Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Accent Corporate Services Ltd
IP29264R
Charlestown House, Acorn Park Industrial Estate, Charlestown
Shipley
BD17 7SW
UK
Contact person: Chris Cuthell
Telephone: +44 3456780555
E-mail: chris.cuthell@accentgroup.org
NUTS: UKE41
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.accentgroup.org
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Other: registered provider of social housing
I.5) Main activity
Housing and community amenities
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Accent Wide Area Network.
Reference number: 12399
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72720000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Accent Group, a social landlord with over 21 000 homes across the length and breadth of England is seeking to procure a fully managed replacement to their existing WAN. The main drivers for this project are:
a) The current WAN contract is now out of term and and OJEU compliant re-procurement process is necessary to ensure statutory and corporate governance compliance.
b) The current infrastructure provides insufficient bandwidth and variable levels of service.
c) A redesigned foundation layer is required to support our new unified communications infrastructure. Without a fit for purpose WAN enabling a modern innovative communications system our ability to provide a good service would be compromised.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
824 500.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKE41
Main site or place of performance:
England, United Kingdom.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
A fully managed wide area network with cloud based internet break out and a range of MPLS (or equivalent) connections ranging from 400 MBPS to ADSL 2+.
For a full description please see the ITT which can be downloaded from the web-page detailed above.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Design, service and delivery
/ Weighting: 60
Price
/ Weighting:
40
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
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about 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
Notice number in the OJ S:
2016/S 239-435660
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
Section V: Award of contract
Title: Accent Wide Area Network
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
31/03/2017
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 13
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 7
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 13
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Exponential-e Ltd
04499567
100 Leman Street
London
E1 8EU
UK
NUTS: UKI12
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:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 824 500.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Accent Corporate Services
Charlestown House
Shipley
BD17 7SW
UK
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Royal Courts of Justice
The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
10 Days — Alcatel Standstill period has been fulfilled.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
04/04/2017