Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Education Scotland
Denholm House, Almondvale Business Park
Livingston
EH54 6GA
UK
Contact person: Stephen Phillips
Telephone: +44 1412420131
E-mail: stephen.phillips@gov.scot
NUTS: UKM
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA11402
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Provision of Safeguarding Product and Services for Glow
Reference number: EDUC-0000251
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72212730
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
To enhance the existing safety and security of Glow, Education Scotland has a requirement to place a contract with an external service provider for the creation and ongoing support of a bespoke safeguarding product and services to function within Scotland's national digital learning platform known as Glow.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
841 250.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
72222300
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Education Scotland wishes to further strengthen the safety and security of Scotland's national digital learning platform known as Glow and has a requirement to place a contract with an external service provider for the creation and ongoing support of a bespoke safeguarding product and service to function within Glow.
Glow offers a number of different services to support learning across the curriculum.
The safeguarding product and service will be used to monitor and alert on the activity, interaction and behaviour of users within this environment.
The Glow environment’s core components are Office 365, G Suite and WordPress. The Glow environment is accessed via corporate and personal devices, as such the product should have the capability to monitor these environments and not be device specific (not require software to be loaded on the users’ endpoint).
Education Scotland would welcome an initial proposal for the creation and ongoing support of a safeguarding product and service including but not limited to the following capabilities within the Office 365, G Suite and WordPress environment:
• live keyword search,
• image recognition,
• metadata search,
• child safeguarding,
• reporting,
• alerting.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: As set out in tender
/ Weighting: 70 %
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
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) 2015.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Competitive procedure with negotiation
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:
2019/S 039-088162
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: EDUC-0000251
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
01/12/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
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: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Seric Systems Ltd
75 Bothwell Street
Glasgow
G2 6TS
UK
Telephone: +44 1415611161
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 841 250.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
Questions 4C1.2 and 4C3a of Part IV of the ESPD (Scotland) will be scored in the following way:
0 = Unacceptable. Nil or inadequate response. Fails to demonstrate previous experience/capacity/capability relevant to this criterion.
1 = Poor. Response is partially relevant but generally poor. The response shows some elements of relevance to the criterion but contains insufficient/limited detail or explanation to demonstrate previous relevant experience/ capacity/capability.
2 = Acceptable. Response is relevant and acceptable. The response demonstrates broad previous experience, knowledge and skills/capacity/capability but may lack in some aspects of similarity e.g. previous experience, knowledge or skills may not be of a similar nature.
3 = Good. Response is relevant and good. The response is sufficiently detailed to demonstrate a good amount of experience, knowledge or skills/capacity/capability relevant to providing similar services to similar clients.
4 = Excellent. Response is completely relevant and excellent overall. The response is comprehensive, unambiguous and demonstrates thorough experience, knowledge or skills/capacity/capability relevant to providing similar services to similar clients.
The scoring system used to evaluate the award criteria in the ITT will be as follows:
0 = Unacceptable. Nil or inadequate response. Fails to demonstrate an ability to meet the requirement.
1 = Poor. Response is partially relevant and poor. The response addresses some elements of the requirement but contains insufficient/limited detail or explanation to demonstrate how the requirement will be fulfilled.
2 = Acceptable. Response is relevant and acceptable. The response addresses a broad understanding of the requirement but may lack details on how the requirement will be fulfilled in certain areas.
3 = Good. Response is relevant and good. The response is sufficiently detailed to demonstrate a good understanding and provides details on how the requirement will be fulfilled.
4 = Excellent. Response is completely relevant and excellent. The response is comprehensive, unambiguous and demonstrates a thorough understanding of the requirement and provides detail of how the requirement will be met in full.
(SC Ref:638419)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Livingston Sheriff Court
West Lothian Civic Centre, Howden South Road
Livingston
EH54 6FF
UK
Telephone: +44 1506402400
Internet address(es)
URL: http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
10/12/2020