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Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Ref: (2022/S 000-026302/EN)
Nature of contract: Service contract
Procedure: Open procedure
Type of bid required: Global bid

Contract notice
Services

Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Official name: Police Service of Northern Ireland PSNI ICS
Postal address: Lislea Drive
Town: BELFAST
Postal code: BT9 7JG
Country: United Kingdom
Contact Person: SSDAdmin.CPDfinance-ni.gov.uk
Email: SSDAdmin.CPD@finance-ni.gov.uk
Internet address(es):
Main address:
Address of the buyer profile:

The contract is awarded by central purchasing body
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge,at:
Additional information can be obtained from:
the above mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted:
electronically via:
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Public order and saftey

Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title: ID 4428086 PSNI – Provision, Implementation, Configuration and Support and Maintenance of a Police Pensions Administration System

Reference number: ID 4428086
II.1.2) Main CPV code: 72000000
II.1.3) Type of contract: Services
II.1.4) Short Description: The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) are currently seeking the supply, installation, configuration and support and maintenance of a Police pensions administration software solution. The solution will be for the administration of pension schemes for police officers only. The requirement is for a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) pension administration solution. Please refer to document ID 4296570 – Specification for more details on the services required.
II.1.5) Estimated total value:
Value excluding VAT: 2000000.00 Currency: GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots:
The contract is divided into lots: no
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
66520000, 66500000, 72220000, 72227000, 72230000, 72260000, 72300000, 72320000, 75320000, 48443000

II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code:
II.2.4) Description of the procurement:
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) are currently seeking the supply, installation, configuration and support and maintenance of a Police pensions administration software solution. The solution will be for the administration of pension schemes for police officers only. The requirement is for a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) pension administration solution. Please refer to document ID 4296570 – Specification for more details on the services required.
II.2.5) Award criteria

II.2.6) Estimated value:
Value excluding VAT: 2000000.00 Currency: GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract,framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 60
This contract is subject to renewalyes Description of renewals:This contract will be potentially be due to be re-procured after initial contract period or following any extension period

II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: no
II.2.11) Information about options
Options yes
Description of options: After the initial contract period of 5 years there will be an options to extend the contract for a further three periods. Two periods of 2 years and one period of 1 year (+2+2+1)

II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:no

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation

Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure:
Open procedureIV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement(GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date: 2022-10-21 Local time: 15:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:EN
IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tender must maintain the tender
Tender must be valid until:2023-01-19
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening tenders
Date: 2022-10-21 Local time: 15:30

Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence:
This is a recurrent procurement: yes
Estimated timing for further notices to be published:This contract will potentially be due to be re-procured after the initial contract period and/or following any extensions.
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
VI.3) Additional information:
The successful contractor’s performance on this contract will be managed as per the specification and regularly monitored (see.. Procurement Guidance Note 01/12 — Contract Management — Procedures and Principles). Contractors not delivering on contract.. requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If a contractor fails to reach satisfactory.. levels of contract performance they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified time, they still fail to reach satisfactory.. levels of contract performance, the matter will be escalated to senior management in CPD for further action. If this occurs and their.. performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, it may be regarded as an act of grave professional.. misconduct and they may be issued with a notice of unsatisfactory performance and this contract may be terminated. A central register.. of such notices for supplies and services contracts will be maintained and published on the CPD website. Any contractor in receipt of. a. notice of unsatisfactory performance will be required to declare this in future tender submissions for a period of 3 years from the. date of.. issue of the notice. It may also result in the contractor being excluded from all procurement competitions being undertaken. by Centres. of Procurement Expertise on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Procurement Policy. The authority expressly. reserves. the rights:. . (i) not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice;. .. (ii) to make. whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering competition;. . (iii) to award (a) contract(s) in. respect of any. part(s) of the (services) covered by this notice; and. . (iv) to award contract(s) in stages and in no circumstances will the. authority be liable.. for any costs incurred by candidates
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Official name: The UK does not have any special review body with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures in public procurement competitions. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR2015 as amended
Town: United Kingdom
Country: United Kingdom

VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
CPD will comply with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and, where. appropriate, will incorporate a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract is. communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. This provides time for the unsuccessful. tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:2022-09-21