Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Diamond Light Source Ltd
Diamond House, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus
Didcot
OX11 0DE
UK
Contact person: Sue Blake
Telephone: +44 1235778167
E-mail: procurement@diamond.ac.uk
NUTS: UKJ14
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://tenders.diamond.ac.uk/Home.aspx
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Other: Scientific research facility
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Software and Computing Engineering Services
Reference number: DLSITT0404
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
To facilitate the Diamond science programme, Diamond provides extensive control systems, data acquisition systems, data analysis and other data handling processes. These are realised through developments undertaken by an in-house team of ~120 software and computing engineers. They largely use open source software working, in collaboration with comparable projects world-wide, academic groups in universities and commercial organisations.
Scientific computing systems support the in-house software team and the facility’s users. They consist of high performance storage, provisioned as GPFS, commodity storage based on NetApp Appliances, a compute cluster with 7k x86 cores and 200 GPUs, a high performance network, Linux workstations and network services.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
.01
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKJ14
Main site or place of performance:
Diamond Light Source Ltd.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
DLS wants to establish a framework agreement with multiple organisations for the supply of suitably qualified and experienced people to undertake and support the development of software and support of computer systems. This will be as part of the development of the distributed control systems or data acquisition systems or data handling systems or other computing projects. In general, this work will involve development of software within the established software frameworks or support of existing software or computer systems. Details of skill sets required for these development activities are outlined in Appendix B of our technical specification.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Skills, technical capability and experience of staff offered
/ Weighting: 30
Quality criterion: Evidence of recent relevant experience/track record
/ Weighting: 20
Quality criterion: Resource availability
/ Weighting: 10
Cost criterion: Hourly rate
/ 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
II.2.14) Additional information
If you are interested in this tender opportunity please create an account via the website link below:
http://www.diamond.ac.uk/Home/Procurement/
You will then be issued with a password to download the tender documents. In order to be considered, your response should arrive no later than midnight on 16.4.2019.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
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 052-119657
Section V: Award of contract
Title: Software and Computing Engineering Services
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
//
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 15
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Bond Williams Ltd
Oxford
UK
NUTS: UKJ14
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: .01
EUR
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
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
//
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 15
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Cosylab d.o.o.
Ljubljana
SI
NUTS: SIZ
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: .01
EUR
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
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
//
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 15
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
LA International Computer Consultants Ltd
Stoke-On-Trent
UK
NUTS: UKG23
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: .01
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
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
//
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 15
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Mobiis Co. Ltd
Seongnam-Si
KR
NUTS: 00
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: .01
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
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
//
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 15
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Observatory Sciences Ltd
St Ives
UK
NUTS: UKH12
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: .01
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
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
//
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 15
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Osprey DCS
Ocean City
US
NUTS: 00
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: .01
USD
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
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
//
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 15
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
TeleSoftas
Kaunas
LT
NUTS: LTZ
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: .01
EUR
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
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
//
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 15
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
ScisysUK Ltd
Chippenham
UK
NUTS: UKK1
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: .01
EUR
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
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
//
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 15
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Tessella Support Services
Abingdon
UK
NUTS: UKJ14
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: .01
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Diamond Light Source Ltd
Didcot
OX11 0DE
UK
E-mail: procurement@diamond.ac.uk
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
Diamond Light Source will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into. The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No 102) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
11/02/2020