Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
APUC Limited
Unit 27, Stirling Business Centre, Wellgreen
Stirling
FK8 2DZ
UK
Contact person: Peter Jackson
Telephone: +44 1314428930
E-mail: pjackson@apuc-scot.ac.uk
NUTS: UKM77
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.apuc-scot.ac.uk
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA10402
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Education
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Similarity Detection Systems and Associated Services — APUC Framework.
Reference number: ITS 1025 AP
II.1.2) Main CPV code
48190000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Similarity Detection Systems and Associated Services including, without limitation to, provision of: all required software functionality; support and maintenance; hosting where applicable; implementation including data migration where applicable.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Lowest offer:
26 450.00
GBP/ Highest offer:
131 778.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
72260000
48611000
48000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM
Main site or place of performance:
Scotland.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Framework for Similarity Detection Systems for Universities and Colleges in Scotland including provision of all software. Potential Services include, but are not limited to: System Implementation and Migration Support; Support and Maintenance; Hosting; Archiving. Functionality required includes, without limitation to, similarity analysis and reports on student assignment submissions.
The agreement will be open to the members of Advanced Procurement for Universities and Colleges (APUC Limited). Parties eligible to use the Framework Agreement are as listed in Appendix E — List of Institutions within the ITT. During the course of the framework there is the potential for any of the following members of the UK Universities Procurement Consortia (UKUPC) to join:
Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC),
London Universities Purchasing Consortium (LUPC),
North Eastern Universities Purchasing Consortium (NEUPC),
North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium (NWUPC),
Higher Education Purchasing Consortium, Wales (HEPCW).
Please see the tender documents for further information.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Service Delivery
/ Weighting: 65
Price
/ Weighting:
35
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.1.3) 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:
2017/S 098-194006
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: ITS 1025 AP
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
08/11/2017
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 2
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 3
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Turnitin
36 Gallowgate, Wellbar Central
Newcastle
NE1 4TD
UK
Telephone: +44 1916810200
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
PlagScan GmbH
Lichtsstraße 30
Cologne
50825
UK
Telephone: +49 22175988994
Fax: +49 22175988996
NUTS: UKZ
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Prio Infocenter AB / URKUND
Box 3217
Stockholm
103 64
SE
Telephone: +46 701432252
NUTS: SE11
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
Lowest offer:
26 450.00
GBP
/ Highest offer:
131 778.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
Tenderers will be required to submit a Form of tender, FOI disclaimer and APUC Supply Chain Code of Conduct, which will be available within the ITT.
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
(SC Ref:518703).
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
APUC Limited
Unit 27, Stirling Business Centre, Wellgreen
Stirling
FK8 2DZ
UK
Telephone: +44 1314428930
Internet address(es)
URL: http://www.apuc-scot.ac.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
17/11/2017