Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
London Fire Commissioner
N/A
169 Union Street
London
SE1 0LL
UK
Contact person: Catherine Bray
Telephone: +44 2085551200
E-mail: catherine.bray@london-fire.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.london-fire.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/33133
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
Public order and safety
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Provision of Information and Library Services
Reference number: PROC/6165/18
II.1.2) Main CPV code
92511000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The London Fire Commissioner requires an information service covering nine different areas of service. For details of the services required please refer to the supplier questionnaire or the draft invitation to tender.
The Commissioner will be entering into a shared services agreement with the Greater London Authority (GLA) to provide information services to their staff. The contractor shall provide services to both the Commissioner and the GLA. The Commissioner shall be acting as contract manager on behalf of both parties.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
724 440.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
72300000
73110000
79300000
79315000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
Main site or place of performance:
London.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The London Fire Commissioner requires an information service covering the following areas of activity:
1) Provision of an enquiry service (covering a range of activities from profiling to literature searching);
2) Production of alerting bulletins, highlighting new policy announcements, reports, official statistics, publications and research articles across a range of policy subject areas;
3) Supply of a daily information bulletin covering all policy areas relevant to the GLA;
4) Access to full text books, journals and newspapers;
5) Access to social/urban affairs database to enable GLA users, other public sector staff and paying subscribers to carry out their own searches for research articles;
6) Training to strengthen information literacy;
7) Promotion and marketing;
8) Contract management;
9) Hosting and server support.
The Commissioner will be entering into a shared services agreement with the Greater London Authority (GLA) to provide information services to their staff. The contractor shall provide services to both the Commissioner and the GLA. The Commissioner shall be acting as contract manager on behalf of both parties.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 50 %
Quality criterion: Sustainability/social value
/ Weighting: 10 %
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
Restricted 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:
2018/S 187-422900
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 1
Title: Provision of Information and Library Services
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
03/04/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Idox Software Ltd
02933889
2nd floor, 1310 Waterside, Arlington Business Park
Theale
RG7 4SA
UK
Telephone: +44 8703337101
E-mail: bidteam@idoxgroup.com
Fax: +44 8703337131
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
URL: http://www.idoxgroup.com
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 724 440.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
Bidders are required to register and express their interest through the Bluelight Portal (www.bluelight.gov.uk). It is free to register and bidders should receive notification of acceptance of their registration within 48 hours. Please be aware emails from the Portal may be quarantined by email filters.
This contract will be made available to members of the GLA family and/or their subsidiary bodies.
The contracting authority reserves the right at any time to cease this tendering process and not to award a contract. The contracting authority, at its absolute discretion, may wish to extend the contract for a further period or periods up to an aggregate of 24 months.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Court of England and Wales
Royal Courts of Justice, Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
30/07/2020