Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Scottish Government
5 Atlantic Quay, 150 Broomielaw
Glasgow
G2 8LU
UK
Contact person: David Box
Telephone: +44 1412420345
E-mail: david.box@gov.scot
NUTS: UKM
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.gov.scot/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA10482
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Mobile Voice and Data Services
Reference number: SP-19-002
II.1.2) Main CPV code
64212000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Mobile voice and data services.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
10 000 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
64212100
64212300
64212200
64212500
64212600
64212700
64216110
64216000
32250000
31712112
32000000
32252000
32252100
32412100
32429000
32500000
32510000
32522000
32524000
51300000
64200000
64210000
64227000
32523000
32412000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
A single supplier national framework agreement for the provision of mobile voice and data services (MV&D). The scope of the collaborative arrangement will cover a wide range of MV&D services and a non-exhaustive list of these are as follows:
• calls and SMS,
• data services,
• mobile devices,
• account management,
• lone and remote worker services,
• mobile device management,
• managed service,
• shared data,
• international calls and roaming.
The framework agreement will be available for use by the Scottish Ministers (including Agencies), Scottish Non-Departmental Public Bodies, offices in the Scottish Administration which are not ministerial offices, cross-border public authorities within the meaning of section 88(5) of the Scotland Act 1998, the Scotland Office, the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body, councils constituted under section 2 of the Local Government, etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, bodies registered as social landlords under the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001, Student Loans Company Ltd, the Commissioner of Northern Lighthouse operating as the Northern Lighthouse Board, Scottish Futures Trust, Equality and Human Rights Commission, Business Stream Ltd, the Business Gateway National Unit at the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, further or higher education institutions being fundable bodies within the meaning of section 6 of the further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005, any public body established by or under the Scotland Act 1998 or any Act of the Scottish Parliament, any association of or formed by one or more of the foregoing, bodies financed wholly or mainly by one or more of the foregoing, bodies subject to management supervision by one or more of the foregoing and bodies more than half of the board of directors or members of which or, in the case of a group of individuals, more than half of those individuals, being appointed by one or more of the foregoing. In addition to the contracting authorities listed, the framework agreement will be available to charities entered on the Scottish Charity Register and voluntary organisations entered on the membership database of the Scottish Council for voluntary organisations.
Information about agencies of the Scottish Ministers,Scottish Non-Departmental Public Bodies and offices in the Scottish Administration which are not ministerial offices are listed at https://www.gov.scot/publications/national-public-bodies-directory/
Overview of the governance structure of public procurement for Scotland, including the Public Procurement Group.
https://www.gov.scot/publications/public-procurement-governance/
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ 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.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2019/S 221-542232
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: SP-19-002
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
20/03/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 5
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 3
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: 5
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Vodafone Ltd
Vodafone House, The Connection
Newbury
RG14 2FN
UK
NUTS: UKJ11
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 10 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
Although the framework agreement is for a maximum period of 36 months, call-off contracts can be for up to 48 months duration.
Vodafone Ltd has confirmed that any staff directly involved with the provision of services through this framework will be paid the equivalent (or in excess) of the current real living wage and do not operate zero hour contracts.
Vodafone Ltd has a number of corporate community benefits that they routinely deliver
Framework public bodies calling-off from this framework will also be encouraged to consider community benefit information at call-off level.
(SC Ref:617345)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Edinburgh Sheriff Court
Sheriff Court House, 27 Chambers Street
Edinburgh
EH1 1LB
UK
Telephone: +44 1312252525
E-mail: edinburgh@scotcourts.gov.uk
Fax: +44 1312258899
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/the-courts/court-locations/edinburgh-sheriff-court-and-justice-of-the-peace-court
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
16/04/2020