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title: "ID 1599587 DoF-DSS-Digital Toolkit Support and Development"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-041d32"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE — DIGITAL SHARED SERVICES"
published: "2023-11-28"
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# ID 1599587 DoF-DSS-Digital Toolkit Support and Development

Buyer: DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE — DIGITAL SHARED SERVICES  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-041d32

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## Summary

The Department of Finance (DoF) is seeking a contractor to provide NICS and digital shared services for the development and delivery of digital solutions aimed at meeting strategic objectives. The procurement is in the services category, with the main focus on IT services including consulting, software development, and support. The tender, titled "ID 1599587 DoF-DSS-Digital Toolkit Support and Development," has been awarded to Stiona Software Ltd. The procurement method is limited, negotiated without the publication of a contract notice.

This tender by the Department of Finance offers opportunities for businesses in the IT services industry to provide application development, testing, user experience, enterprise solutions, and data analytics. Companies specialising in digital solutions and software development are well-suited to compete. The contract, valued between £5,500,000 and £11,000,000, involves providing external ICT support services to assist the Department in delivering a complex portfolio of ICT-enabled change programmes, offering potential for long-term collaboration and business growth.

## Notice

The Department Finance (DoF) is seeking to procure a contractor to provide NICS and digital shared services with the facility to develop and deliver digital solutions to meet strategic objectives in the most cost effective way through use of the digital toolkit. The services required include application development, testing, user experience, enterprise solutions, delivery, support and data analytics. The external ICT support services will assist the department in the delivery of a complex, interdependent and high profile portfolio of ICT enabled change programmes.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The Department Finance (DoF) is seeking to procure a contractor to provide NICS and digital shared services with the facility to develop and deliver digital solutions to meet strategic objectives in the most cost effective way through use of the digital toolkit. The services required include application development, testing, user experience, enterprise solutions, delivery, support and data analytics. The external ICT support services will assist the Department in the delivery of a complex, interdependent and high profile portfolio of ICT enabled change programmes. Additional information: Contract estimated spend is between the range of 5 500 000 GBP -- 11 000 000 GBP. Actual spend will be dependent on customer uptake and volume of work

Options: The client may at any time before the completion of the contract period invite the contractor to agree to extend for any period up to and including 24 months commencing from the termination date of the original contract period

### Procurement Information

As the supplier holds exclusive rights to the IDHub and are currently undertaking a range of development services (ie Public appointments, PRONI invoicing, Fireworks licensing etc) which due to technical necessity must be permitted to continue to allow for transition of all services to in-house ITA EDD over the next two years. 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. The increased additional expenditure is within the 50% cap of the original contract. This will permit the ITA EDD to continue critical services. This modification request is for PS2,240,000

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/035016-2023 |
| 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 | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 28 Nov 2023 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 12 Mar 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 | £11,000,000 |

## 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 SHARED SERVICES |
| Locality | BELFAST |
| Post town | Northern Ireland |
| Postcode | BT1 4NN |
| 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 | STIONA SOFTWARE |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

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

## Release History

- 28 Nov 2023 at 10:16 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/035016-2023

## Notice URLs

- https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
- https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:155334-2019:TEXT:EN:HTML

## Provenance

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