CONTRACT AWARD 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

ITT243 Waterside Strategic Partner IT Procurement.

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

Northampton.

II.1.3)

This notice involves a framework agreement

II.1.4)

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 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.

II.1.5)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.1.6)

Contract covered by the government procurement agreement (GPA)

II.2)

Total final value of the contract(s)

II.2.1)

Total final value of the contract(s)

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Type of procedure

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

IV.2)

Award criteria

IV.2.1)

Award criteria

IV.2.2)

An electronic auction has been used

IV.3)

Administrative information

IV.3.1)

File reference number attributed by the contracting authority

ITT243

IV.3.2)

Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Other previous publications

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No:

V.1)

Date of contract award:

V.2)

Numbers of offers received:

V.3)

Name and address of economic operator to whom the contract has been awarded

V.4)

Information on value of contract

V.5)

The contract is likely to be subcontracted

Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be subcontracted

Section VI: Complementary Information

VI.1)

Contract related to a project and/or programme financed by community funds?

VI.2)

Additional Information

The value in II.2.1 and V.4 is the current estimated value of the contract. The actual value will be finalised through the detailed design phase of the project.

VI.3)

Procedures for appeal

VI.3.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures

Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.3.2)

Lodging of appeals

Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: In accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended).

VI.3.3)

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

VI.4)

Dispatch date of this Notice