II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
30213100
30213200
30213300
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL22
Main site or place of performance:
Various
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of itself and other contracting authorities:
http://www.apuc-scot.ac.uk
http://www.nwupc.ac.uk
http://www.neupc.ac.uk
http://www.lupc.ac.uk
http://www.supc.ac.uk
http://www.hepcw.ac.uk
http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/
Organisations that may participate in this proposed Agreement must mandatorily satisfy criteria (i) and (ii) below,
plus at least 1 of the remaining qualifying criteria (iii)-(v):
(i) mandatory: be classed by the ONS (Office of National Statistics) as a public sector body according to
established criteria for accounting, governance and classification;
(ii) mandatory: be a registered member of at least one of the following UK Higher Education Regional
Purchasing Consortia:- Advanced Procurement for Universities and Colleges Limited (APUC); Higher Education
Purchasing Consortium, Wales (HEPCW); London Universities Purchasing Consortium (LUPC); North West
Universities Purchasing Consortium (NWUPC), North East Universities Purchasing Consortium (NEUPC);
Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC); or be a UK Research Council incl. RCUK Ltd;
(iii) be formally associated with a recognised UK degree-awarding institution via an established long-term
funding stream for teaching and/or research, and/or a defined legal business relationship;
(iv) provide recognised UK Further or Higher Education courses;
(v) have recognised UK Higher Education degree-awarding powers.
The right is reserved during the period of this Agreement to make additions to or subtractions from the list of
participating organisations broadly within the above criteria (i)-(v) at the joint discretion of the lead university
(currently Cardiff University) and the approved contractor(s).
Individual purchases may be made by staff and/or registered students of approved participating organisations as
above at the Agreement prices and related warranty terms. Specific conditions of contract are anticipated to be
required for such purchases, independently from the institutional conditions of contract.
The procurement covers Computer Equipment and mobile devices using a native Apple Operating System and value added services where
appropriate. The estimated value of the agreement based on historical data is in the region of 35 000 000 GBP
per annum. This estimate includes institutional purchases and permitted personal
purchases by registered students and staff (on campus)of approved organisations (circa 2000000 GBP per annum) and is subject to
the extent of participation across the sector. This is the total estimated spend by all participants and not the
value of business placed by the lead contracting authority.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
200 000 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 24
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
Up to 2 additional extensions of 12 months each.
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
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
The Framework Agreement is not related to a project/programme financed by EU funds but individual call off arrangements by users may be.