ID 4545855 - DoJ - Analytical Services Group (ASG) - Provision of SPSS Licencing (Великобритания (Англия, Шотландия, Уэльс) - Тендер #40094908)

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Section I: Contracting authority

I.1) Name and addresses

Department of Justice

Block B Castle Buildings, Stormont Estate

BELFAST

BT4 3SG

UK

Contact person: SSDAdmin.CPDfinance-ni.gov.uk

E-mail: ssdadmin.cpd@finance-ni.gov.uk

NUTS: UK

Internet address(es)

Main address: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps

Address of the buyer profile: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps

I.2) Joint procurement

The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body

I.3) Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:

https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps

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

General public services

Section II: Object

II.1) Scope of the procurement

II.1.1) Title

ID 4545855 - DoJ - Analytical Services Group (ASG) - Provision of SPSS Licencing

Reference number: ID 4545855

II.1.2) Main CPV code

72000000

II.1.3) Type of contract

Services

II.1.4) Short description

The Analytical Services Group (ASG) is the statistical and research team posted within the Department of Justice (DoJ). ASG has utilised SPSS software for more than 15 years, manipulating and interrogating data to provide statistical and research support to DoJ. During that time, the team have gained extensive experience of using the package and considerable resource has been invested in the development and creation of syntax coding to enable continual data validation and analysis; analysis and linkages to excel and desktop publishing systems are also set up in SPSS. Statisticians have built extensive knowledge of using this package through both formal training and on the job learning and it has become an important tool in the statistical production process. This tender is for procurement of software subscription and support of SPSS licenses for use by ASG. The initial contract period is for 3 years with the option to extend by two years on a 1 plus, 1 plus basis. The maximum potential contract period is 5 years. Please see document entitled "ID 4545855 - Specification” for full details of the requirement.

II.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: 186 000.00 GBP

II.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

II.2) Description

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

48000000

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UKN

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

The Analytical Services Group (ASG) is the statistical and research team posted within the Department of Justice (DoJ). ASG has utilised SPSS software for more than 15 years, manipulating and interrogating data to provide statistical and research support to DoJ. During that time, the team have gained extensive experience of using the package and considerable resource has been invested in the development and creation of syntax coding to enable continual data validation and analysis; analysis and linkages to excel and desktop publishing systems are also set up in SPSS. Statisticians have built extensive knowledge of using this package through both formal training and on the job learning and it has become an important tool in the statistical production process. This tender is for procurement of software subscription and support of SPSS licenses for use by ASG. The initial contract period is for 3 years with the option to extend by two years on a 1 plus, 1 plus basis. The maximum potential contract period is 5 years. Please see document entitled "ID 4545855 - Specification” for full details of the requirement.

II.2.5) Award criteria

Criteria below:

Quality criterion: Quality / Weighting: 15

Cost criterion: Cost / Weighting: 85

II.2.6) Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: 186 000.00 GBP

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

Duration in months: 36

This contract is subject to renewal: Yes

Description of renewals:

This Contract is for an initial period of 3 years with the option to extend for 2 further periods of 1 year each (3yrs+1yr+1yr)

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:

This Contract is for an initial period of 3 years with the option to extend for 2 further periods of 1 year each (3yrs+1yr+1yr)

II.2.13) Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No

II.2.14) Additional information

The Department of Justice, Analytical Services Group are seeking to appoint a Contractor for the provision and support of SPSS licences. Please refer to document. ID 4545855 - Specification for more information on this requirement. The figure indicated in II.2.6 of £186,00.00 GBP represents the potential value of the contract over the maximum contract term. Neither CPD nor the Authority can guarantee any level of work under this contract.

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

IV.1.1) Type of procedure

Open procedure

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: 11/05/2023

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 tenderer must maintain the tender

Tender must be valid until: 09/08/2023

IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders

Date: 11/05/2023

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.3) Additional information

The successful contractor’s performance on this contract will be managed as per the specification and regularly monitored 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

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

United Kingdom

UK

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

07/04/2023

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