Voluntary ex ante transparency notice
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Cardiff University
Procurement Services, McKenzie House, 30-36 Newport Road
Cardiff
CF24 0DE
UK
Contact person: Darren Evans
Telephone: +44 2920879648
E-mail: buyline@cardiff.ac.uk
NUTS: UKL
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.cardiff.ac.uk/purch/
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0258
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Education
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
HPE Mentor
II.1.2) Main CPV code
48190000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Office 365 Desktop mentor/self-help product
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
250 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
48190000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL22
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Cardiff University requires a product to assist its staff and students to leverage the capabilities of the Microsoft Office 365 suite and associated products. As a minimum, this must include Office 2016 (Outlook, Word, Excel, Powerpoint), Skype for Business, One Drive, Mail, Calendar and Contacts. The product must already be in existence and already in use in a meaningful way in at least one other organisation of at least a similar size & scale (40,000). The Office 365 content must be regularly updated to keep reasonable pace with MIcrosofts development of Office 365 and associated products. The product must be available for deployment for the next academic year.
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
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the Directive
Explanation:
Cardiff University has researched the market place and the product identified is believed to be the only product of its kind that covers the desired Microsoft Office 365 modules and is already in use by other organisations that are of a similar or larger scale than Cardiff University. Award Criteria This is the most economically advantageous in terms of the ability to comprehensively meet the specification.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
Section V: Award of contract/concession
V.2 Award of contract/concession
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract/concession
29/06/2017
V.2.2) Information about tenders
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
HP Enterprise Services
Amen Corner , Caine Road
Bracknell
RG12 1NN
UK
Telephone: +44 7831093530
NUTS: UKL22
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the concession and main financing terms (excluding VAT)
Total value of the concession/lot:
225 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at http://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=68514.
(WA Ref:68514)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Cardiff University
Procurement Services, McKenzie House, 30-36 Newport Road
Cardiff
CF24 0DE
UK
Telephone: +44 2920879648
Internet address(es)
URL: www.cardiff.ac.uk/purch/
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
30/06/2017