Financial Conduct Authority: Fund Data Analysis Tool

UK-London: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support.

Section I: Contracting Authority

   I.1) Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
       Financial Conduct Authority
       12 Endeavour Square, London, E20 1JN, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 2070661000, Email: isprocurement@fca.org.uk
       Main Address: www.fca.org.uk, Address of the buyer profile: www.fca.org.uk
       NUTS Code: UK

   I.2) Joint procurement:
      The contract involves joint procurement: No          
      In the case of joint procurement involving different countries, state applicable national procurement law: Not Provided
      The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: No

   I.4)Type of the contracting authority:
      Body governed by public law

   I.5) Main activity:
      Economic and financial affairs

Section II: Object Of The Contract

   II.1) Scope of the procurement

      II.1.1) Title: Fund Data Analysis Tool            
      Reference number: CON-20-025

      II.1.2) Main CPV code:
         72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support.


      II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES

      II.1.4) Short description: The Financial Conduct Authority Fund Supervision team is responsible for supervising more than 4,000 UK authorised funds. The team’s supervision work is informed by data analysis, which helps build a clearer picture of the UK authorised fund population. The team uses number of tools to analyse various data sources to identify outliers. The aim is to identify issues as early as possible to minimise detriment.

The team required a tool that will allow it to analyse information about funds’ risk and return characteristics, to identify outliers within certain sectors and categories. Analysis includes assessing inflows and outflows for funds and monitoring potential closet constrained or closet tracker funds.

      II.1.6) Information about lots
         This contract is divided into lots: No
            
      II.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
          Value: 129,888
                  
         Currency:GBP            

   II.2) Description

      II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):
            72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support.


      II.2.3) Place of performance
      Nuts code:
      UK - UNITED KINGDOM
   
      Main site or place of performance:
      UNITED KINGDOM
             

      II.2.4) Description of the procurement: The Financial Conduct Authority Fund Supervision team is responsible for supervising more than 4,000 UK authorised funds. The team’s supervision work is informed by data analysis, which helps build a clearer picture of the UK authorised fund population. The team uses number of tools to analyse various data sources to identify outliers. The aim is to identify issues as early as possible to minimise detriment.

The team required a tool that will allow it to analyse information about funds’ risk and return characteristics, to identify outliers within certain sectors and categories. Analysis includes assessing inflows and outflows for funds and monitoring potential closet constrained or closet tracker funds.

      II.2.5) Award criteria:
      Quality criterion - Name: Technical / Weighting: 70
                  
      Price - Weighting: 30
            

      II.2.11) Information about options
         Options: No
         

      II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
         The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
         

      II.2.14) Additional information: Not Provided


Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

   IV.1.1)Type of procedure: Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union in the cases listed below (please complete Annex D1)


   IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
      The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement: No       
      

   IV.1.6) Information about electronic auction
      An electronic auction has been used: No

   IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
      The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No

IV.2) Administrative information

   IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
       Not Provided
   

   IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
      The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice: No

Section V: Award of contract

Award Of Contract (No.1)

   Contract No: CON-20-025    
   Lot Number: Not Provided    
   Title: Not Provided

   A contract/lot is awarded: Yes


   V.2) Award of contract

      V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract: 05/03/2021

      V.2.2) Information about tenders
         Number of tenders received: 4
         Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0 (SME - as defined in Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC)          
         Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 3          
         Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 1          
         Number of tenders received by electronic means: 4

      V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

      The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
         
         Contractor (No.1)
             Markov Processes International, Inc, 01-0570792
             475 Springfield Avenue, Suite 401, Summit, Union 0790, United States
             NUTS Code: UK
            The contractor is an SME: No

      V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
         Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: 129,888          
         Total value of the contract/lot: 129,888
         Currency: GBP

      V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
         The contract is likely to be subcontracted: No
         
Section VI: Complementary information

   VI.3) Additional information: To view this notice, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=587512811

   VI.4) Procedures for review

      VI.4.1) Review body
          The Financial Conduct Authority
          12 Endeavour Square, London, E20 1JN, United Kingdom

      VI.4.3) Review procedure
         Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: Not Provided

      VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
         Not Provided

   VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice: 21/04/2021




ANNEX D

   2. Other justification for the award of the contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union

         The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive: Yes

   3. Explanation
          The total procurement value is below the OJEU threshold. Competition for this opportunity was conducted electronically by inviting suppliers to bid for the service.