Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Dumfries & Galloway Housing Partnership Ltd.
Grierson House, The Crichton, Bankend Road
Dumfries
DG1 4ZS
UK
Contact person: Stephen Irving
Telephone: +44 1387242500
E-mail: stephen.irving@dghp.org.uk
Fax: +44 1387242509
NUTS: UKM92
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.dghp.org.uk
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA11362
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Other: Registered Social Landlord
I.5) Main activity
Housing and community amenities
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
IT Infrastructure.
Reference number: DS001
II.1.2) Main CPV code
48800000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
1.5.1 DGHP seeks to appoint Suppliers to provide and support its IT and communications infrastructure, including core infrastructure, networks and end-user device hardware and provisioning.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
300 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
48810000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM92
Main site or place of performance:
Dumfries.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
1.6.1 The Solution shall cover every aspect of IT Infrastructure and Service Delivery, including but not limited to:
— Core servers and storage devices together with the associated operational software (e.g. Microsoft operating systems, hypervisors, etc.);
— Wide Area Network (WAN) including data centre and direct cloud (e.g. Microsoft) connectivity;
— Wired Local Area Network (LAN) and Wireless LAN (WLAN) services;
— Internet connectivity including resilient breakouts to support connectivity to remote sites, cloud and other hosted services;
— Desktop device refresh;
— End-user device desktop provisioning including desktop and mobile devices with a solution such as thin-client deployed as required to support legacy business applications and to optimise network bandwidth; and
— Backup and Disaster Recovery services.
For the avoidance of doubt, the provision of Microsoft Licenses is out of scope of the Tender except where Microsoft have determined that these must be provided by the Supplier, e.g. Data Centre SPLA and Cloud licensing model. However, the Supplier shall implement all Microsoft software and services, as required by the Solution and licensed by DGHP.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Quality criterion: WAN
/ Weighting: 11
Quality criterion: End User Devices
/ Weighting: 11
Quality criterion: Server, Storage & Backup
/ Weighting: 11
Quality criterion: User Authentication
/ Weighting: 3
Quality criterion: Device Management
/ Weighting: 4
Quality criterion: LAN & Wireless LAN
/ Weighting: 6
Quality criterion: Disaster Recovery
/ Weighting: 8
Quality criterion: Implementation Services
/ Weighting: 10
Quality criterion: Ongoing Support Services
/ Weighting: 6
Price
/ Weighting:
30
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
300 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 48
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
At DGHP's discretion, extension of one year at the end of year 4 and of one year at the end of year 5.
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged minimum number: 5
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 III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
List and brief description of conditions:
From the Commencement Date the Contractor shall maintain in force (at its own expense) the following insurance policies for the duration of the Agreement:
— professional indemnity cover in a sum of not less than 10 000 000 GBP;
— public and products liability cover in a sum of not less than 10 000 000 GBP;
— employer's liability insurance in a sum of not less than 10 000 000 GBP;
— cyber liability insurance in a sum of not less than 2 000 000 GBP.
Suppliers must be able to demonstrate the following skills:
— Project management of a project of this size and technical complexity.
— Risk management of a project of this size and technical complexity.
— Experience of transition to cloud-based and externally hosted IT systems.
— Ability to deliver solutions with ‘elasticity’ which allows customers to move incrementally from hosted to SaaS delivery during the lifetime of an IT infrastructure contact.
— Designed wide area networks to support agile working and cloud service delivery.
— Assisted customers with the transition to the ‘Digital Office’.
— Assisted customers with innovation in IT service delivery which has delivered both technical and business-related efficiencies and savings.
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted 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:
30/11/2017
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
Date:
14/12/2017
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
Tender must be valid until:
02/04/2018
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
VI.3) Additional information
Note: to register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=517181
The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx
Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.
(SC Ref:517181).
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Dumfries & Galloway Housing Partnership Ltd
Grierson House, The Crichton, Bankend Road
Dumfries
DG1 4ZS
UK
Telephone: +44 1387242500
Fax: +44 1387242509
Internet address(es)
URL: www.dghp.org.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
31/10/2017