Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Yarlington Housing Group
Lupin Way
Yeovil
BA22 8WN
UK
Contact person: Miss Samantha Pirt
Telephone: +44 1935404092
E-mail: samantha.pirt@yhg.co.uk
NUTS: UKK
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.yhg.co.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.yhg.co.uk/
I.3) Communication
Access to the procurement documents is restricted. Further information can be obtained at:
https://www.advantageswtenders.co.uk/
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://www.advantageswtenders.co.uk/
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Housing and community amenities
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Invitation to Tender for a platform refresh of Yarlington's server and storage infrastructure
Reference number: DN331878
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The objective of this tender is to find a suitably qualified and highly experienced supplier to assist with refreshing Yarlington's current server and storage infrastructure.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The objective of this tender is to find a suitable supplier of server and storage infrastructure solutions to replace its existing, and soon to be unsupported hardware, along with providing 3rd line support to the IT Support Team.
The outcomes Yarlington are aiming for from any proposed solution include, but are not limited to:
— resilience of the solution,
— management of the solution,
— flexibility of the solution to size of the organisation,
— back-up and disaster recovery solutions,
— service and support offer,
— migration plan onto the new infrastructure platform.
Yarlington want this contract to be a success from the start and therefore require the formation of close operational and procedural links facilitated by collaborative working and performance monitoring in all areas of this project.
The contract will be for an initial period of 5 years commencing 10.7.2018 and terminating 9.7.2023. There will be an option to extend this annually a further two times (5 + 1 + 1) based on performance leading to a maximum term of 7 years terminating 9.7.2025.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start:
10/07/2018
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
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 III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
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.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
23/04/2018
Local time: 16:00
IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
Date:
26/04/2018
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Duration in months: 3 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.3) Additional information
Interested companies can access the documentation at www.advantageswtenders.co.uk (free of charge).
Companies wishing to participate must download the standard selection questionnaire in the first instance to complete it and submit it by the submission time and date. The tender documentation will be available 24 hours after publication on the TED website. If the applicant considers that any information supplied by him/her is either commercially sensitive or confidential in nature then this should be highlighted and the reasons for its sensitivity given. The Contracting Authority shall under no circumstances be responsible for the costs or expenses of any economic operator arising from the participation in this procurement.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Court of England and Wales
Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
High Court of England and Wales
Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
28/03/2018