Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
National Audit Office
Room B253
LONDON
SW1W9SP
UK
Contact person: ima orosei
Telephone: +44 2077985343
E-mail: ima.orosei@nao.org.uk
NUTS: UKI32
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.nao.org.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.nao.org.uk/
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
CPT_24_14 Salesforce Backup services
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72222300
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The National Audit Office (NAO) sought to award a Salesforce Backup service contract to an experienced supplier who would be expected to provide a service which backs up and restores data and configuration of the NAO Salesforce services.
The contract commenced on Thursday 30th January 2025 running for an initial period of 3 years with 2, 12 months optional extensions.
The contract value for this service will be $350,236.80 (in pounds the value is £282,597.18 inclusive of VAT) over the 5 years contract period.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
235 497.65
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
72222300
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
Main site or place of performance:
n/a
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The selected supplier awarded the contract will be expected to provide a service which backs up and restores data and configuration of the NAO Salesforce services
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
The contract will be in place for an initial period of 3 years with the option to further extend for a period of up to two years (on the basis of two periods of 12 months).
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 Award Criteria
The National Audit Office evaluated submitted tenders using the Most Economically Advantageous Tender (MEAT) methodology with organisations having to pass the following stages:
• Selection Questionnaire - Pass/Fail; Tenderers needed to provide 2 case studies that demonstrated experience in delivering the service in order to pass this section.
• Award Criteria - Tenderers needed to provide a responses to each sub-section and receive a quality score of 65 or more to pass this section.
Then for each tenderer that passed the Selection and Award criteria stage, their overall price was divided by the Award Stage Quality score to calculate the price per quality point and only the tenderer who scored the lowest price per quality point overall was awarded the contract.
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:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2024/S 000-030978
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: CPT_24_14
Title: CPT_24_14 Salesforce Backup services
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
26/11/2024
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 3
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
OwnCompany Inc
5715896
940 Sylvan Ave, Englewood Cliffs,
New Jersey 07632
US
NUTS: US
The contractor is an SME:
No
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:
: 350 236.80
USD
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
National Audit Office
157-197 Buckingham Palace Road
London
SW1W9SP
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
02/02/2025