Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Scottish Government
Saughton House, Broomhouse Drive
Edinburgh
EH11 3XD
UK
Contact person: Anamaria Rehbein
E-mail: anamaria.rehbein@gov.scot
NUTS: UKM
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.scotland.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA10482
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
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
Scottish 4G Infill Programme: Capital Funded Mast Deployment Project
Reference number: CASE/382333
II.1.2) Main CPV code
32412100
II.1.3) Type of contract
Works
II.1.4) Short description
The Capital Funded Mast Deployment Project (the Project) is a capital grant funded intervention to deliver publicly available commercial 4G-LTE coverage from a fibre to the mast approach and provide next generation digital communications across some of the more remote and rural areas of Scotland. The Project allows for funding to be utilised to build masts up to a total value of 25 000 000 GBP. The Project is the first of a number of interventions which are to be advanced under the programme, with details of other interventions to be developed in due course.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
25 000 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
32424000
32571000
32510000
45314000
64200000
64212000
32000000
45232300
32500000
45232332
45232340
44212261
32418000
32344240
45312330
32522000
32523000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Scottish Ministers have appointed a single Infrastructure Provider for the delivery of publicly available commercial 4G-LTE coverage from a fibre to the mast approach and provide next generation digital communications across some of the more remote areas of Scotland.
The project meets the provisions of the Article 52 of General Block Exemption Regulations for State Aid funding and is exempt from the Public Sector Contract (Scotland) Regulations 2015 under Regulation 9.
The Project allows for grant funding to be utilised to build masts up to a total value of 25 000 000 GPB to deliver next generation digital communications across some of the remote and rural areas of Scotland. This includes funding of up to 10 000 000 GBP from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) to be used in the Highlands and Islands region of Scotland and up to 15 000 000 GBP from Scottish Government to match fund the ERDF funding and wider development across Scotland. Scottish Government anticipates that approximately 60-70 masts can be delivered utilising the funds available for this Project.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 30
Price
/ Weighting:
70
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:
Yes
II.2.14) Additional information
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
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 054-118809
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: CASE/382333
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
13/07/2018
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
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: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
WHP Telecoms Ltd
Faraday Court, 401 Faraday Street, Birchwood Park
Warrington
WA3 6GA
UK
Telephone: +44 1925424100
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:
: 25 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The publication of this Notice is made on a voluntary basis. The contract will remain in force for approximately 11 years comprising a build period of up to 4 years, followed by a services period of seven years. It is the intention that the build period will be completed by 31.3.2022.
The Scottish Government is committed to contributing to the social, economic and environmental well-being of the people of Scotland, in order to create a more successful country, with opportunities for all of Scotland to flourish, through increasing sustainable economic growth.
WHP Telecoms Ltd are committed to the principles of Fair Work including fair and equitable treatment of all employees. WHP Telecoms Ltd employees directly involved in the delivery of the framework are paid at a level which exceeds the real Living Wage.
WHP Telecoms Ltd are committed to investing in Scotland and will be delivering targeted recruitment and training of the long-term unemployed, educational benefits to communities arising through performance of the grant agreement, supply chain and training opportunities for small to medium (SME) sized businesses and social enterprises as a result of delivering this project.
WHP Telecoms Ltd are committed to regular contributions to a Community Benefit Fund and will be monitoring and reporting on the progress of their community benefits initiatives.
(SC Ref:549183)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Scottish Government
Victoria Quay, Leith
Edinburgh
EH6 6QQ
UK
Internet address(es)
URL: http://www.scotland.gov.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
16/07/2018