Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Royal Holloway and Bedford New College
Egham Hill
Egham
TW20 0EX
UK
Contact person: Mel Gomes
Telephone: +44 7387418605
E-mail: procurement@rhul.ac.uk
NUTS: UKJ25
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.rhul.ac.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Egham:-Business-intelligence-software-development-services./57B4MEMP6C
Additional information can be obtained from another address:
Royal Holloway and Bedford New College
Egham Hill
Egham
TW20 0EX
UK
E-mail: procurement@rhul.ac.uk
NUTS: UKJ25
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.rhul.ac.uk
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
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
Business Intelligence Partner
Reference number: RHUL-20003
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72212482
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Royal Holloway and Bedford New College is looking for a partner that will unlock its business intelligence (BI) capabilities with a phased approach that will involve providing a hosted data solution that aggregates data from multiple live sources; implementing an Extract, Transform, Load tool (ETL); consolidating existing reporting tools; and providing support.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
2 500 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
72212482
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKJ25
Main site or place of performance:
West Surrey.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Royal Holloway and Bedford New College (‘the College’) is undertaking a procurement competition based on the competitive dialogue (CD) procedure to select 1 partner.
The selected partner will be required to:
(a) analyze the College’s existing data estate to provide an enterprise approach to delivering better college reporting and learner analytics;
(b) provide a cloud based solution which aggregates data from multiple sources as well as holding historic data;
(c) provide an Extract, Transform and Load (ETL) tool;
(d) consolidate existing data visualization tools to provide the most effecting reporting tool that provides best value while complements the College’s IT roadmap;
(e) implement best practice data governance;
(f) provide support for solutions implemented.
The procurement will comprise an initial selection stage, following which a shortlist of a minimum of 3 bidders will then be invited to participate in a dialogue phase, culminating in the submission of final tenders. The dialogue phase will involve a series of dialogue sessions followed by an invitation to submit a draft bid based on the information from the session. Another session with each bidder will follow the draft submission, before an invitation to submit final tenders, which will then be evaluated.
Further information can be found in the descriptive document, requirements and SQ that interested parties can download from https://www.delta-esourcing.com/
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
2 500 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 60
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
Any renewals dependent on on-going support/service requirements.
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged minimum number: 3
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
A minimum of the 3 highest scorers to be taken through.
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
The framework contract will have a menu of options which the College can take up during the term, but the expiry of these separate orders should not exceed the expiry date of the main term.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
The descriptive document and the selection questionnaire (SQ) documents can be obtained from https://www.delta-esourcing.com/ Please note an ‘expression of interest’ is by completion and return of the SQ only by the stated deadline.
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
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
III.2.2) Contract performance conditions
As per the conditions and information provided within the tender documents.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Competitive dialogue
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
20/12/2019
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
Date:
03/02/2020
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: 12 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.3) Additional information
The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.
The descriptive document and selection questionnaire documents can be obtained from https://www.delta-esourcing.com
Please note that an ‘expression of interest’ is by completion and return of the SQ only by the required deadline.
The College reserves the right not to award the contract in whole or in part, to cancel or amend the tender process and does not bind itself to accept any tender. The College shall not be liable under any circumstances for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by any bidder or prospective bidder in responding to this notice or in taking part in this procurement process.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Egham:-Business-intelligence-software-development-services./57B4MEMP6C
To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/57B4MEMP6C
Go Reference: GO-20191115-PRO-15567230
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Royal Courts of Justice
Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Royal Holloway and Bedford New College
Egham
TW10 0EX
UK
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Royal Courts of Justice
Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
15/11/2019