Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Leicester City Council
Bosworth House, 9 Princess Road West
Leicester
LE1 6TH
UK
Contact person: Pamela Chirara
E-mail: pamela.chirara@leicester.gov.uk
NUTS: UKF21
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.leicester.gov.uk
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
http://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Leicester:-Software-package-and-information-systems./2M294BXCFP
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
http://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Leicester:-Software-package-and-information-systems./2M294BXCFP
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
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
Fully Managed Website Hosting Service.
Reference number: 0454/PC/ICT
II.1.2) Main CPV code
48000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Leicester City Council is seeking a fully managed web hosting contract for its main corporate websites. We require a safe and secure cloud-based hosting solution with high availability servers, elastic bandwidth and disk space plus responsive load balancing to ensure our websites run at optimum performance with minimum downtime.
Our priorities are: reliability, security, scalability and value for money.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKF21
Main site or place of performance:
Leicester.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Leicester City Council is seeking a fully managed web hosting contract for its main corporate websites. We require a safe and secure cloud-based hosting solution with high availability servers, elastic bandwidth and disk space plus responsive load balancing to ensure our websites run at optimum performance with minimum downtime.
Our priorities are: reliability, security, scalability and value for money.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Quality criterion: Functional and Service
/ Weighting: 57
Quality criterion: Commercial
/ Weighting: 3
Cost criterion: Pricing
/ Weighting: 40
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 48
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
2 years with the option to extend for a further 1+1 year(s).
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
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 III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
III.2.3) Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract
Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract
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.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
24/07/2017
Local time: 10:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Duration in months: 3 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
24/07/2017
Local time: 10:00
Place:
Leicester City Council.
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
VI.3) Additional information
The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Leicester:-Software-package-and-information-systems./2M294BXCFP
To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/2M294BXCFP
Go reference: GO-2017621-PRO-10476710.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Leicester City Council
Bosworth House, 9 Princess Road West
Leicester
LE1 6TH
UK
Telephone: +44 1164543502
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
21/06/2017