Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Town Hall, Hornton Street
London
W8 7NX
UK
E-mail: Stephen.Menzies@lbhf.gov.uk
NUTS: UKI11
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.capitalesourcing.com
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Information Technology and Communications.
II.1.2) Main CPV code
32500000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (the Contracting Authority) is putting in place an agreement for mechanisms to access and gain network connectivity and telecommunication services including services over the Public Services Network (PSN) for use by or on behalf of the UK public sector bodies listed at I.2) (and any future successors to these organisations).
For the avoidance of doubt, the framework agreement is open to those public sector bodies in Greater London (but excluding Government Departments) which are listed in the Contract Notice and any statutory successors to and organisations created, merged or absorbed as a result of re-organisation of or organisational changes affecting such bodies.
The framework agreement will have an initial term of 4 years. The duration of call-off contracts placed under this framework agreement will be for a maximum of 7 years comprising an initial term of 4 years with an option to extend by 3 further periods of 1 year.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
200 000 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKI11
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Users of the Framework have a need for the provision of innovative network connectivity, telecommunications and other services, to facilitate inter-organisational collaboration. The services available under the Framework include data access services; local connectivity services; Traditional telephony services; inbound telephony services; IP-telephony solutions; mobile, voice and data services; paging services; video conferencing; audio conferencing; and integrated communications services; voice lines and minute bundles; mobile services including voice and data, pager services; email services; internet service provision, content filtering services and intruder detection systems; communication services including video and audio conferencing services, and unified communications; call centre services; and associated supporting services; innovation and exploitation of new and emerging technologies and products, management and support, agency and professional services.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality solution
/ Weighting: 40 %
Cost criterion: Commercial / legal solution
/ Weighting: 60 %
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
Restricted procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
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:
2015/S 004-004368
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
29/05/2015
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
British Telecommunications PLC
01800000
81 Newgate Street
London
EC1A 7AJ
UK
NUTS: UKI12
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 200 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Court
Royal Courts of Justice, Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
Telephone: +44 20794760000
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
High Court
Royal Courts of Justice, Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
Telephone: +44 20794760000
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
08/11/2016