Contract notice – utilities
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Northumbrian Water Ltd
02366703
Northumbrian Water Ltd, Boldon House, Wheatlands Way, Pity Me
Durham
DH1 5FA
UK
Contact person: Northumbrian Water Ltd
Telephone: +44 1913015429
E-mail: philip.carvel@nwl.co.uk
NUTS: UKC
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.nwl.co.uk
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://s1.ariba.com
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
I.6) Main activity
Water
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Cloud Migration Framework
Reference number: NW2090
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72222300
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
NWL wish to appoint cloud migration partners to move their existing on-premise estate to Public Cloud. The transformed estate is referred to as the Future Mode of Operation (FMO). Having already appointed public cloud vendors (Microsoft Azure and Oracle Public Cloud), NWL wish to set up a framework of 2 Migration Partners for Microsoft Azure and 3 Migration Partners for Oracle Public Cloud.
NWL envisage cloud migration to be an incremental “wave” approach delivering early value, whilst being prepared to change along the way according to prevailing business benefits, technical complexities and new cloud features.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
4 600 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
Yes
Tenders may be submitted for all lots
II.2) Description
Lot No: 1
II.2.1) Title
Microsoft Azure
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
72222300
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKC
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Migration of applications to the Microsoft Azure Public Cloud.
Any party interested in bidding on this requirement is invited to join a Webex where the NWL team will talk through the requirements for this tender. Please see below for details:
NWG Corporate Conference is inviting you to this Webex meeting:
NWG Cloud Migration Partner Framework
3 April, 13:00 | 1:30
London (Western European Summer Time, GMT+01:00)
Host: NWG Corporate Conference
When it’s time, join the meeting from here:
https://meetings.webex.com/collabs/meetings/join?uuid=M0FWLC7EHV466F3SWB5L7FI03W-1U5D
Access Information
Where: Webex Online
Meeting number: 235 723 596
Meeting password: This meeting does not require a password.
Audio Connection
+44-203-478-5289 UK Domestic Toll
Access code: 235 723 596
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Quality criterion: Team Capabilities
/ Weighting: 8
Quality criterion: Migration Plan
/ Weighting: 7
Quality criterion: Technical Migration
/ Weighting: 7
Quality criterion: Operating Model Fulfilment
/ Weighting: 5
Quality criterion: Hybrid Cloud Integration
/ Weighting: 5
Quality criterion: Migration Approaches
/ Weighting: 3
Quality criterion: Partner Integration
/ Weighting: 2
Quality criterion: Risks and Assumptions
/ Weighting: 3
Quality criterion: Presentation (shortlisted bidders)
/ Weighting: 10
Price
/ Weighting:
50
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
1 600 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 24
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
The period of any contract(s) resulting from this procurement will be 24 months from the contract start date.
The length of the contract may be extended by negotiation with the supplier for a further 24 months and a further 24 months beyond that. The maximum term of this contract is therefore 6 years.
Estimated contract value is given over the maximum contract term of 6 years.
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
Lot No: 2
II.2.1) Title
Oracle Public Cloud
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
72222300
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKC
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Migration of Applications to the Oracle Public Cloud
Any party interested in bidding on this requirement is invited to join a Webex where the NWL team will talk through the requirements for this tender. Please see below for details:
NWG Corporate Conference is inviting you to this Webex meeting:
NWG Cloud Migration Partner Framework
3 April, 13:00 | 1:30
London (Western European Summer Time, GMT+01:00)
Host: NWG Corporate Conference
When it’s time, join the meeting from here:
https://meetings.webex.com/collabs/meetings/join?uuid=M0FWLC7EHV466F3SWB5L7FI03W-1U5D
Access Information
Where: Webex Online
Meeting number: 235 723 596
Meeting password: This meeting does not require a password.
Audio Connection
+44-203-478-5289 UK Domestic Toll
Access code: 235 723 596
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Quality criterion: Team capabilities
/ Weighting: 8
Quality criterion: Migration plan
/ Weighting: 7
Quality criterion: Technical migration
/ Weighting: 7
Quality criterion: Operating model fulfilment
/ Weighting: 5
Quality criterion: Hybrid Cloud Integration
/ Weighting: 5
Quality criterion: Migration approaches
/ Weighting: 3
Quality criterion: Partner integration
/ Weighting: 2
Quality criterion: Risks and assumptions
/ Weighting: 3
Quality criterion: Presentation (shortlisted bidders)
/ Weighting: 10
Price
/ Weighting:
50
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
3 000 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 24
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
The period of any contract(s) resulting from this procurement will be 24 months from the contract start date.
The length of the contract may be extended by negotiation with the supplier for a further 24 months and a further 24 months beyond that. The maximum term of this contract is therefore 6 years.
Estimated contract value is given over the maximum contract term of 6 years.
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.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
List and brief description of conditions:
There is a requirement within the PQQ documents to evidence some industry recognised partnership with the relevant Public Cloud Vendors
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.1.6) Deposits and guarantees required:
None
III.1.7) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
Payment terms are 45 days from receipt of invoice.
III.1.8) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
None Specified.
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
III.2.3) Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract
Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Negotiated with call for competition
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement with several operators.
Envisaged maximum number of participants to the framework agreement: 5
IV.1.4) Information about reduction of the number of solutions or tenders during negotiation or dialogue
Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated
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:
10/04/2019
Local time: 12:00
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: 6 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
VI.3) Additional information
Applicants are asked to note that this procurement process will be conduced electronically with all documents and communication being managed through the Northumbrian Water e-Sourcing Spend Management portalcalled “Ariba”.
Expressions of interest must be sent to the e-mail address philip.carvel@nwl.co.uk before the deadline date of the 10.4.2019. Once expression of interest has been received that contains the details below, applicants will be given access to the Ariba portal within 48 hours of the request. This portal will contain all the tender documents associated with this procurement that are available at the time. An email link will also be provided to the email address you provide to access the portal. The deadline for return of the completed PQQ is the 24.4.2019 at 12:00 noon.
When sending expression of interest, applicants must provide the following information:
1) Full company name;
2) Main contact details of the person who will be given access to the Ariba portal — name, job title, E mail address and telephone number.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
22/03/2019