ID 3923282 – DOF General Register Office – Support and Maintenance of GeNI and NIROS

A Contract Award Notice
by DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE

Source: Find a Tender
Type: Contract (Services)
Duration: not specified
Value: £2M

Sector: TECHNOLOGY
Published: 04 Feb 2025
Delivery: not specified
Deadline: n/a

Concepts

Location

Northern Ireland:

Geochart for 1 buyers and 1 suppliers

1 buyer

Department of Finance Belfast

1 supplier

Civica London

Description

DOF - General Register Office (GRO) is placing this voluntary transparency notice to alert economic operators of its intention to modify the Support and Maintenance of GeNI and NIROS system used to facilitate the registration of key life events such as Births, Deaths and Marriages in the 25 district registration offices in accordance with Regulation 72 (1) (b) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. This transparency notice does not place any obligation on the Authority to enter into this modification.

Total Quantity or Scope

ID 3923282 – DOF General Register Office – Support and Maintenance of GeNI and NIROS. GRO wishes to appoint a suitably experienced Contractor to undertake the support, maintenance and continued development of GeNI and NIROS, including making the portals WCAG compliant. Please see the 'Specification' for further details on this requirement.

Award Detail

1	Civica (London) Reference: 003734-2025-1 Value: £2,345,379

Renewal Options

The initial contract period is 3 years, with the option to extend for 2 further periods of 1 year each.

Award Criteria

As Per the Tender Documents	60
As Per the Tender Documents	40

CPV Codes

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

Indicators

Options are available.

Legal Justification

In order to maintain critical business function, GRO require an increase to contract value to ensure continuity of service through to expiry of contract term. The Authority will be relying on Regulation 72(1)(b) Additional works, services or supplies “have become necessary” and were not included in the initial procurement and a change of supplier would not be practicable (for economic, technical or interoperability reasons) and would involve substantial inconvenience/duplication of costs. This modification is to increase the contract value by an additional £401,413.34, and to extend the Contract period for a further 3 years. The revised total contract value following this modification is £2,345,378.80.