Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Salix Homes Limited
Diamond House, 2 Peel Cross lane
Salford
M5 4DT
UK
Telephone: +44 1942725438
E-mail: nathan@clarityprocurement.co.uk
NUTS: UKD3
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.salixhomes.org/
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Housing and community amenities
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
ICT Infrastructure
Reference number: SALX-ICT-INFRA2017
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72222300
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Salix Homes is moving to a new phase in its use of technology to drive business improvements and now seeks to engage with a single supplier to supply and support its IT infrastructure requirements. This will enable the business to become technically agile and use the best of breed from today’s IT technologies to support both its staff and its customers.
Salix is adopting a “Cloud First” strategy and this will see most applications delivered through SaaS clouds in the medium to longer term. In the interim, Salix will require infrastructure (storage and server capacity and associated backup and disaster recovery services) to host its non-SaaS applications, which will include Finance, Asset Management and Dynamics CRM. Salix does not have a data centre or server room and therefore all equipment will be hosted in enterprise-quality data centres by the successful Bidder.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
2 260 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
72251000
72253200
72263000
72510000
72511000
72710000
72720000
72910000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKD3
Main site or place of performance:
Greater Manchester.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Salix Homes is moving to a new phase in its use of technology to drive business improvements and now seeks to engage with a single supplier to supply and support its IT infrastructure requirements. This will enable the business to become technically agile and use the best of breed from today’s IT technologies to support both its staff and its customers.
Salix is adopting a “Cloud First” strategy and this will see most applications delivered through SaaS clouds in the medium to longer term. In the interim, Salix will require infrastructure (storage and server capacity and associated backup and disaster recovery services) to host its non-SaaS applications, which will include Finance, Asset Management and Dynamics CRM. Salix does not have a data centre or server room and therefore all equipment will be hosted in enterprise-quality data centres by the successful Bidder.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
It is envisaged that the Contract with the successful Bidder shall last for an initial period of [four (4) years], with an option to extend at Salix Homes’ sole discretion for a further three (3) periods of one (1) year each, giving a total potential term of up to seven (7) years.
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
Restricted 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:
2017/S 205-423423
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 1
Title: ICT Infrastructure
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
14/05/2018
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
ANS Group Limited
Synergy House, Guildhall Close, Manchester Science Park
Manchester
M15 6SY
UK
NUTS: UKD3
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 2 260 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
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.This tender opportunity is being administered on behalf of Salix Homes Homes by Clarity Procurement.
Solutions Limited.
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https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=324696220
GO Reference: GO-201865-PRO-12554944
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The High Court of England and Wales
London
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
The Contracting Authority will enter into this contract following a minimum 10 calendar days standstill period starting on the day after the notification of the result. The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/102) (as amended) (the Regulations) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or who are at risk of harm by a breach of the Regulations to bring proceedings in the High Court. Any such proceedings must be brought within the limitation period specified by the Regulations according to the remedy sought.
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
The Cabinet Office
London
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
05/06/2018