Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Cambridge
Procurement Services, 1st Floor South, Greenwich House, Madingley Rise
Cambridge
CB3 0TX
UK
Contact person: Tom Twitchett
E-mail: purchasing.intend@admin.cam.ac.uk
NUTS: UKH1
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofcambridge
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Other: Higher Education/Research
I.5) Main activity
Education
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
UCAM 052/17 For the provision of a Storage Solution for the School of Clinical Medicine
Reference number: UCAM 052/17
II.1.2) Main CPV code
30200000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
The Clinical School Computing Service (CSCS) provides IT services to approximately 3000 users within the University of Cambridge. Predominantly, but not exclusively, this is to Departments within the School of Clinical Medicine. CSCS intends to merge and replace its existing multi-site storage systems with a new multi-site replacement to offer flexibility, performance, growth, manageability and resilience needed to meet the demands of the organisation. The storage solution will replace existing storage hardware, so any proposed solution will not have to integrate or collaborate with the existing storage solution, as this will be decommissioned.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
800 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKH12
Main site or place of performance:
Cambridge.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Clinical School Computing Service (CSCS) provides IT services to approximately 3000 users within the University of Cambridge. Predominantly, but not exclusively, this is to Departments within the School of Clinical Medicine. CSCS intends to merge and replace its existing multi-site storage systems with a new multi-site replacement to offer flexibility, performance, growth, manageability and resilience needed to meet the demands of the organisation. The storage solution will replace existing storage hardware, so any proposed solution will not have to integrate or collaborate with the existing storage solution, as this will be decommissioned.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Technical Merit
/ Weighting: 45
Quality criterion: Service and Support
/ Weighting: 10
Quality criterion: Commerical
/ Weighting: 5
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.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: UCAM 052/17
Title: UCAM 052/17 For the Provision of a Storage Solution for the School of Clinical Medicine
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
22/12/2017
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 4
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Proact IT UK Ltd
Chesterfield
UK
NUTS: UKF
The contractor is an SME:
No
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:
: 600 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
General Information and Instructions
1) The University of Cambridge is not a public body within the meaning of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU) and is not subject to the European procurement legislation. Where the University advertises contracts in the Official Journal of the European Union, it does so on a voluntary basis and does not undertake any obligation to comply with the procurement legislation. The University reserves its rights in full to adapt or step outside the procedures in the procurement legislation as the University considers necessary;
2) The University reserves the right to accept any part of any tender. Information about the tender process to be followed does not amount to a legally binding offer by the University to follow the process so described. The University reserves the right not to follow or to modify the procedures as the University considers necessary;
3) Tenders shall be submitted in accordance with and subject to the terms of these Instructions. Tenders not complying with any mandatory requirement (indicated by the word “shall” or “must”) may be rejected by the University acting in its sole discretion.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Cambridge
Procurement Services, 1st Floor South, Greenwich House, Madingley Rise
Cambridge
CB3 0TX
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
22/12/2017