Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Pool Re Services Limited
Equitable House, 47 King William St
London
EC4R 9AF
UK
Contact person: Commercial Services
E-mail: commercialservices@poolre.co.uk
NUTS: UKI
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.poolre.co.uk
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Economic and financial affairs
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
1
Reference number: PRE00048
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Pool Re is awarding two suppliers for the provision of IT & Cyber Security Support Services specified into Lot 1, Lot 3 and Lot 4
• Lot 1 – Managed Support Services Provider (MSP)
• Lot 3 – Managed Security Operations Centre as a Service (SOCaaS)
• Lot 4 – Internet Service Provider (ISP)
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
Yes
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
348 005.92
GBP
II.2) Description
Lot No: 1
II.2.1) Title
IT Managed Support Services Provider
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
72000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKI
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
IT Managed Support services can be classified into the following sections.
i. Foundation services
Foundation services are the technology provision currently in place and are to be available from the start of the contract:
• IT Managed Service Functions
• Personnel – Time and Materials
• Hardware and Warranties Procurement
• Hardware and Software Support & Maintenance
• Reporting & Documentation
ii. Future Services
Future services are areas of technology provision that might be moved into this contract over time but would be agreed on a case-by-case basis. This may include but not be limited to:
• Technology Strategic Partnership
• Special Projects
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
Lot No: 2
II.2.1) Title
Licenses And Software
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
72000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKI
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Pool Re requires a license provider to facilitate procurement of new, additional and existing license renewals for all Pool Re’s hardware and software licenses. The license provider should have oversight of automatic renewals of software applications and maintenance of appropriate documentation.
Software purchase incl. license management (effective and proactive) and should provide high scalability to accommodate increase in users. The license provider should provide reports for IT Team to monitor the usage.
New subscriptions or adding assigning new licenses should be assigned within agreed timescale.
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
Lot No: 3
II.2.1) Title
Soc-As-A-Service (Socaas)
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
72000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKI
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Pool Re’s requires a Managed Security Operation Centre as a Service (SOCaaS) provider to ensure Pool Re’s digital estate is secure against all Cyber Security Threats. The threat landscape will consist of the applications, servers, network appliance, cloud infrastructure and other technologies that support the business functions. The Managed SOC-as-a-Service provider will be responsible for integrating, operating and 24*7*365 monitoring of Pool Re’s estate, equipped with set of tools such as, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), Threat Intelligence Platforms (TIP), and all other tools that are required to comply to the scope and service levels.
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
Lot No: 4
II.2.1) Title
Internet Service Provider
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
72000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKI
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Pool Re requires a dedicated, symmetric and permanent fibre optic connection at 200Mbps on a 1Gbps bearer. In order to ensure diversity and resilient with existing solution, Internet Service Provider (ISP) are requested to provide details regarding the potential suppliers and paths.
The fibre circuit has to be delivered, installed and configured at Pool Reinsurance Company Limited Office Comms room. The connection must be traffic independent flat fee, unlimited usage, without any further restrictions of use and the internet bandwidth must be a dedicated (1:1), symmetric line, not shared with other customers.
The Internet Service Providers (ISP) must not capture or record the receiving and sending transmission and packets. Provider shall not scan traffic unless required to troubleshoot or monitor a network issue.
The new internet connection should provide /29 static IP addresses and should be able to reach major service destinations or content providers like Microsoft Azure, AWS, Google
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:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2023/S 000-014210
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: Lot 1 and Lot 4
Contract No: PRE0048.1 & PRE00048.4
Title: IT MANAGED SERVICES & INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
28/05/2024
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
Fordway Solutions Limited
Ground Floor, Mill Pool House, Charterhouse Suite Mill Lane
Godalming
GU7 1EY
UK
NUTS: UKJ25
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 229 005.92
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 2
Contract No: PRE00048
Title: Licenses And Software
A contract/lot is awarded:
No
V.1 Information on non-award
The contract/lot is not awarded
Other reasons (discontinuation of procedure)
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 3
Contract No: PRE00048.3
Title: MANAGED SOC- AS- A- SERVICE SERVICES
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
27/11/2023
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 5
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Mondas Consulting LTD
7 Alexandra Road
Farnborough
GU14 6BU
UK
NUTS: UKJ3
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 119 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Royal Court of Justice
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
05/06/2024