism NI procured a contract to deliver a Platform-as-a-service (PaaS) eTourism solution to support its tourism development, including consumer, travel trade and MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences and events) markets. As the level of support for the original contract was severely underestimated, Tourism NI require a modification of the Contract value to deliver the required additional development, required technical fixes or amends for the key consumer facing discovernorthernireland.com.

Options: Initial contract period: 2 years optional extension periods: + 1 year, +1 year, +1 year.

### Procurement Information

Tourism NI procured a contract to deliver a Platform-as-a-service (PaaS) eTourism solution to support its tourism development, including consumer, travel trade and MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences and events) markets. As the level of support for the original contract was severely underestimated, Tourism NI require a modification of the Contract value to deliver the required additional development, required technical fixes or amends for the key consumer facing discovernorthernireland.com. The modification value required is PS918,030 In addition the supplier has built this website to allow for collaborative integration with local councils therefore there are technical reasons that the current Supplier would be the only supplier that could complete this work. In accordance with 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/030640-2023 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Negotiated without publication of a contract notice |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 17 Oct 2023 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 19 Feb 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 | £1,836,060 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | TOURISM NI |
| 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 | NEW MIND INTERNET CONSULTANCY TRADING AS SIMPLEVIEW EUROPE |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

### Codes

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

## Release History

- 17 Oct 2023 at 14:55 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/030640-2023

## Notice URLs

- https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
- https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:091220-2020:TEXT:EN:HTML

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