Pensions Administration Software Tender
A Multi-Provider Framework Agreement for the Provision of Pensions Administration Software.
United Kingdom-Norwich: Financial systems software package
2020/S 009-016820
Contract notice
Services
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name and addresses
Postal address: Floor 3, County Hall, Martineau Lane
Town: Norwich
NUTS code: UKH15
Postal code: NR1 2DH
Country: United Kingdom
Contact person: Julie Ward
E-mail: sourcingteam@norfolk.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc/aspx/Home
I.1)Name and addresses
Postal address: 5 St Andrews Hill
Town: Norwich
NUTS code: UKH15
Postal code: NR2 1AD
Country: United Kingdom
E-mail: pensions@norfolk.gov.uk
I.2)Information about joint procurement
I.3)Communication
I.4)Type of the contracting authority
I.5)Main activity
Section II: Object
II.1.1)Title:
A Multi-Provider Framework Agreement for the Provision of Pensions Administration Software.
II.1.2)Main CPV code
II.1.3)Type of contract
II.1.4)Short description:
Norfolk County Council, on its own behalf and on behalf of the Cheshire West and Chester Council, City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council, Essex County Council, Flintshire County Council, Northern Ireland Local Government Officers Superannuation Committee (NILGOSC), South Yorkshire Pensions Authority, South Tyneside Council, Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council, Wirral Council and Wolverhampton City Council wish to let a multi-provider framework agreement for the provision pension administration software primarily in support of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
II.1.5)Estimated total value
II.1.6)Information about lots
II.2.3)Place of performance
England, Wales, SCOTLAND and NORTHERN IRELAND.
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
The founder authorities named above wish to establish a multi-provider framework agreement for the provision of pensions administration software to be available to all LGPS administering authorities and other bodies as defined in this OJEU contract notice, to provide national access to high-quality efficient and effective services at the best possible price.
II.2.5)Award criteria
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
II.2.10)Information about variants
II.2.11)Information about options
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
II.2.14)Additional information
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1.1)Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
As described in the invitation to tender and associated documents.
III.1.2)Economic and financial standing
III.1.3)Technical and professional ability
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.3)Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
N/A
IV.1.8)Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
IV.2.1)Previous publication concerning this procedure
IV.2.2)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
IV.2.4)Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:
IV.2.7)Conditions for opening of tenders
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrence
VI.3)Additional information:
This procurement will be managed electronically via the Council’s eProcurement system. To participate in this procurement, applicants must first be registered on the system at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc Full instructions for registration and use of the system can be found at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc/aspx/BuyerProfiles Once registered you will be able to see the procurement project under the ‘tenders’ section and ‘express an interest’ to view the documentation. If you encounter any difficulties whilst using the system you can contact the InTend support team by phoning +44 8442728810 or emailing mail to: support@in-tend.co.uk?subject=TED (if you at already registered there is no need to re-register). The framework agreement is being let by Norfolk County Council as the contracting authority. Norfolk County Council is working jointly with the following authorities, who have expressed an intention to procure services under the framework (including itself):
— Chester West and Cheshire Council (as administering authority of the Cheshire Pension Fund), Council Office, 4 Civica Way, Ellesmere Port, CH65 0BE. Email: pensions@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk
— City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council (as administering authority of the West Yorkshire Pension Fund), PO Box 67, Bradford, BD1 1UP. Email pensions@wypf.org.uk
— Essex County Council (as administering authority of the Essex Pension Fund), PO Box 11, County hall, Chelmsford, CM1 1LX. Email: pensionenquiries@essex.gov.uk
— Flintshire County Council (as administering authority of the Clwyd Pension Fund), County Hall, Mold, Clwyd, CH 6NA. Email: pensions@flintshire.gov.uk
— Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council (as administering authority of the Greater Manchester Pension Fund), Guardsman Tony Downes House, 5 Manchester Road, Droylsden, M43 6SF. Email mail@gmpf.org.uk
— Northern Ireland Local Government Officers’ Superannuation Committee (NILGOSC), Templeton House, 411 Holywood Road, Belfast, BT4 2LP. Email info@NILGOSC.org.uk
— South Yorkshire Pensions Authority, Floor 8, Gateway Plazza, Sackville Street, Barnsley, S70 2RD. Email: pensions@sypf.gov.uk
— South Tyneside Council (as administering authority of the Tyne and Wear Pension Fund), Town Hall and civic offices, Westhoe Road Southshields, NE33 9ER. Email pensions@twpf.info.gov.uk
— Wirral Council (as administering authority of the Merseyside Pension Fund), Castle Chambers, 43 castle Street, Liverpool, L2 9SH, Email: mpfadmin@wirral.gov.uk
— Wolverhampton City Council (as administering authority of the West Midlands Pension Fund), PO Box 3948, Wolverhampton, WV1 1XP. Email: pensionfundenquiries@wolverhampton.gov.uk
In addition to those listed above, the framework may also be used by:
— any LGPS administering authorities as defined in the Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations 2013 (SI 2013/2356) (as amended) including the firefighters’ pension scheme and police pension schemes and any of their participating employing authorities, or in relation to the LGPS in Scotland, any administering authority and any of their Scheme employers as defined in the Local Government Pension Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2018 (SSI 2018/141) (as amended),
— NILGOSC in Northern Ireland and employing authorities as defined in the Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 (SRNI 2014/188) (as amended),
— the Board of the Pension Protection Fund (http://www.pensionprotectionfund.org.uk),
— any other administering authority or scheme manager of a public-sector pension scheme or any public-sector body that requires pensions related services and any LGPS Fund(s) or groups of Funds, or any bodies, organisations or companies established by them for the purpose of operating on a collective basis.
VI.4.1)Review body
Town: Norwich
Country: United Kingdom
VI.4.3)Review procedure
The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) 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 EN Standard form 02 — Contract notice 12/19 Ireland). Proceedings must be brought within 30 days from the date of knowledge (the date on which the economic operator first knew or ought to have known that grounds for starting the proceedings had arisen) unless the Court considers that there is good reason for extending the period within which proceedings may be brought, in which case the Court may extend that period up to a maximum of 3 months from the date of knowledge.
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice: