Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Department of Finance
Craigantlet Buildings, Stoney Road
Belfast
BT4 3SX
UK
Contact person: ict.cpdfinance-ni.gov.uk
E-mail: ict.cpd@finance-ni.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
Address of the buyer profile: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
CFT 593315 DoF IT Assist Maintenance Contract for Dell Active Directory Recovery Manager.
Reference number: CFT 593315
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
IT Assist, an Enterprise Shared Service. ESS. within the Department of Finance. DoF. , provides common ICT services to the departments of the Northern Ireland Civil Service. NICS. . IT Assist currently uses Dell Software Recovery Manager for Active Directory to backup its Active Directory structures. Currently the 18000 perpetual licenses owned by IT Assist are out of maintenance support. January 2014. . The purpose of this contract is to bring the existing licenses back into maintenance and support and to allow for purchase of additional licenses as demand for Active directory services increases over the period of this contract. Initially 1000 additional licenses will be required to meet current demand within the first year. The contract period is four. 4. years with the option to extend for one. 1. period of twelve. 12. months plus the backdated licenses from 1.1.2014 to the date of award.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
135 688.22
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
48000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
IT Assist, an Enterprise Shared Service. ESS. within the Department of Finance. DoF. , provides common ICT services to the departments of the Northern Ireland Civil Service. NICS. . IT Assist currently uses Dell Software Recovery Manager for Active Directory to backup its Active Directory structures. Currently the 18000 perpetual licenses owned by IT Assist are out of maintenance support. January 2014. . The purpose of this contract is to bring the existing licenses back into maintenance and support and to allow for purchase of additional licenses as demand for Active directory services increases over the period of this contract. Initially 1000 additional licenses will be required to meet current demand within the first year. The contract period is four. 4. years with the option to extend for one. 1. period of twelve. 12. months plus the backdated licenses from 1.1.2014 to the date of award.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
Option for one 12 month extension at the end of the initial contract period.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
This contract wasn't subdivided into lots as this is a requirement for a single product type.
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.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2016/S 201-363115
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 0
Contract No: 1
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
30/11/2016
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 2
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 3
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 3
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Sureskills Ltd
58-60 Upper Arthur Street
Belfast
BT1 4GJ
UK
Telephone: +44 02890935555
E-mail: niinfo@sureskills.com
Fax: +44 02890935566
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
URL: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
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:
: 135 688.22
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures
Belfast
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
The following text was published in the Contract Notice for this competition: CPD will comply with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and, where appropriate, will incorporate a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
05/12/2016