Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Post Office Ltd
Finsbury Dials, 20 Finsbury St
London
EC2Y 9AQ
UK
Contact person: Wendy Luczywo
E-mail: wendy.luczywo@postoffice.co.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.postoffice.co.uk
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.postoffice.co.uk
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Post Office Banking Automation
Reference number: 2019/S 027-060289 (Bravo 383 / Web3 AA1044)
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The provision of transaction processing, managed services and hardware for the automation of a proportion of 11 500 Post Office branches made up of five (5) Lots:
Lot 1: The provision of a highly resilient, compliant and secure platform providing ATM switching to LINK and other Schemes;
Lot 2: Provision of multi-vendor software, telecommunications services, hardware installation and maintenance services, monitoring and helpdesk, fraud and security solutions, cash management, balancing and disputes management and other self-service operational services including provision of management information;
Lot 3: ATM hardware;
Lot 4: A range of self-service hardware including but not limited to deposit and cash recycling equipment; and
Lot 5: Teller cash automation supply but not limited to cash recycling hardware.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
Yes
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
357 000 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
Lot No: One
II.2.1) Title
Banking Automation Processes
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
32400000
48100000
48170000
48217000
48219000
48620000
48710000
48732000
48731000
48761000
50331000
66152000
66180000
72900000
32500000
30000000
48200000
48730000
50330000
48760000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
Main site or place of performance:
UK.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The procurement will primarily deliver device driving and transaction switching and routing services that are compliant with all relevant schemes concerned with the processing of financial transactions at devices installed in POL branches throughout the UK and NI.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality — method statements
/ Weighting: 40 %
Quality criterion: Contractual risk
/ Weighting: 10 %
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
II.2.14) Additional information
The contract term is for an initial period of 60 months with renewal options to extend on one or more occasions up to a maximum term of period of 84 months.
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:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2019/S 027-060289
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: One
Contract No: eCAF830 - Lot 1
Title: Banking Automation Processing Services
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
03/09/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
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: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Vocalink Ltd
1, Angel Lane
London
EC4R 3AB
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
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:
: 4 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Court
Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand
London
EWC2A 2LL
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
Post Office has provided notification of intent to award which will allow bidders a 10-day period to raise any enquiry.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
26/01/2021