Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
North Star Housing Group
Endeavour House
Thornaby
TS17 6QN
UK
Contact person: Kerry Hunter
Telephone: +44 1642796327
E-mail: kerry.hunter@northstarhg.co.uk
NUTS: UKC11
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.northstarhg.co.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.mytenders.co.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA30788
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
Housing and community amenities
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
ICT Infrastructure
Reference number: NSTAR P/REF 0013
II.1.2) Main CPV code
71311300
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
This tender is for a high level solution to provide North Star with:
• server, storage and backup,
• data centre, Cloud and Internet provisions,
• network security,
• hosting and support of telecommunications,
• professional services,
• third line support.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
1 152 088.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
72222300
32412100
48800000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKC11
Main site or place of performance:
Thornaby.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
North Star needs to update it's IT infrastructure to ensure that it has a reliable, robust and scalable platforms which will meet increased technology demands from the business and which will support it's business transformation and digital strategies.
In the short term, the solution will require the capacity and resilience to reliably continue the delivery of the applications to all office based and mobile workers and support digital services which are delivered to customers.
In the medium to long term, it is likely that as the business application portfolio is reviewed and renewed, applications which are currently hosted may move to cloud, e.g. SaaS
North Star is looking to appoint one single supplier to provide and support the full scope of requirements as defined in the TSoR, including core infrastructure, end-user device provisioning (e.g. thin client server farm and associated storage), connectivity and security. This shall include hosting or provision of the telephony services including SIP trunks.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality Questions
/ Weighting: 65
Cost criterion: price
/ Weighting: 25
Cost criterion: Social Value
/ Weighting: 10
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
Competitive procedure with negotiation
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:
2020/S 044-105539
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: NSTAR C/REF 0195
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
01/10/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 6
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 2
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 6
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Exponential-e Ltd
100 Leman Street
London
E1 8EU
UK
Telephone: +44 2034358739
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 1 152 088.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
(MT Ref:220976)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Public Procurement Review Service
Cabinet Office
London
UK
Telephone: +44 3450103503
E-mail: publicprocurementreview@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-procurement-review-service-scope-and-remit
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
22/10/2020