Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
University of the West of Scotland
High Street
Paisley
PA1 2BE
UK
Telephone: +44 1418483647
E-mail: procurement@uws.ac.uk
Fax: +44 1418483111
NUTS: UKM82
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.uws.ac.uk
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00473
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
UWS: Lanarkshire Campus — Provision of Wide Area Network (WAN)
Reference number: UWS/2017/012
II.1.2) Main CPV code
32430000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
This is a voluntary ex ante transparency (VEAT) notice. This notice is to indicate that the University of the West of Scotland intends to contract with Datavita for the provision of WAN services at its new Lanarkshire Campus and other UWS Campuses.This service has an estimated total cost (for 5 years) of circa 300 000 GBP.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
295 975.20
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
32430000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM95
Main site or place of performance:
Lanarkshire
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
This is a voluntary ex ante transparency (VEAT) notice. This notice is to indicate that the University of Scotland intends to contract with Datavita for the provision of WAN services at its new Lanarkshire Campus and other UWS Campuses.This service has an estimated total cost (for 5 years) of circa 300 000 GBP.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Methodology for Delivering the Service
/ Weighting: 50
Price
/ Weighting:
50
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
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the Directive
Explanation
There is technical justification in services being provided by a particular economic operator for the following reasons:
1) There is a pre-existing WAN connection in the Lanarkshire Campus Building which was installed by HFD (via.
Datavita) who are the Estate Developer for Hamilton Innovation Park. This is shared connection which allows for greater flexibility in bandwidth provision.
2) LAN services which are part of the Managed Services provided by HFD (via Datavita) will be provided through this existing WAN connection;
3) Introducing an additional WAN connection would result in the WAN/LAN being provided through two separate managed services;
4) WAN requires to be installed and commissioned by end Jan’18.
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:
2017/S 229-477969
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: UWS/2017/012
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: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
DataVita
York Road
Chapelhall
ML6 8HW
UK
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
URL: http://www.datavita.co.uk/#1
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:
: 300 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
(SC Ref:530145).
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
University of the West of Scotland
High Street
Paisley
PA1 2BE
UK
Telephone: +44 1418483647
Fax: +44 1418483111
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
09/02/2018