Accounting Services Programme (ASP)

Concepts

• bangor
• information technology
• accounting services programme
• public prosecution service
• maintenance services
• information technology consultancy services
• continuity of services
• asp
• common accounting system
• contract term of the current accounting services programme contract

Location

Northern Ireland

Description

The Accounting Services Programme ("ASP") is complex large scale contract which migrated all Northern Ireland Government Departments, the Northern Ireland Office, the Public Prosecution Service, a non-ministerial Department and a number of their Agencies and other bodies ; to a common accounting system. The contract covers, inter alia, the supply of a broad range of computer and related services (including, without limitation, ongoing management, operation and maintenance services), information technology consultancy services and the supply of computer hardware, software and associated products.

Ammendments to Previous Notice

Award Detail

CPV Codes

• 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Indicators

• Contract modified due to additional needs.

Legal Justification

The Regulations permit the modification of a contract where the changes proposed meet one or more of the prescribed tests as set out in Regulation 72. This contract is being modified in accordance with Regulation 72(1) (b); whereby additional services "have become necessary" and were not included in the initial procurement and a change of supplier would not be practicable for economic or technical and would involve substantial inconvenience/duplication of costs -provided the change does not exceed 50% of the value of the original contract. The limitations imposed by Regulation 72(1) (b) include that the 50% of the value of the original contract shall apply to the value of each modification. The value of this modification will not exceed the 50% cap. The expenditure of the contract will be closely monitored to ensure strict adherence to the regulatory financial cap. DoF will seek to rely on the modification provisions of 72(1)(b) due to the near technical impossibility for another economic operator to achieve the required performance within the time permitted; and the necessity to use its specific know-how, tools and means which only the current Contractor has at its disposal.