ID 5147882 DfE - Invest NI - Foreign Direct Investment Marketing Tool and Foreign Direct Investment Location Benchmarking Tool

Concepts

• information technology
• foreign direct investment location benchmarking tool
• new foreign direct investment
• dfe - invest ni - foreign direct investment marketing tool and foreign direct investment location benchmarking tool
• foreign direct investment for northern ireland
• a fdi location benchmarking tool
• a fdi market intelligence tool
• id 5147882 dfe - invest ni - foreign direct investment marketing tool
• the international investment division
• invest ni

Location

n/a

Description

Within Invest NI, the International Investment Division has specific responsibility for attracting and negotiating new Foreign Direct Investment for Northern Ireland. Through its network of overseas offices and contacts, Invest NI promotes the benefits of setting up in Northern Ireland. In order to ensure they have they most accurate information, the International Investment Division require access to two databases, which are being procured as part of this contract. This contract has been divided into two Lots. Lot 1, the provision of a FDI Market Intelligence Tool and Lot 2, provision of a FDI Location Benchmarking Tool. One Contractor will be awarded each lot however, there are no restrictions on the number of Lots a Tenderer can bid for or be awarded. Therefore, Tenderers may tender for one, or both Lots as they wish. Please see ID 5029043 Specification for further information.

Lot Division

Renewal Options

As per Contract Documents The Contract will be awarded for an initial period of 3 years with the option to extend for 2 further periods of up to 12 months each

CPV Codes

• 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
• 48220000 - Internet and intranet software package
• 48610000 - Database systems
• 48600000 - Database and operating software package
• 72260000 - Software-related services
• 72316000 - Data analysis services

Indicators

• Bids should cover a maximum number of lots.
• Bids may cover one or more lots.
• This is a recurring contract.
• Options are available.
• Renewals are available.
• Award on basis of price and quality.

Other 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