Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Valleys to Coast Housing Ltd
Tremains Business Park
Bridgend
CF311TZ
UK
Telephone: +44 1656762401
E-mail: Jonathan.Abraham@v2c.org.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.v2c.org.uk/
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
www.sell2wales.gov.wales
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
www.sell2wales.gov.wales
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Housing and community amenities
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
ICT Infrastructure Contract
Reference number: V2C/PC1098/2019
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72222300
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Contract is for a solution to provide cloud based hosting, storage and backup services for V2C’s business applications, wide area network and related security services, thin client end-user device solution and associated managed services to implement and support the solution. It is expected that the solution provided will optimally deploy public cloud services and will include migration of email to a public cloud service such as Microsoft Office 365 or Google G Suite. The solution provided will be highly-resilient and should include appropriate disaster recovery and/or business continuity services.
Bidders should refer to the Technical Statement of Requirements (“TSoR”) appended at Appendix 2 of this ITT for full details of V2C’s requirements and the services that the successful Bidder will be required to provide under the Contract.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
72251000
72253200
72263000
72510000
72511000
72710000
72720000
72910000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL17
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Contract is for a solution to provide cloud based hosting, storage and backup services for V2C’s business applications, wide area network and related security services, thin client end-user device solution and associated managed services to implement and support the solution. It is expected that the solution provided will optimally deploy public cloud services and will include migration of email to a public cloud service such as Microsoft Office 365 or Google G Suite. The solution provided will be highly-resilient and should include appropriate disaster recovery and/or business continuity services.
Bidders should refer to the Technical Statement of Requirements (“TSoR”) appended at Appendix 2 of this ITT for full details of V2C’s requirements and the services that the successful Bidder will be required to provide under the Contract.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 48
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
Three 1 yearly options to extend at V2C’s discretion, giving a maximum potential term of 7 years.
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
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
05/09/2019
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Duration in months: 6 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
05/09/2019
Local time: 14:00
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.3) Additional information
NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=94521.
The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx.
Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.
Under the terms of this contract the successful supplier(s) will be required to deliver Community Benefits in support of the authority’s economic and social objectives. Accordingly, contract performance conditions may relate in particular to social and environmental considerations. The Community Benefits included in this contract are:
V2C’s commitment to deliver ‘Community Benefit’ outcomes is designed to ensure that wider social and economic issues are taken into account when utilising procurement processes for contracts and the spending of public money.
V2C has identified specific Community Benefit commitments required from the Tendering Organisation successful in this procurement process and considers these to be proportionate and relevant to the subject matter.
Note: Any Community Benefits a bidder proposes to offer will not form part of the tender evaluation, or affect the tender scoring.
(WA Ref:94521)
The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Valleys to Coast Housing Ltd
Tremains Business Park
Bridgend
CF311TZ
UK
Telephone: +44 1656762401
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.v2c.org.uk/
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
01/08/2019