DoF - LPS - Provision of Valuation Industry Expert

Concepts

• valuation service directorate within land and property services
• belfast
• real estate
• valuation services
• valuation service directorate
• new digital valuation solution
• international valuation industry standards
• valuation delivery partner project providing services
• dof - lps - provision of valuation industry expert
• implementation of a major digital solution

Location

Northern Ireland:

Description

This procurement is for the provision of expertise on International Valuation industry standards, trends, advancements and the latest technology. The Contractor will act as a critical friend for the Valuation Delivery Partner Project providing services through the Pre-Procurement, Procurement and Implementation of a major digital solution. The Valuation Service Directorate within Land and Property Services is currently preparing to initiate a procurement process to establish a contract for the provision of a new digitally enabled ICT solution for Valuation Services which will enable it to transform its current business processes. It is envisaged the new solution will replace the legacy Assessment Office system and a number of other satellite systems with a new digital Valuation solution with an integrated digital ‘ecosystem’ that supports the design and delivery of joined up services. It will provide services that are truly digital from end to end and will be user friendly, customer focused, support web-based technologies, digital self-service platforms and integration with all LPS ICT systems. It must be flexible and adaptable to support new and innovative methods of delivery, future changes and business needs.

Renewal Options

The contract includes two extension options of 12 months each.

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 70000000 - Real estate services
• 79410000 - Business and management consultancy services
• 79418000 - Procurement consultancy services
• 72220000 - Systems and technical consultancy services
• 79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services
• 73200000 - Research and development consultancy services
• 73220000 - Development consultancy services
• 73210000 - Research consultancy services

Indicators

• This is a one-off contract (no recurrence)
• Options are available.
• Renewals are not available.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** 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 £120,000 and may increase during the life of the contract to accommodate changes. Any increases/modifications will be managed in accordance with the relevant public procurement regulations. 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