Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
London South Bank University
103 Borough Road
London
SE1 0AA
UK
Telephone: +44 2078156364
E-mail: parkere7@lsbu.ac.uk
NUTS: UKI
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.lsbu.ac.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://lsbu.bravosolution.co.uk/lsbu/
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Other: Education
I.5) Main activity
Education
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
IT Co-Sourcing
Reference number: 18-012
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72611000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
London South Bank University (LSBU) is sought a partner to provide a co-sourcing provision for 1st, 2nd and 3rd line support to supplement it's own internal IT team. The model of delivery had to be compliant to the Intermediaries Legislation. The contractor needed to be able to provide staff onsite at the University's Southwark Campus, remote working was not in scope of the requirement.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
210 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
72611000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKI
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
LSBU sought a partner to provide a provision of co-sourcing for 1st, 2nd and 3rd line support for it's IT department. The contract will cover the following, details are:
— An End to End support model
— Employ the support staff directly
— Provide staff on LSBU site who will be under management direction from LSBU
— The solution should be cost effective and demonstrate value for money
— Allocate resource quarterly in advanced based on the requirements provided by LSBU
— Be able to manage ad hoc requirement outside of the quarterly resource allocation
— Manage all aspects of matching, delivering and maintaining the correct level of resource requirement
— The partner must ensure the support staff have the correct skill level and this should be demonstrable to LSBU
— The partner will be able to guarantee to meeting LSBU capacity levels
— Provide recommendations on skillset and work as a business advisory to LSBU IT Services
— Flexible and Scalable resources at all times
— Always providing candidates of relevant skillset
— Pre-vetting and interviewing candidates
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 80
Quality criterion: Price
/ Weighting: 20
Price
/ Weighting:
20
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
Open 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:
2018/S 220-503759
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 18-012
Title: IT Co-Sourcing
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
18/02/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 5
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Plan-Net Limited
Ware
SG11 1RL
UK
NUTS: UKH2
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 220 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The High Court
London
WC2A 1AA
UG
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
The High Court
London
SE1 0AA
UK
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
The High Court
WC2A 1AA
London
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
18/03/2019