Mobile App Development for Invest Northern Ireland

United Kingdom-Belfast: Programming services of application software

2013/S 229-398094

Contract notice

Services

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)

Invest Northern Ireland
Bedford Square, Bedford Street
Contact point(s): Central Procurement Directorate
For the attention of: Angela Calderwood
BT2 7ES Belfast
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail: angela.calderwood@dfpni.gov.uk

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: www.dfpni.gov.uk/cpd

Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)

Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: The above mentioned contact point(s)

I.2)Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

I.3)Main activity

General public services

I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities

The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: yes

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)Description

II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:

Invest NI Provision of Mobile Apps for Local Councils.

II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

Services
Service category No 7: Computer and related services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Northern Ireland.
NUTS code UK

II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)

The notice involves a public contract

II.1.4)Information on framework agreement

II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

72212000, 72212510, 72212500, 72212517, 72212520

II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes

II.1.8)Lots

This contract is divided into lots: no

II.1.9)Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: no

II.2)Quantity or scope of the contract

II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:

Invest NI wish to appoint a suitably experienced service provider to provide specialist services for the development of up to 22 (maximum) downloadable mobile Applications that can be used by Local Councils to promote their respective Council areas to potential investors. The Service Provider appointed will develop the Council mobile Applications (Apps) using an existing framework developed in a pilot excercise. The Serivce Provider will not be required to develop a new mobile App.
Under the scope of this contract the appointed service provider will be expected to:
— Develop information / content as stipulated by Councils using an existing mobile App framework supplied by Invest NI;
— Develop the mobile App capability for Blackberry and to ensure it has the ability to run on the web via laptop PC and tablets;
— Upload information / content for Councils into downloadable mobile Applications (mobile web service) within the 6 months following award of the contract;
— Complete a successful transfer/handover of mobile App to Councils after installation within 6 months following ward of the contract; at this time all responsibility for content management will transfer to Council;
— Support, update and maintain the technical functionality of mobile App until 30.6.2015.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 580 000 GBP

II.2.2)Information about options

Options: no

II.2.3)Information about renewals

II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion

Duration in months: 18 (from the award of the contract)

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1)Conditions relating to the contract

III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:

III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:

As per Tender documentation.

III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

III.1.4)Other particular conditions

III.2)Conditions for participation

III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

III.2.2)Economic and financial ability

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: As per Tender documentation.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: As per Tender documentation.

III.2.3)Technical capacity

Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
Company & Personnel Experience (Pass/Fail) as specified within the Instructions to Tenders within the Tender Documentation.

III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts

III.3)Conditions specific to services contracts

III.3.1)Information about a particular profession

Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: no

III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Type of procedure

IV.1.1)Type of procedure

Open

IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate

IV.1.3)Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue

IV.2)Award criteria

IV.2.1)Award criteria

Lowest price

IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction

An electronic auction will be used: no

IV.3)Administrative information

IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:

Project 14139

IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document

Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 9.1.2014 – 14:59
Payable documents: no

IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

9.1.2014 – 15:00

IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up

English.

IV.3.7)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

in days: 90 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)

IV.3.8)Conditions for opening of tenders

Date: 9.1.2014 – 15:01
Place:

Central Procurement Directorate (CPD) use an electronic tendering system hosted by Bravo Solutions. Tenders cannot be accessed until after the closing date and time for tender responses.

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about recurrence

VI.2)Information about European Union funds

VI.3)Additional information

Suppliers Instructions How to Express Interest in this Tender~: 1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once): https://e-sourcingni.bravosolution.co.uk and click the link to register – Accept the terms and conditions and click ‘continue’ – Enter your correct business and user details – Note the username you chose and click ‘Save’ when complete – You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure) 2. Express an Interest in the tender – Login to the portal with the username/password – Click the ‘PQQs / ITTs Open To All Suppliers’ link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires or Invitations to Tender open to any registered supplier) – Click on the relevant PQQ/ ITT to access the content. – Click the ‘Express Interest’ button at the top of the page. – This will move the PQQ /ITT into your ‘My PQQs/ My ITTs’ page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only) -You can now access any attachments by clicking ‘Buyer Attachments’ in the ‘PQQ/ ITT Details’ box 3. Responding to the tender – Click ‘My Response’ under ‘PQQ/ ITT Details’, you can choose to ‘Create Response’ or to ‘Decline to Respond’ (please give a reason if declining) – You can now use the ‘Messages’ function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification – Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ/ ITT – There may be a mixture of online & offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available) You must then submit your reply using the ‘Submit Response’ button at the top of the page. If you require any further assistance please consult the online help, or contact the eTendering help desk.

The Conditions of Contract contains a Social Clause which requires the successful Contractor to put processes in place to provide opportunities for all employees associated with the contract, without Level 2 qualifications, to develop and achieve essential skills qualifications in literacy, numeracy and ICT. The Contractor shall provide reasonable evidence of the offer and take up where appropriate. Essential Skills qualifications are available in a range of levels from entry level to level 2and further information can be found at http://www.nidirect.gov.uk/knowhow.

VI.4)Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures

Please refer to the answer in Section VI.4.2

VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals

Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: CPD will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into
The Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 No 5) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).

VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

Central Procurement Directorate
303 Airport Road West
BT3 9ED Belfast
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail: procure.info@dfpni.gov.uk
Telephone: +49 2890816200

VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:22.11.2013