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)

The University has committed to creating a new campus for its ever-widening community, in the heart of Northampton. The new Waterside Campus, opening in September 2018, will provide state-of-the-art academic facilities for 15 000 students, additional residential facilities for 1 200 students and leisure facilities open to the local community.

The innovative 330 000 000 GBP Waterside Campus will transform a 58 acre brownfield site in Northampton's Waterside Enterprise Zone. The area is in close proximity to the town centre, a short walk away through the town's Cultural Quarter and past the University's St John's Halls of Residences, opened in 2014.

See http://www.watersidecampus.info/ for further information.

The programme is now at a stage where the Information and Communication Technology elements are to be defined and purchased to ensure the campus is fit for purpose when opened and the University's vision can be effectively supported by the appropriate technology solutions and services.

The University is seeking a technology partner who can work with us at a strategic level. The strategic partner will work with the University to design, develop and implement solutions and will take responsibility for ensuring continuity and integration, so that the University benefits from an holistic approach to the active infrastructure components that are set out below. The University also expects some sharing of risk with the strategic partner in ensuring that components of the overall IT solution work together in a seamless way.

The University expects to benefit from the experience and resources in research, development and implementation that a strategic partner could provide. The strategic partner will also support the University with the on-going development and innovation of solutions beyond the opening of the new campus in 2018. The strategic partner should also provide measurable and substantial opportunities to students and staff which add value and contribute towards the mission of the University to transform lives and inspire change.

The University of Northampton are seeking tenders for services and solutions that could be developed and implemented to deliver innovative, efficient and scalable solutions within the new Waterside campus and across the University in support of our strategic plan.

The IT for Waterside requirements can be split into the following active infrastructure components:

— Wired Network Solutions.

— Wireless Network solutions.

— Unified Communications.

— Desktop and Mobile Computing.

— Audio Visual Solutions.

— Server and Storage Solutions.

— Security and Compliance.

The University is looking for best value in terms of service reach, quality, delivery and cost for the required solutions and therefore wishes to procure a single strategic partner that can demonstrate the ability to offer a technologically integrated service and the capability to deliver as much of the entire project as a ‘Total Package’ as possible. The successful partner will be required to supply, install and integrate robust IT solutions, providing a suitable level of performance in a number of environments, including associated ongoing support, maintenance and development services.

The contract start and end dates in section II.3 are estimated dates. The University currently envisages entering into a 7 year contract with the appointed IT partner, with the option to extend the contract for up to 2 years.

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

The University reserves the right to require parent company guarantees, bonds, or other forms of security.

III.1.2)

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

To be included in the contract 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

To be included in the contract documentation.

III.1.4)

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

III.2)

Conditions for Participation

III.2.1)

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

As set out in pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ).

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

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

ITT243

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

Procurement documents are published on the following website:

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofnorthampton/

Click on the current tenders link and you will be able to register your organisation with our e-tendering system. Once the registration has been accepted and you have received your login details by email, you can login to view and download the PQQ documentation in the My Tenders section of the website.

The date specified in IV.3.4 is the deadline date/time for the submission of a PQQ.

Candidates must complete and satisfy the requirements of the PQQ published on the above website.

All PQQ submissions are to be returned as an electronic copy via the In-tend portal system (https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofnorthampton/). All PQQ submissions must be submitted to arrive no later than the PQQ Response Deadline, and PQQ submissions received late may be rejected.

The University reserves the right to reduce the scope of the contract, cancel or amend the tendering process at any stage, not to award the contract in whole or in part and does not bind itself to accept any tender. The University shall not be liable in any circumstances for any costs or expenses incurred by any candidate in response to this notice, or in tendering for the proposed contract.

The contract value at section II.2.1 is an estimate.

The University reserves the right to enter into contract itself or via an entity wholly owned by the University.

The date set out in section IV.3.5 is an estimate and may be varied by the University.

The contract start and end dates in section II.3 are estimated dates. The University currently envisages entering into a 7 year contract with the appointed IT partner, with the option to extend the contract for up to 2 years.

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:

The procurement process will incorporate a standstill period at the point that notification of the proposed award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide information on the award decision as is required by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

VI.4.3)

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

VI.5)

Dispatch date of this Notice