Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
General Optical Council
10 Old Bailey
London
EC4M 7NG
UK
Contact person: Marcus Dye
E-mail: eutenders@optical.org
NUTS: UKI31
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.optical.org
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Other: Medical regulator
I.5) Main activity
Health
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Provision of Support, Maintenance and Development of Software Supporting the General Optical Council's Continuing Education and Training (CET) Scheme
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The General Optical Council (GOC) intends to appoint a supplier to support, maintain and develop the software and database used to run its web-based Continuing Education and Training (CET) System.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
355 528.36
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
Main site or place of performance:
The General Optical Council's offices are based in London.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The General Optical Council (GOC) intends to appoint a supplier to support, maintain and develop the software and database used to run its web-based Continuing Education and Training (CET) System. The contract will run for a 4 year period from June 2018. The supplier will be responsible for ensuring the availability of the CET Software to stakeholders who use the system. It will also ensure the accuracy of the data received by the system and information reported to the GOC. The supplier will also need to be able to develop the system on request from the GOC during the period of the contract, with an initial development phase to modernise the current user interface between June and December 2018.
The GOC will sign a contract with the supplier for support maintenance and development of the CET system.
The supplier will provide the following support and maintenance services:
— support to the CET Scheme Manager who delivers first line end user support,
— software and database support and maintenance,
— development of the software and database as required.
Please note that hosting is provided by a third party supplier.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Service levels
/ Weighting: 10 %
Quality criterion: Data accuracy
/ Weighting: 10 %
Quality criterion: Presentation and demonstrations
/ Weighting: 10 %
Quality criterion: Risk
/ Weighting: 20 %
Price
/ Weighting:
50 %
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 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.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2017/S 245-512249
Section V: Award of contract
Title: Provision of Support, Maintenance and Development of Software Supporting the General Optical Council's Continuing Education and Training (CET) Scheme
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
17/09/2018
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 2
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 2
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Synaptic Ltd trading as Perceptive
Prince Albert House, 20 King Street
Maidenhead
SL6 1DT
UK
NUTS: UKJ11
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 355 528.36
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
Instructions on how to participate in this tender opportunity:
— it is proposed to run a restricted tender with a Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) and then an invitation to tender,
— please access the PQQ and non-disclosure agreement via our website using the following link: https://www.optical.org/en/about_us/working_for_us/index.cfm
— please complete the PQQ non-disclosure agreement and return via email to eutenders@optical.org by 12:00 on 26.1.2018.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
General Optical Council
10 Old Bailey
London
EC4M 7NG
UK
Telephone: +44 2075803898
E-mail: eutenders@optical.org
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.optical.org
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
14/03/2019