Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Highways England
Lateral, 8 City Walk
Leeds
LS11 9AT
UK
Contact person: Richard O'Neill
E-mail: richard.o'neill@highwaysengland.co.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/highways-england
Address of the buyer profile: https://highways.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.shtml
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
National or federal agency/office
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
National Roads Telecommunications Service 2 (NRTS 2)
II.1.2) Main CPV code
64200000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
As per the Contract Notice, this contract is for the provision, operation, and maintenance of telecommunications services between the roadside and various central locations for Highways England, the body responsible for England's motorway and trunk road network.
Whilst the authority for National Roads Telecommunications Service (NRTS2) project is Highways England Company Limited (and any future successor to this organisation), the Secretary of State for Transport will be a named beneficiary of the NRTS2 contract as some of the assets/contracts to which the NRTS2 services relate are in the name of the Secretary of State (e.g. those relating to the M6 toll motorway and the Severn River Crossing).
The scope of the NRTS2 contract includes the maintenance, deployment and further development of the NRTS services which currently provide services to approximately 30,000 locations on 3,500km of motorways and trunk roads, which provide connectivity between control centers and roadside devices.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
475 552 629.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
32000000
45000000
48000000
72000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
Main site or place of performance:
National - England's Strategic Road Network and Control Rooms.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
A broad indication of the breakdown of the value of the contract by type of work (indicative only) is:
— management, operations, and field maintenance workforce - 25 to 45 %,
— supply, design, and installation of equipment and systems - 45 to 65 %,
— others (cable installation, traffic management, and civil engineering works) - up to 10 %.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 70
Quality criterion: Price
/ Weighting: 30
Price
/ 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
II.2.14) Additional information
The value of the contract is the maximum value that the contract has been awarded for and includes the inital term and any possible extensions.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Competitive dialogue
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 060-101548
IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
18/12/2017
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 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
telent Technology Services Limited
Point 3, Haywood Road
Warwick
CV34 5AH
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 475 552 629.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The duration of the contract is 7 years with the option to extend by a further 2 years in 12 month increments.
The value of the contract is the maximum value that the contract has been awarded for and includes the inital term and any possible extensions.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Highways England
Lateral, 8 City Walk
Leeds
LS11 9AT
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging reviews: Highways England will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. Applicants who are unsuccessful shall be informed by Highways England as soon as possible after the decision has been made as to the reasons why the Applicant was unsuccessful.
If a review regarding the award of the contract has not been successfully resolved, The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No. 102) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales, and Northern Ireland).
Any such action must generally be brought within 30 days of the date on which the claimant became aware of a breach of the rules or ought to have done so. Where a contract has not been entered into, the Court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order the authority to amend any document and may award damages. If the contract has been entered into the Court may, depending on the circumstances, award damages, make a declaration of ineffectiveness, order the Authority to pay a fine, and/or order that the duration of the contract is shortened.
The purpose of the standstill period referred to above is to allow the parties to apply to the Courts to set aside the award decision before the contract is entered into.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
22/12/2017