Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Salvation Army Housing Association
St. Olaves House, 10 Lloyd's Avenue
London
EC3N 3AJ
UK
Contact person: Argiri Papathos
Telephone: +44 2073324800
E-mail: argiri.papathos@saha.org.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.saha.org.uk
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
http://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London:-IT-services:-consulting%2C-software-development%2C-Internet-and-support./JEQ5J47V46
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
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
Housing and community amenities
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
ICT Infrastruture Contract.
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Salvation Army Housing Association (saha) is seeking to appoint a single supplier to upgrade the existing saha systems to accommodate the loadings required by the newly merged organisation of Chapter 1 and saha and to provide the capacity for future requirements to deliver digital services to customers and to increase the use of electronic systems for staff. The scope will include servers and storage which will be delivered through saha's in house server room together with a backup and a disaster recovery solution to provisioned as cloud services. The solution provided will also need to build on the organisation's adoption of Citrix, both to increase the number of users who access systems through thin client technologies and the increasing processing power which is required to deliver new applications including audio and video.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
750 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
Main site or place of performance:
United Kingdom.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Saha is seeking to appoint a single supplier to upgrade the existing saha systems to accommodate the loadings required by the newly merged organisation of Chapter 1 and saha and to provide the capacity for future requirements to deliver digital services to customers and to increase the use of electronic systems for staff. The scope will include servers and storage which will be delivered through saha's in house server room together with a backup and a disaster recovery solution to provisioned as cloud services. The solution provided will also need to build on the organisation's adoption of Citrix, both to increase the number of users who access systems through thin client technologies and the increasing processing power which is required to deliver new applications including audio and video.
Saha requires the successful supplier to have completed the implementation by 31.3.2018. This will be a condition of the Contract that is entered into with the successful supplier. Therefore, only those suppliers that are able to meet this timetable should apply for the Contract.
It is envisaged that the Contract with the successful supplier will last for an initial period of 4 years, with three 1 yearly options to extend at Saha's discretion, giving a maximum potential term of 7 years.
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:
750 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 84
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged minimum number: 5
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
As set out in the Selection Questionnaire.
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
It is envisaged that the Contract with the successful supplier will last for an initial period of 4 years, with three 1 yearly options to extend at Saha's discretion, giving a maximum potential term of 7 years.
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 Authority reserves the right to cancel the procurement at any time and not to proceed with all or part of the Contract.
The Authority will not, under any circumstances, reimburse any expense incurred by Applicants in preparing their selection questionnaire or tender submissions.
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:
Please refer to the Selection Questionnaire.
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:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
02/11/2017
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
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. A copy of the tender documents for this procurement can be obtained at the Delta eSourcing link below In accordance with the requirements of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, the Selection Questionnaire and the tender documents are being made available to Applicants via the Delta system from the date of issue of this Contract Notice.
However, as the Authority is following the restricted procedure to procure the Contract, interested Applicants are initially only required to submit a completed Selection Questionnaire by the deadline stated in section IV.2.2 of this notice. Only those Applicants that are shortlisted for the tender stage following the Selection Questionnaire evaluation will be required to submit a tender for the Contract in response to the Invitation to Tender (ITT).
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London:-IT-services:-consulting%2C-software-development%2C-Internet-and-support./JEQ5J47V46
To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/JEQ5J47V46
GO Reference: GO-2017102-PRO-11131679.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Court
The Strand
London
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
In accordance with Part 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
02/10/2017