ID 3934214 DoF - Cloud, Infrastructure and Support Services

Concepts

• infrastructure and support services
• belfast
• information technology
• provision of cloud, infrastructure and support services
• support services
• existing infrastructure
• dof
• cloud
• infrastructure
• consultancy services

Location

Northern Ireland:

Description

The Department of Finance (DoF) wishes to appoint a Contractor for the provision of Cloud, Infrastructure and Support Services (Contract). The Contract will engage a partner for IT Assist (within DoF) who can not only support the existing infrastructure but will also be able to supply new technology and carry out new and innovative projects in order to fulfil IT Assist’s ICT Strategy. The vision is that IT Assist will be able to not only replenish and maintain their on-premise environment but also use public cloud facilities. The Contract will be for an initial period of 7 years with the options to extend for two further periods of 2 years and 1 year each.

Total Quantity or Scope

Additional information: The Contracting Authority reserves the right to award the Contract following submission of Initial Tender Responses and the right to down-select Economic Operators following each round of negotiations..

Renewal Options

The contract will have two options to extend (subject to the terms of the contract and the performance of the successful Economic Operator) for up to 2 years followed by a further period of up to 1 year.

CPV Codes

• 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
• 72100000 - Hardware consultancy services
• 72110000 - Hardware selection consultancy services
• 72120000 - Hardware disaster-recovery consultancy services
• 72130000 - Computer-site planning consultancy services
• 72140000 - Computer hardware acceptance testing consultancy services
• 72150000 - Computer audit consultancy and hardware consultancy services
• 72200000 - Software programming and consultancy services
• 72210000 - Programming services of packaged software products
• 72220000 - Systems and technical consultancy services
• 72230000 - Custom software development services
• 72240000 - Systems analysis and programming services
• 72250000 - System and support services
• 72260000 - Software-related services
• 72300000 - Data services
• 72320000 - Database services
• 72330000 - Content or data standardization and classification services
• 72500000 - Computer-related services
• 72510000 - Computer-related management services
• 72540000 - Computer upgrade services
• 72590000 - Computer-related professional services
• 72600000 - Computer support and consultancy services
• 72610000 - Computer support services
• 72700000 - Computer network services
• 72710000 - Local area network services
• 72720000 - Wide area network services
• 72800000 - Computer audit and testing services
• 72810000 - Computer audit services
• 72820000 - Computer testing services
• 72900000 - Computer back-up and catalogue conversion services
• 72910000 - Computer back-up services
• 72920000 - Computer catalogue conversion services

Indicators

• This is a recurring contract.
• Options are available.
• Renewals are not available.
• Professional qualifications are sought.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** The Contracting Authority reserves the right: to hold additional rounds of negotiations with Economic Operators; to require the.. submission of any further or additional information or tender submissions; to award the Contract following the submission of initial.. tenders; to award the Contract following conclusion of the first round of negotiation sessions; and/or to down-select Economic Operators. following each round of negotiations. For the avoidance of doubt, final tenders will not be subject to any negotiation with the Contracting. Authority (however, they may be subject to clarification, if required, at the Contracting Authority’s absolute discretion). The Contracting. Authority reserves the right: to reject any or all SQ or tender responses and to cancel or withdraw the procurement process at any. stage; to award a contract without prior notice; to change the basis of, the procedure and the timescales set out or referred to in the. procurement documents; to require an Economic Operator to clarify its SQ or tender response in writing and/or provide additional. information; to terminate the procurement process; and/or to amend the terms and conditions of the SQ or tender evaluation process. or negotiation process. . . The Contracting Authority does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender. Economic Operators remain. responsible for all costs and expenses incurred by them or by any third party acting under instructions from the Economic Operator in. connection with taking part in this procurement process, regardless of whether such costs arise as a consequence, directly or indirectly,. of any amendments made to the procurement documents by the Contracting Authority at any time. No legally binding contract shall. arise (and an Economic Operator shall have no legitimate expectation that a contract will be entered into) until such time as entry into. the Contract has been confirmed by the Contracting Authority. Economic Operators should note that all dates, time periods and figures. in relation to values and volumes specified in this notice and the procurement documents are approximate only and the Contracting. Authority reserves the right to change any or all of them. The figure indicated in II.1.5 represents an estimated contract value. This is a maximum figure that reflects the potential scale of the contract and takes into account potential optional extension periods and. the uptake of potential optional services as detailed in the tender documents. The pricing strategy applied and the setting of cost/profit. margins are a commercial decision for economic operators when submitting a bid for this competition. In addition, neither CPD nor the. Contracting Authority can provide any guarantee as to the level of business under this contract. The successful contractor’s performance. on the contract will be 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 the contract may be terminated. The issue of a Notice of unsatisfactory Performance will 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 for a period of twelve months from the date of issue of the Notice. This contract will. not be awarded in Lots as a single supplier is required..