Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Accent Corporate Services Ltd
IP29264R
Charlestown House, Acorn Park Industrial Estate, Charlestown
Shipley
BD17 7SW
UK
Contact person: Chris Cuthell
Telephone: +44 3456780555
E-mail: wan.procurement@accentgroup.org
NUTS: UKE41
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.accentgroup.org
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
www.accentgroup.org/wan-procurement
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
www.accentgroup.org/wan-procurement
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Housing and community amenities
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Accent Wide Area Network.
Reference number: 12399
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72720000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Accent Group, a social landlord with over 21 000 homes across the length and breadth of England is seeking to procure a fully managed replacement to their existing WAN. The main drivers for this project are:
a) the current WAN contract is now out of term and and OJEU compliant re-procurement process is necessary to ensure statutory and corporate governance compliance.
b) the current infrastructure provides insufficient bandwidth and variable levels of service.
c) a redesigned foundation layer is required to support our new unified communications infrastructure. Without a fit for purpose WAN enabling a modern innovative communications system our ability to provide a good service would be compromised.
It should be noted that both this and our unified communications tenders will proceed within the same timeframe with the same award date, and our unequivocal objective is to complete both projects by 30 June 2017.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKE41
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
A fully managed wide area network with cloud based internet break out and a range of MPLS connections ranging from 400MBPS to ADSL 2+.
For a full description please see the ITT which can be downloaded from the webpage detailed above.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 36
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
Renewable for a further 12 months at the end of year 3 and again at the end of year 4.
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
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 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.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
12/01/2017
Local time: 17:00
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: 2 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
13/01/2017
Local time: 09:30
Place:
Charlestown House, Shipley, BD17 7SW.
Information about authorised persons and opening procedure:
ICT Project Manager & ICT Development Manager plus witness.
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
N/A
The Strand, London
n/a
WC2A 2LL
UK
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Royal Courts of Justice
The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
28/11/2016