Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Manchester Metropolitan University
Oxford Road
Manchester
M15 6BH
UK
Contact person: Stacey Anderton
E-mail: procurement@mmu.ac.uk
NUTS: UKD33
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.mmu.ac.uk/
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
Tender for the Provision of a Managed Test Service Supplier
Reference number: MMU766
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72212984
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
This tender is issued under the DPS for testing service MMU678 lot 4 managed test services. Manchester Metropolitan University (‘the University’) is seeking to appoint through a competitive tender process a suitably qualified and experienced supplier to provide managed test services.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Lowest offer:
489 030.00
GBP/ Highest offer:
1 099 286.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKD33
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The University has an Information Systems Strategic Investment roadmap, which defines a number of large transformation projects and programmes, along with smaller BAU development changes and upgrades. Alongside this a new project management framework has also been developed. With this increased focus on the strategic delivery of software throughout the University, a need was identified to increase the University’s testing capabilities.
The University is now beginning to undertake these larger scale transformation programs working with both agile and waterfall methodologies, both of which require dedicated, specialist testing resource that is currently not available within the University.
There had previously been no central management or structure to the software testing activities within the University across both BAU and project implementations. In 2018, our test manager was employed to bring all testing activities within the University in line with best practice. Through the development of a University testing strategy and framework for projects and BAU activities to follow, the need for the introduction of test analyst and test lead roles within the University has been identified.
Due to the number of projects that require testing resource, a decision has been made to appoint a supplier who can supply ad hoc resource and a range of service to meet the testing requirements of the University. By procuring these activities the University is looking to take advantage of the capabilities and level of experience from the successful supplier to fully meet the requirements of the test framework.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
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
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:
2019/S 176-428843
Section V: Award of contract
Title: Tender for the Provision of a Managed Test Service Provider
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
//
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 11
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Edge Testing Solutions Ltd
Bellshill
UK
NUTS: UKM84
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
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:
Lowest offer:
489 030.00
GBP
/ Highest offer:
1 099 286.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The High Court of England and Wales, Technology and Construction Court
London
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
15/06/2020