Find a TenderClosed
Published 7 Jul 2022, 18:06 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Contact Centre Software Solution

Official notice

Authority: Cantium Business Solutions Limited·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedure
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£100,000,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 12 Aug 2022

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Cantium Business Solutions Limited (Cantium) is a Local Authority Trading Company (LATCo), whose ultimate parent company is Kent County Council (KCC). Cantium provides tailored ICT, HR and Finance services to its customers across the UK within the Education, Local Authority, Health and the Private sector. As a LatCo we are proud of our Public Sector heritage, which has given us a foundation in business delivery and infrastructure insight. This uniquely enables us to drive innovation and progressive practices to deliver the best value for our clients.

Cantium is looking for a Contact Centre software solution for use primarily by ourselves but with the option to resale by Cantium to our customers.

Any contractual offer made will be against a zero-value agreement as any sales will be based on best value for ourselves and for our customers.

This Agreement is for a 36 months term based on an initial fixed 12 month period, after which a 3 months break clause may be applied to the balance of the term by the buyer. The contract will expire in its entirety after the 36 months unless the break clause is applied earlier, or it is extended.

The buyer has the right to request up to two x 12-month extensions to this contract, providing the supplier with a minimum notice of 30 days prior to the contract end date.

Therefore, the maximum possible contract length will be 60 months.

Further background and technical information can be found within the Invitation to Tender (ITT) documentation via the Kent Business Portal.

CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Published value£100,000,000
Delivery: UK
Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 80%Price: 20%
Published sub-criteria (4)
  • Mandatory Requirements: 30%
  • General Requirements: 30%
  • Value-Added Services: 20%
  • price: 20%
Published award criteria (4)
  • Mandatory Requirements: 30%
  • General Requirements: 30%
  • Value-Added Services: 20%
  • Price: 20%
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Closed
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
7 Jul 2022, 18:06 BST
Last source update
5 Aug 2022, 14:15 BST
Award evaluation window
9 Aug 2022 – …
Authority reference
DN616956
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-021574
Classification (CPV)
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-034fa7 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
12 Aug 2022, 17:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
9 Aug 2022, 08:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

5 Aug 2022 → 12 Aug 2022 · 3 dates
  1. Notice published
    5 Aug 2022, 14:15 BST
  2. Bids opened
    9 Aug 2022, 08:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline
    12 Aug 2022, 17:00 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 5 Aug 2022
  1. Deadline moved to 12 Aug 2022, 17:00 BST
    5 Aug 2022, 14:15 BST
    +4 days · was 8 Aug 2022, 17:00 BST
  2. Buyer details updated
    5 Aug 2022, 14:15 BST
Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—DeadlineTime limit for receipt of tenders · IV.2.28 Aug 202212 Aug 2022+4 d

1 amendment published without a description.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Cantium Business Solutions Ltd

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawGeneral public services West Malling, UK, ME19 4AEContact email Published organisation website ↗

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.