IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Tender description

The Authority on behalf of its Client, Department for Communities Libraries NI is currently planning to initiate. A procurement process to establish contractual arrangements for a Libraries NI e3 Programme. This is to replace and update the current Libraries NI e2 Programme to allow Libraries NI to continue to operate after the end of the current service provision contract. The estimated value of the contract is 3 500 000 GBP per annum. As part of the planning for this procurement, Department for Communities Libraries NI are inviting potential suppliers to complete the Pre-Market Engagement Questionnaire. You can access the Questionnaire within Resource ID1591381 DfC — Libraries NI — e3 Programme (Pre-Market Engagement), in the CfT documents via the CfT Menu. Interested suppliers should complete the questionnaire and upload by 3:00 pm on 27.6.2018. Completed Questionnaires must be returned via the Messaging function as an attachment. Objectives of the Pre-Market Engagement Exercise: The objectives of this exercise are to: — gain initial supplier awareness, engagement and opinion, — provide confidence around viability of concept, — gain insight to the market possibilities and potential innovative solutions, — understand risks and issues not previously considered, — inform the Outline Business Case, — inform the Procurement Strategy, and — prevent Libraries NI from advertising an unachievable project at Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) stage. The Authority on behalf of its Client, Department for Communities Libraries NI is currently planning to initiate. A procurement process to establish contractual arrangements for a Libraries NI e3 Programme. This is to replace and update the current Libraries NI e2 Programme to allow Libraries NI to continue to operate after the end of the current service provision contract. The estimated value of the contract is 3 500 000 GBP per annum. As part of the planning for this procurement, Department for Communities Libraries NI are inviting potential suppliers to complete the Pre-Market Engagement Questionnaire. You can access the Questionnaire within Resource ID1591381 DfC — Libraries NI — e3 Programme (Pre-Market Engagement), in the CfT documents via the CfT Menu. Interested suppliers should complete the questionnaire and upload by 3:00 pm on 27.6.2018. Completed Questionnaires must be returned via the Messaging function as an attachment.