Software Testing Services (Ангилья - Тендер #50868334)

• Contract notice Section I: Contracting authority I.1) Name and addresses

LIVESTOCK INFORMATION LIMITED

Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street

London

SW1P 4DF

UK

E-mail: commercial@livestockinformation.org.uk

NUTS: UKI32

Internet address(es)

Main address: www.livestockinformation.org.uk

Address of the buyer profile: www.livestockinformation.org.uk

I.3) Communication

Access to the procurement documents is restricted. Further information can be obtained at:

www.livestockinformation.org.uk

Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address

I.4) Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

I.5) Main activity

Environment

Section II: Object II.1) Scope of the procurement II.1.1) Title

Software Testing Services

II.1.2) Main CPV code

72254000

II.1.3) Type of contract

Services

II.1.4) Short description

Livestock Information Ltd (LI Ltd) provides livestock movement information for industry and government that enables :

Better control of endemic livestock diseases

Terminate exotic disease outbreaks quickly and efficiently.

Drive positive changes in productivity and sustainability.

Develop a competitive trade advantage by building trade partner and consumer confidence in the provenance of British meat and livestock products.

LI Ltd is owned jointly by the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and is a Contracting Authority.

The current contract is being delivered by a UK provider with an offshore capability and is due to expire in April 2025, therefore the Authority is seeking expressions from economic operators who can provide software testing services.

This new contract opportunity will be for a period of 4 years (with an initial term of 2 years and the option for the Contracting Authority acting in its sole discretion, to extend for two further periods of 1 year each), aiming to commence in or around April 2025.

II.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: 12 000 000.00 GBP

II.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

II.2) Description II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

72212984

72254000

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UKI32

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

The Contracting Authority is seeking a supplier to provide ongoing capability to deliver Software Testing Services (functional and non-functional) across current live service(s), additions and enhancements to current live service(s), new multi-species platform services under development and the migration of current live services to the new multi-species platform. Testing will be based on user, industry, government, and policy requirements as LI delivers on its mandate and product roadmaps. This will be for a period of 4 years (with an initial term of 2 years and the option for the Contracting Authority acting in its sole discretion, to extend for two further periods of 1 year each), aiming to commence on or around April 2025.

II.2.5) Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

II.2.6) Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: 12 000 000.00 GBP

II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months: 24

This contract is subject to renewal: Yes

Description of renewals:

Refer to procurement documents

II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited

Envisaged minimum number: 4

II.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: No

II.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

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 III.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

List and brief description of conditions:

Refer to procurement documents.

III.1.2) Economic and financial standing

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

III.2) Conditions related to the contract Section IV: Procedure IV.1) Description IV.1.1) Type of procedure

Competitive procedure with negotiation

IV.1.5) Information about negotiation

The contracting authority reserves the right to award the contract on the basis of the initial tenders without conducting negotiations

IV.1.8) Information about 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: 25/03/2024

Local time: 12:00

IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

EN

Section VI: Complementary information VI.1) Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: No

VI.3) Additional information

The procurement is undertaken pursuant to the Competitive Procedure with Negotiation (CPN).

Applicants will initially need to register their interest by sending an email to: commercial@livestockinformation.org.uk and will need to complete a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) which will be issued by the Authority"s commercial team.

Once the signed NDA has been received by the Authority then all procurement documentation will be available from the Authority"s portal and all communication is to be conducted via the portal.

Applicants will then be required to complete and return responses to the selection questionnaire (SQ) in accordance with the instructions set out in the procurement documentation.

Following the evaluation of the SQ returns, the Authority will shortlist to between four and seven applicants to participate in the stage stage of the process.

For clarity, the successful applicants invited to the next stage of the process will then be referred to as bidders

Bidders will then be asked to submit their initial returns to provide their proposals to deliver the services and to provide the costs for doing so . The Authority reserves the right to award the contract to the bidder with whom provides the Most Economically Advantageous Tender in terms of the highest combined qualitative and commercial scoring.

Should the Authority decide to negotiate, all bidders will be invited to participate. Once the Authority identifies the solution/solutions capable of meeting its needs, the negotiation phase will be concluded and bidders invited to submit a final tender before a preferred bidder is selected that represents the Most Economically Advantageous Tender.

Full details of the scope and requirements for the opportunity will be set out in the procurement documentation to be issued by the Authority.

To be able to access the procurement documents, applicants will need to register their company details @commercial@livestockinformation.org.uk

VI.4) Procedures for review VI.4.1) Review body

The High Court

London

WC2A 2LL

UK

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice

30/01/2024

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