Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Warwickshire County Council
Shire Hall, Warwick
Warwick
CV34 4RL
UK
Contact person: Strategic Procurement
Telephone: +44 1926414131
E-mail: procurement@warwickshire.gov.uk
NUTS: UKG13
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/procurement
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Provision of Unified Communications (Project Connect) for Warwickshire County Council
II.1.2) Main CPV code
48000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Warwickshire County Council have run a procurement exercise to replace its current ISDN and VOIP platform and in the process incorporate unified communications functionality. The most important requirement is enabling users to be contacted by multiple means while only publishing one number. This will support the Council's Smarter Working agenda where users can work flexibly and can choose how to be accessible, where and on which device.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
1 111 645.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKG13
Main site or place of performance:
Implementation mainly within Warwickshire locations but to be used wherever users work from.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Council used a Crown Commercial Services (CCS) Framework Agreement to carry out it procurement exercise, by running a Further Competition opportunity from Lot 5 "IP Telephony Services" of Framework Agreement RM1045 "Network Services".
All Suppliers on the Lot were invited to participate in the opportunity to win a 4 year contract with an option of a 1 year extension.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Non-Cost Elements
/ Weighting: 60
Cost criterion: Cost Schedules
/ Weighting: 40
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
The Initial Contract term is for 4 years and includes a potential 1 year extension subject to satisfactory performance.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
The procurement activity was administered via the council's etendering portal csw-jets https://in-tendhost.co.uk/csw-jets/aspx/Home
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
Section V: Award of contract
Title: Provision of Unified Communications (Project Connect) for Warwickshire County Council
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
20/10/2017
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 5
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 5
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Gamma Telecom Limited
Fleet Place
London
EC4M 7RD
UK
NUTS: UKI3
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 1 111 645.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Warwickshire County Council
Warwick
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
21/03/2018