Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
University of Bath
Purchasing Services, Claverton Down
Bath
BA2 7AY
UK
Contact person: Lester Hayward
E-mail: l.hayward@bath.ac.uk
NUTS: UKK12
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.bath.ac.uk
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Education
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Provision of telephony consultancy
Reference number: UoBath/Proc/481
II.1.2) Main CPV code
71316000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Independent consultancy provider to advise and support the development of telephony services and produce a strategy.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
200 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKK12
Main site or place of performance:
Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Appointment of an independent consultancy provider to develop a new telephony strategy which will be adaptable and flexible for the next 10-20 years. It is anticipated that the appointed consultant will act for the University to regularly update and maintain the telephony strategy. In addition, the provider is likely to be responsible for delivering elements of any proposed works as a project manager, arranging maintenance contracts and installations and services.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 70 %
Cost criterion: Whole Life Cost
/ Weighting: 30 %
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:
2016/S 207-374582
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: UoBath/Proc/481
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
01/12/2017
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 5
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 5
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
4C Strategies Ltd
Terminal Warehouse, Union Wharf, Market Harborough
Leicestershire
LE16 7UW
UK
NUTS: UKK12
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 200 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The initial contract period will be 3 years with the option for 2 annual extensions up to a maximum contract period of 5 years. The University reserves the right to award the extension periods as 2 individual extensions of 1 year or 1 single extension of 2 years depending upon circumstances after 3 years.
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GO Reference: GO-20171221-PRO-11611726.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
University of Bath
Purchasing Services, Claverton Down
Bath
BA2 7AY
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
21/12/2017