Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Buckinghamshire County Council
2) NCO, Walton Street
Aylesbury
HP20 1UA
UK
Contact person: Miss Helen Bold
Telephone: +44 1296383660
E-mail: hbold@buckscc.gov.uk
NUTS: UKJ13
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.buckscc.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.supplybucksbusiness.org.uk
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
www.supplybucksbusiness.org.uk
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
www.supplybucksbusiness.org.uk
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Buckinghamshire Rural Business Broadband Project
Reference number: DN361182
II.1.2) Main CPV code
32000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Council is seeking a supplier to provide broadband infrastructure to rural businesses in Buckinghamshire that currently have no Next generation access (NGA) infrastructure provided with a download speed greater than 30 Mbps utilising the National Broadband Scheme (NBS) 2016.
Additional funding may become available during the contract life. Should this occur the value of the contract may increase.
Further information regarding the scope and the evaluation process can be found within the procurement documentation.
Deployment must complete by 31.12.2021: there is a requirement for the delivery of Wholesale Services for 7 years post completion of the deployment date.
Tenderers should note that there are critical dates at the start of this procurement relating to the supplier return and agreement to the Councils Non-disclosure agreement (NDA), agreed Code of Conduct and expression of interest form. Suppliers who fail to respond/agree by the stated milestones will be excluded.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKJ13
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Council is seeking to award a contract to a supplier to provide broadband infrastructure to rural businesses in Buckinghamshire that currently have no Next generation access (NGA) infrastructure provided with a download speed greater than 30 Mbps utilising the National Broadband Scheme (NBS) 2016.
Additional funding may become available during the contract life. Should this occur the value of the contract may increase.
Further information regarding the scope and the evaluation process can be found within the procurement documentation.
Deployment must complete by 31.12.2021— there is a requirement for the delivery of wholesale services for 7 years post completion of the deployment date.
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
Start:
20/02/2020
End:
31/12/2027
This contract is subject to renewal: No
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:
Yes
II.2.14) Additional information
The contract value will be in the range of 1 800 000 and 2 069 000. Further information can be found in the procurement documents.
The procurement documents will be available at www.supplybucksbusiness.org.uk from 12.8.2019.
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:
04/11/2019
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
04/11/2019
Local time: 12:15
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Buckinghamshire County Council
County Hall, Walton Street
Aylesbury
HP20 1YG
UK
E-mail: procurement@buckscc.gov.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: www.buckscc.gov.uk
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
The Council will incorporate a standstill period at the point when information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. The standstill period will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, and provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into. The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide for the aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
08/08/2019