Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Education Authority
40 Academy Street
Belfast
BT1 2NQ
UK
Contact person: Pamela Rea
E-mail: pamela.rea@eani.org.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
Address of the buyer profile: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
Education
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
70321 — CISCO Telephony Equipment for the Education Authority
Reference number: 70321/Resource No 1161270
II.1.2) Main CPV code
32552000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
The Education Authority (EA) is seeking to establish a framework for the supply and delivery of Cisco unified communication hardware, software and associated services. This will be a call off contract for the period 12.2017 to 12.2020 with option to extend for 2 further periods of 12 months each. The EA has already made a large investment in Cisco IP telephony with associated hardware and software elements across its building estate. The objective of this procurement exercise is to develop a framework contract that will enable the Authority to build on this investment, extending and augmenting this system in such a way as to best leverage the existing investment, while maximising the potential of what is a resilient and scalable single telephony platform.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
1 500 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
32550000
32552100
32543000
64215000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN0
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Education Authority (EA) is seeking to establish a framework for the supply and delivery of Cisco unified communication hardware, software and associated services. This will be a call off contract for the period 12.2017 to 12.2020 with option to extend for 2 further periods of 12 months each. The EA has already made a large investment in Cisco IP telephony with associated hardware and software elements across its building estate. The objective of this procurement exercise is to develop a framework contract that will enable the Authority to build on this investment, extending and augmenting this system in such a way as to best leverage the existing investment, while maximising the potential of what is a resilient and scalable single telephony platform.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
With the option of a further 2 periods of 12 months extension each.
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.1.3) 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:
2017/S 187-005966
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 1
Title: 70321 — CISCO Telephony Equipment
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
15/12/2017
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
British Telecommunications PLC
Newgate Street
London
EC1A 7AJ
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:
: 1 500 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Education Authority
40 Academy Street
Belfast
BT1 2NQ
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
The Education Authority incorporated a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract was communicated to tenderers. That notification provided full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which was for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provided time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before any contracts were entered into.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
17/01/2018