Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Norfolk County Council
Floor 3, County Hall, Martineau Lane,
Norwich
NR1 2DH
UK
Contact person: Sarah Hardy
E-mail: sourcingteam@norfolk.gov.uk
NUTS: UKH15
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.norfolk.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc/aspx/Home
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
LAN Refresh
Reference number: NCCT41634
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Norfolk County Council Local Area Network underpins all of the Authorities business services and therefore is crucial infrastructure. The Authority has appointed a provider to implement a modern, simpler and faster Local Area Network to replace its legacy infrastructure.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
1 323 830.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
72700000
72710000
32400000
32410000
32420000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKH15
UKH16
UKH17
Main site or place of performance:
Norfolk.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The LAN refresh contract is broken down into the following key elements:
1) Core LAN including Core LAN switches and routers located within the County Hall data centre, firewalls and load balancers;
2) Access LAN;
3) Wireless;
4) Management and security tools.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Core LAN services
/ Weighting: 17 %
Quality criterion: Access LAN services
/ Weighting: 8 %
Quality criterion: Wireless services
/ Weighting: 10 %
Quality criterion: Management and security
/ Weighting: 15 %
Quality criterion: Service design, implementation and business continuity
/ Weighting: 10 %
Price
/ Weighting:
40 %
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
Under the contract Norfolk County Council has the right to use the contract to purchase items and services as detailed in the winning bidders response for non essential sites as detailed in the tender documents.
There is a right to extend the contract beyond the initial term for 12 months.
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
Competitive dialogue
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2018/S 119-270781
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: NCCT41364
Title: LAN Refresh
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
07/01/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 5
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
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: 5
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
CAE Technology Services
CAE House, 9 Colonial Way
Watford
WD24 4PT
UK
NUTS: UKH23
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.thisiscae.com/
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 1 323 830.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
It should be noted that the figure for the value of the contract includes non essential sites and is the price if all items and services are purchased at the start of the contract.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Norfolk County Council
Norwich
UK
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Norfolk County Council
Norwich
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) 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).
Proceedings must be brought within 30 days from the date of knowledge (the date on which the economic operator first knew or ought to have known that grounds for starting the proceedings had arisen) unless the Court considers that there is good reason for extending the period within which proceedings may be brought, in which case the Court may extend that period up to a maximum of 3 months from the date of knowledge.
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Norfolk County Council
Norwich
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
16/01/2019