United Kingdom-Newcastle upon Tyne: Systems Integration Project

Type of document: Pre-information procedures
Country: United Kingdom
OJEU Ref: (2019/S 102-246327/EN)
Nature of contract: Supply contract
Procedure: Not applicable
Regulation of procurement: EU – with participation by GPA countries
Type of bid required: Not applicable

Prior information notice without call for competition
Supplies

This notice is for prior information only
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Official name: Association of North East Councils Ltd trading as NEPO (Central Purchasing Body)
Postal address: Guildhall, Quayside
Town: Newcastle upon Tyne
Postal code: NE1 3AF
Country: United Kingdom
Contact Person: Laura Kyle
Telephone: +44 1916380040
Email: laura.kyle@nepo.org
Internet address(es):
Main address: www.nepo.org
Address of the buyer profile: www.nepo.org

The contract is awarded by central purchasing body
Additional information can be obtained from:
the above mentioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services

Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement:
II.1.1) Title: Systems Integration Project
II.1.2) Main CPV code: 48000000
II.1.3) Type of contract: Supplies
II.1.4) Short Description:
NEPO and YORprocure are looking to undertake Market Engagement to establish a compliant route to market to procure a development partner for the systems integration project. The project will seek to develop an all-encompassing system that can assist in the end to end delivery of the commissioning and procurement life cycle. It is expected that the system will deliver 4 individual, inter-operable modules covering the following key areas: pre-procurement, e-tendering, contract management, and spend analysis and associated contracts register and rebate collection function.
II.1.6) Information about lots:
The contract is divided into lots: no
II.2) Description:
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
Main CPV code: 48100000
Main CPV code: 48300000
Main CPV code: 48600000
Main CPV code: 48800000
Main CPV code: 48900000

II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code: UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The aim of the consultations will be to provide advance notice to the marketplace for the potential future opportunity and to understand the service provisions currently available. NEPO and YORprocure are seeking to develop a high quality, intuitive system that will provide Contracting Authorities with better insights, meaningful data and unlock potential benefits across the commissioning and procurement life cycle. NEPO and YORprocure welcomes supplier involvement in the shaping of the resultant opportunity and market engagement meetings will take place between 10.6.2019 and 21.6.2019. If you are interested in this opportunity please see the below link to register your interest.

NEPO are not advertising this PIN as a mechanism to reduce future procurement timescales.
II.2.5) Award criteria

II.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice:2019-08-01
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement(GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: yes
IV.2) Administrative information

Section VI: Complementary information
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
VI.3) Additional information:
NEPO is a Central Purchasing Body as defined in the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (PCR15). The agreement will be available for use by all NEPO Members. A list of member organisations is available in the about section of the NEPO website at: www.nepo.org
This agreement will also be made available to all current and future NEPO Associate Members. Current Associate Members are listed in the Associate Member section of the NEPO website at: www.nepo.org/associate-membership/list
NEPO intends to make the resulting agreement available for use by all Contracting Authorities throughout all administrative regions of the UK (as defined by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015) including but not limited to Government Departments and their Agencies, Non-Departmental Public Bodies, Central Government, NHS Bodies, Local Authorities, Emergency Services, Coastguard Emergency Services, Educational Establishments, Registered Social Landlords and Registered Charities who have a need to purchase the above services.
Please see the following websites for further details:

A complete list of permissible users is shown on the NEPO website below:

Organisations wishing to access the NEPO agreement will be required to register as a NEPO Associate Member in the first instance.
Further information can be found at: www.nepo.org

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:2019-05-23