CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE – OFFICIAL JOURNAL

Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1)

Name, Address and Contact Point(s)

I.2)

Type of contracting Authority and Main Activity or Activities

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions National or federal agency/Office Regional or local Authority Regional or local Agency/Office Body governed by public law European Institution/Agency or International Organisation

General public services Defence Public order and safety Environment Economic and financial affairs Health Housing and community amenities Social protection Recreation, culture and religion Education

Section II: Object of the Contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

HBC — Unified Communication Telephony System.

II.1.2(a))

Type of works contract

II.1.2(b))

Type of supplies contract

II.1.2(c))

Type of service contract

II.1.2)

Main site or location of works, place of delivery or performance

II.1.3)

This notice involves a framework agreement

II.1.4)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

Hertsmere Borough Council currently uses a Unify (Siemens) iSDX which has been declared End of Life (EOL) in its current state. The need to carry out significant upgrades to bring it back under full support SLAs and in line with PSN requirements has prompted the Council to compare market prices and functionality through a tender process.

The council would also like to take the opportunity to prepare itself for improvements in communications by taking advantage of new technologies where possible, to improve facilities for:

— Shared services;

— Enhanced customer services through a multi channel contact centre;

— Flexible or agile working;

— Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity;

— Use of video;

— Desk reduction for income generation;

— Identifiable cash savings.

It is recognised that affordability has a major impact on what can or cannot be included and at the moment, not all can be achieved due to lack of funds. However, the new system must be capable of covering this in future, through Unified Communications, enhanced contact centre, call recording and SIP trunks. The expectation is that suppliers will hold costs on the options set out in this tender for a period of 2 years, unless significant design or software changes occur that render this impossible.

II.1.5)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.1.6)

Contract covered by the government procurement agreement (GPA)

II.2)

Total final value of the contract(s)

II.2.1)

Total final value of the contract(s)

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Type of procedure

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

IV.2)

Award criteria

IV.2.1)

Award criteria

IV.2.2)

An electronic auction has been used

IV.3)

Administrative information

IV.3.1)

File reference number attributed by the contracting authority

HC096

IV.3.2)

Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Other previous publications

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No:

V.1)

Date of contract award:

V.2)

Numbers of offers received:

V.3)

Name and address of economic operator to whom the contract has been awarded

V.4)

Information on value of contract

V.5)

The contract is likely to be subcontracted

Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be subcontracted

Section VI: Complementary Information

VI.1)

Contract related to a project and/or programme financed by community funds?

VI.2)

Additional Information

VI.3)

Procedures for appeal

VI.3.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures

Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.3.2)

Lodging of appeals

VI.3.3)

Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.4)

Dispatch date of this Notice