CONTRACT NOTICE – OFFICIAL JOURNAL

Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1)

Name, Address and Contact Point(s)

I.2)

Type of contracting Authority and Main Activity or Activities

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions National or federal agency/Office Regional or local Authority Regional or local Agency/Office Body governed by public law European Institution/Agency or International Organisation

General public services Defence Public order and safety Environment Economic and financial affairs Health Housing and community amenities Social protection Recreation, culture and religion Education

Section II: Object of the Contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

II.1.2(a))

Type of works contract

II.1.2(b))

Type of supplies contract

II.1.2(c))

Type of service contract

II.1.2)

Main site or location of works, place of delivery or performance

II.1.3)

This notice involves

A public contract
The setting up of a Dynamic Purchasing System
The establishment of a framework agreement

II.1.4)

Information on framework agreement (if applicable)

Framework agreement with a single operators
Framework agreement with several operators

Number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged

Duration of the framework agreement

Justification for a framework agreement the duration of which exceeds four years

Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement

Frequency and value of the contracts to be awarded

II.1.5)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

Wide area network services. Wakefield and District Housing (WDH) is one of the UK's leading housing providers, recognised by a series of awards including Inside Housing Social Landlord of the Year 2013, and being a EFQM European Excellence Award finalist. WDH own and manage 31,000 homes for rent, and also provide repairs services to other organisations and customers for a further 10,000 homes.

WDH currently has a corporate Wide Area Network (WAN) using leased fibre lines to connect its 13 main offices located in Wakefield City and towns across the district, and a range of connection types to around 45 Independent Living Schemes. WDH is now seeking to replace this WAN predominantly with a high speed, high capacity and highly reliable wireless infrastructure that generates substantial annual savings in comparison to the current solution by having minimal annual revenue costs. These projected savings are to be invested in creating a wireless network to cover our social housing stock, comprising c. 31,000 properties located across the 338 sq.km Wakefield District. This network is to provide free-of-charge internet access for our tenants, residents and small local businesses, and is to be supported by a comprehensive range of digital inclusion activities and end-user customer support. The public internet access and associated support services should be at no or minimal ongoing cost to WDH.

This tender is to provide both the corporate wireless WAN, the public WAN, and the associated digital inclusion and customer support services as a single, integrated solution. Ownership of the procured infrastructure is intended to be held by WDH with an initial period comprising 3 years maintenance and support of the network to be provided for within the agreed solution.. Innovative and sustainable commercial proposals for ensuring the ongoing provision of free internet and digital inclusion services are however welcomed as part of the competitive dialogue process.

II.1.6)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.1.7)

Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

II.1.8)

Division into lots

II.1.9)

Will variants be accepted

II.2)

Quantity or Scope of the Contract

II.2.1)

Total quantity or scope

II.2.2)

Options

Provisional timetable for recourse to these options

Number of possible renewals

In the case of renewable supplies or service contracts, estimated time frame for subsequent contracts

II.3)

Duration of the contract or limit for completion

Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial and Technical Information

III.1)

Conditions Relating to the Contract

III.1.1)

Deposits and guarantees required

As stated in tender documentation.

III.1.2)

Main Terms of financing and payment and/or reference to the relevant provisions

As stated in tender documentation.

III.1.3)

Legal form to be taken by the grouping of suppliers, contractors or service providers to whom the contract is to be awarded

As stated in tender documentation.

III.1.4)

Other particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject

As defined in the tender documentation.

III.2)

Conditions for Participation

III.2.1)

Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

The Authority will apply all the offences listed in Article 45(1) of Directive 2004/18/EC (implemented as Regulation 23(1) of the Public Contract Regulations (PCR) 2006 in the UK) and all of the professional misconducts listed at Article 45(2) of Directive 2004/18/EC (see also Regulation 23(2) in the PCR 2006) to the decision of whether a Candidate is eligible to be invited to tender.

A full list of the Regulation 23(1) and 23(2) criteria are at http://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/project/reasonsForExclusion.html#pcr

Candidates will be required to answer these questions as part of the qualification process. For candidates who are registered overseas, you will need to declare if you have any offences/misconduct under your own countries laws, where these laws are equivalent to the Regulation 23 lists.

Candidates who have been convicted of any of the offences under Article 45(1) are ineligible and will not be selected to bid, unless there are overriding requirements in the general interest for doing so.

Candidates who are guilty of any of the offences, circumstances or misconduct under Article 45(2) may be excluded from being selected to bid at the discretion of the Authority.

As stated in the Prequalification Documentation.

III.2.2)

Economic and financial capacity

III.2.3)

Technical capacity

III.2.4)

Reserved contracts

The contract is restricted to sheltered workshops
The execution of the contract is restricted to the framework of sheltered employment programmes

III.3)

Conditions Specific to Service Contracts

III.3.1)

Is provision of the service reserved to a specific profession?

III.3.2)

Will legal entities be required to state the names and professional qualifications of the personnel responsible for the execution of the service?

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Type of Procedure

Open		Restricted
Accelerated restricted		Negotiated
Accelerated negotiated		Competitive dialogue

Justification for the choice of accelerated procedure

IV.1.1)

Have candidates already been selected?

IV.1.2)

Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate

Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates

As stated in the Prequalification Questionnaire.

IV.1.3)

Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue

Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated

IV.2)

Award Criteria

IV.2.2)

An electronic auction will be used

IV.3 Administrative Information

IV.3.1)

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

WDH/KH/WirelessWAN/0319

IV.3.2)

Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Prior Information Notice
Notice on a Buyer Profile

Other previous publications

IV.3.3)

Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents

IV.3.4)

Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

IV.3.5)

Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

IV.3.6)

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

IV.3.7)

Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender 

IV.3.8)

Conditions for opening tenders

Section VI: Other Information

VI.1)

Indicate whether this procurement is a recurrent one and the Estimated timing for further notices to be published

VI.2)

Does the contract relate to a Project/Programme financed by Community Funds?

VI.3)

Additional Information

You should note that other contracting authorities within the Wakefield district area served by WDH may be entitled in due course to participate in the use of any infrastructure procured under this arrangement although any volumes or values stated within this or subsequent documents are unless otherwise indicated solely those of Wakefield and District Housing.

The list of potential participating authorities will be those covered by and outlined below :

Registered Providers as defined by the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 and who also act as Bodies Governed by Public Law within Regulation 3(w) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 SI2006/5 (as amended) and are currently registered on the Register of Providers of Social Housing http://www.homesandcommunities.co.uk/ourwork/registrations-and-de-registrations and regulated by the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA).

Local authorities as defined by the Government on the Gov.UK website Local Council Directory.

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/Localcouncils/AToZOfLocalCouncils/index.htm

“Under this contract the contractor will be required to actively contribute to the achievement of social objectives. These include: skills development; employment and training opportunities within the locality of where the contract will be delivered; and other added value initiatives throughout the supply chain to support community programmes promoted by Wakefield and District Housing or its partners.

To view this notice, please click here:

https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=92428224

GO Reference: GO-2014317-PRO-5533533

VI.4)

Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures

Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.4.2)

Lodging of appeals
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals:

VI.4.3)

Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.5)

Dispatch date of this Notice