CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE – OFFICIAL JOURNAL

Section I: Contracting Authority

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Name, Address and Contact Point(s)

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Type of contracting Authority and Main Activity or Activities

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions National or federal agency/Office Regional or local Authority Regional or local Agency/Office Body governed by public law European Institution/Agency or International Organisation

General public services Defence Public order and safety Environment Economic and financial affairs Health Housing and community amenities Social protection Recreation, culture and religion Education

Section II: Object of the Contract

II.1)

Description

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Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

Wireless Wide Area Network and Digital Inclusion Services.

II.1.2(a))

Type of works contract

II.1.2(b))

Type of supplies contract

II.1.2(c))

Type of service contract

II.1.2)

Main site or location of works, place of delivery or performance

II.1.3)

This notice involves a framework agreement

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Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

Wide area network services. Wakefield and District Housing (WDH) is one of the UK's leading housing providers, recognised by a series of awards including Inside Housing Social Landlord of the Year 2013, and being a EFQM European Excellence Award finalist. WDH own and manage 31 000 homes for rent, and also provide repairs services to other organisations and customers for a further 10 000 homes.

WDH currently has a corporate Wide Area Network (WAN) using leased fibre lines to connect its 13 main offices located in Wakefield City and towns across the district, and a range of connection types to around 45 Independent Living Schemes. WDH is now seeking to replace this WAN predominantly with a high speed, high capacity and highly reliable wireless infrastructure that generates substantial annual savings in comparison to the current solution by having minimal annual revenue costs. These projected savings are to be invested in creating a wireless network to cover our social housing stock, comprising c. 31 000 properties located across the 338 sq. km Wakefield District. This network is to provide free-of-charge internet access for our tenants, residents and small local businesses, and is to be supported by a comprehensive range of digital inclusion activities and end-user customer support. The public internet access and associated support services should be at no or minimal ongoing cost to WDH.

This tender is to provide both the corporate wireless WAN, the public WAN, and the associated digital inclusion and customer support services as a single, integrated solution. Ownership of the procured infrastructure is intended to be held by WDH with an initial period comprising 3 years maintenance and support of the network to be provided for within the agreed solution. Innovative and sustainable commercial proposals for ensuring the ongoing provision of free internet and digital inclusion services are however welcomed as part of the competitive dialogue process.

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Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.1.6)

Contract covered by the government procurement agreement (GPA)

II.2)

Total final value of the contract(s)

II.2.1)

Total final value of the contract(s)

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Type of procedure

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

IV.2)

Award criteria

IV.2.1)

Award criteria

IV.2.2)

An electronic auction has been used

IV.3)

Administrative information

IV.3.1)

File reference number attributed by the contracting authority

WDH/KH/WirelessWAN/0319

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Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Other previous publications

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No:

V.1)

Date of contract award:

V.2)

Numbers of offers received:

V.3)

Name and address of economic operator to whom the contract has been awarded

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Information on value of contract

V.5)

The contract is likely to be subcontracted

Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be subcontracted

Wireless WAN infrastructure erection/Line of Sight Survey Portal development.

Section VI: Complementary Information

VI.1)

Contract related to a project and/or programme financed by community funds?

VI.2)

Additional Information

You should note that other contracting authorities within the Wakefield district area served by WDH may be entitled in due course to participate in the use of any infrastructure procured under this arrangement although any volumes or values stated within this or subsequent documents are unless otherwise indicated solely those of Wakefield and District Housing.

The list of potential participating authorities will be those covered by and outlined below:

Registered Providers as defined by the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 and who also act as Bodies Governed by Public Law within Regulation 3(w) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 SI2006/5 (as amended) and are currently registered on the Register of Providers of Social Housing http://www.homesandcommunities.co.uk/ourwork/registrations-and-de-registrations and regulated by the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA)

Local authorities as defined by the Government on the Gov.UK website Local Council Directory.

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/Localcouncils/AToZOfLocalCouncils/index.htm

Under this contract the contractor will be required to actively contribute to the achievement of social objectives. These include: skills development; employment and training opportunities within the locality of where the contract will be delivered; and other added value initiatives throughout the supply chain to support community programmes promoted by Wakefield and District Housing or its partners.

To view this notice, please click here:

https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=140505994

GO Reference: GO-2015413-PRO-6517898.

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Procedures for appeal

VI.3.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures

Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.3.2)

Lodging of appeals

VI.3.3)

Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

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Dispatch date of this Notice