Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Heriot Watt University
Moyen House, Research Park North, Heriot-Watt University
Riccarton, Edinburgh
EH14 4AP
UK
Contact person: Richard Kinghorn
Telephone: +44 1314513704
E-mail: R.G.Kinghorn@hw.ac.uk
NUTS: UKM75
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://hw.ac.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00307
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
Education
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Servers and Storage, Backup and Disaster Recovery
Reference number: HWU1862
II.1.2) Main CPV code
48800000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The University is seeking proposals for a virtual infrastructure meeting our scope of requirements (capacity, performance and VMware compatibility) and a backup and recovery infrastructure including full data and system recovery in a major disaster recovery scenario. In addition, the solution should include the ability to backup and restore data from cloud based data stores and also the ability to run entire services and servers from a multi-region cloud platform.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Lowest offer:
364 541.00
GBP/ Highest offer:
641 249.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
72251000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM75
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The University is seeking proposals for a virtual infrastructure meeting our scope of requirements (capacity, performance and VMware compatibility) and a Backup and Recovery Infrastructure including full data and system recovery in a major disaster recovery scenario. In addition, the solution should include the ability to backup and restore data from cloud based data stores and also the ability to run entire services and servers from a multi-region cloud platform.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Technical
/ Weighting: 75
Cost criterion: Commercial
/ Weighting: 25
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
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:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2019/S 070-165668
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: HWU1862
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
12/07/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 7
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Circle IT Solutions Ltd
Brook House, 2 Lime Tree Court, Cardiff Gate Business Park
Cardiff
CF23 8AB
UK
Telephone: +44 3303338001
Fax: +44 3303338002
NUTS: UKL22
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
Lowest offer:
364 541.00
GBP
/ Highest offer:
641 249.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
(SC Ref:591057)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Heriot Watt University
Moyen House, Research Park North, Heriot-Watt University
Riccarton, Edinburgh
EH14 4AP
UK
Telephone: +44 1314513704
E-mail: R.G.Kinghorn@hw.ac.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: http://hw.ac.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
12/07/2019