Contract award notice – utilities
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
NIE Networks Ltd
120 Malone Road
Belfast
BT9 5HT
UK
Contact person: Noreen.Magowan
E-mail: noreen.magowan@nienetworks.co.uk
NUTS: UKN
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.nienetworks.co.uk
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.6) Main activity
Electricity
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
S1110A (2021) Fixed Lines Telephony Services
Reference number: S1110A(2021)
II.1.2) Main CPV code
64210000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The contracting entity intends to establish a framework arrangement under which it shall appoint an economic operator to enter into a framework agreement for the provision of fixed lines telephony services. The framework agreement will be for a period of five (5) years with an option, exercisable entirely at the discretion of the contracting entity and subject to the terms of the framework agreement, to extend by a further optional period of up to three (3) years, with a total potential duration of eight (8) years.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
2 412 883.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
64200000
64210000
64211100
64214400
64215000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
Main site or place of performance:
At various locations throughout Northern Ireland.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The provision of a fixed line telephony services. NIE Networks require a solution capable of supporting NIE Network's requirement to make and receive calls to and from the public telephone network over a range of technologies including ISDN30e, ISDN2e and PSTN lines.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 20
Cost criterion: Commercial
/ Weighting: 80
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
The framework agreement will be for a period of five(5) years with an option, exercisable entirely at the discretion of the contracting entity and subject to the terms of the framework agreement, to extend by a further optional three(3) year period, with a total potential duration of eight (8) years.
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
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 a single operator.
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:
2020/S 159-389210
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: S1110A (2021)
Title: Fixed Lines Telephony Services
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
19/04/2021
V.2.2) Information about tenders
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
BT Group plc
81 Newgate Street
London
EC1A 7AJ
UK
NUTS: UKN
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 2 142 883.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Northern Ireland Electricity Networks Ltd
120 Malone Road
Belfast
BT9 5HT
UK
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland
Royal Courts of Justice, Chichester Street
Belfast
BT1 3JY
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
04/05/2021