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Contract Notice

Request for Information — Offsite Data Centre

  • First published: 18 June 2020
  • Last modified: 18 June 2020

The buyer is not using this website to administer the notice.

To record your interest or obtain additional information or documents please find instructions within the Full Notice Text. (NOTE: Contract Award Notices and Prior Information Notices do not normally require a response)

Contents

Summary

OCID:
Published by:
West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
Authority ID:
AA62312
Publication date:
18 June 2020
Deadline date:
17 July 2020
Notice type:
Contract Notice
Has documents:
No
Has SPD:
No
Has Carbon Reduction Plan:
N/A

Abstract

This document is a request for information, ahead of a formal procurement of a new offsite data centre service for West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. At this time the Trust seeks to identify a number of suppliers with whom it can work up a more detailed specification and so arrive at a working model to take forward to a formal business case for funding.

Full notice text

Contract notice

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1) Name and addresses

West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

Hardwick Lane

Bury St Edmunds

IP33 2QZ

UK

Telephone: +44 1284713854

E-mail: debbie.stevenson@wsh.nhs.uk

NUTS: UKH14

Internet address(es)

Main address: www.wsh.nhs.uk

Address of the buyer profile: www.wsh.nhs.uk

I.3) Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:

https://suppliers.multiquote.com


Additional information can be obtained from another address:

West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

Hardwick Lane

Bury St Edmunds

IP33 2QZ

UK

Telephone: +44 1284713854

E-mail: debbie.stevenson@wsh.nhs.uk

NUTS: UKH14

Internet address(es)

Main address: www.wsh.nhs.uk

Address of the buyer profile: www.wsh.nhs.uk

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:

https://suppliers.multiquote.com


Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address


I.4) Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

I.5) Main activity

Health

Section II: Object

II.1) Scope of the procurement

II.1.1) Title

Request for Information — Offsite Data Centre

Reference number: CA7375 - WSFT/MB/DATA.CENTRE/06/20

II.1.2) Main CPV code

72222300

 

II.1.3) Type of contract

Services

II.1.4) Short description

Request for information — Offsite Data Centre.

II.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

II.2) Description

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

50312620

48219400

48800000

50312610

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UKH14


Main site or place of performance:

Suffolk.

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

This document is a request for information, ahead of a formal procurement of a new offsite data centre service for West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. At this time the Trust seeks to identify a number of suppliers with whom it can work up a more detailed specification and so arrive at a working model to take forward to a formal business case for funding.

II.2.5) Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months: 84

This contract is subject to renewal: No

II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited

Envisaged minimum number: 3

Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:

Availability in the market.

II.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: No

II.2.11) Information about options

Options: Yes

Description of options:

84 month(s) from the commencement date, with 60 initial month(s) and option to extend 2 x 12 month(s).

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

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

IV.1.1) Type of procedure

Competitive procedure with negotiation

IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

IV.2) Administrative information

IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date: 17/07/2020

Local time: 12:00

IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

EN

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

VI.3) Additional information

VI.4) Procedures for review

VI.4.1) Review body

West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

Bury St Edmunds

IP33 2QZ

UK

Telephone: +44 1284713000

VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures

West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

Bury St Edmunds

IP33 2QZ

UK

Telephone: +44 1284713000

VI.4.3) Review procedure

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:

VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained

West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

Bury St Edmunds

IP33 2QZ

UK

Telephone: +44 1284713000

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice

16/06/2020

Coding

Commodity categories

ID Title Parent category
48800000 Information systems and servers Software package and information systems
72222300 Information technology services Information systems or technology strategic review and planning services
50312610 Maintenance of information technology equipment Maintenance and repair of computer equipment
50312620 Repair of information technology equipment Maintenance and repair of computer equipment
48219400 Transaction server software package Miscellaneous networking software package

Delivery locations

ID Description
100 UK - All

Alert region restrictions

The buyer has restricted the alert for this notice to suppliers based in the following regions.

ID Description
There are no alert restrictions for this notice.

About the buyer

Main contact:
debbie.stevenson@wsh.nhs.uk
Admin contact:
N/a
Technical contact:
N/a
Other contact:
N/a

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