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Published 1 Mar 2022, 11:55 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Contract for the supply of Lifelong Learning ICT Equipment

Official notice

Authority: City & County of Swansea (Local council)

GoodsOpen procedureSME suitableAccelerated
Awarded value£232,341published contract · exc. VAT
Submissions closed 16 Mar 2022awarded 29 Mar 2022
Awarded to Micro Computer Consultants Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Welsh Government has recently awarded a grant designed to support digital inclusion and innovation and meet zero net carbon targets to the Lifelong Learning Service. The Service wish to upgrade and replace exiting IT equipment in a 8 Community venues as well as establish new teaching and learning environments within 2 of the venues. Terms of the grant require orders for all equipment and services to be placed prior to 31st March 2022.

CPV: Computer equipment and supplies · Computer-related equipment · Desktop computer · Personal computers · Tablet computer

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

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: 30%Price: 70%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 30
  • Price: 70
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 70 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

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

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
1 Mar 2022, 11:55 GMT
Last source update
23 Jun 2022, 09:12 BST
Award evaluation window
16 Mar 2022 – …
Authority reference
CCS/21/535
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-017124
Accelerated

Terms of the grant require orders for all equipment and services to be placed prior to 31st March 2022. Therefore there is insufficient time

Grant was only awarded to Swansea Council within past couple of weeks

Classification (CPV)
Computer equipment and suppliesComputer-related equipmentDesktop computerPersonal computersTablet computer
Delivery area
Wales (UKL18)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-031c40 Find a Tender

Publisher note: (WA Ref:122270)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on Sell2Wales
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN, CY
Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail
Submission deadline
16 Mar 2022, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en, cy
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
16 Mar 2022, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

16 Mar 2022 → 23 Jun 2022 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    16 Mar 2022, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    16 Mar 2022, 12:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    23 Jun 2022, 09:12 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    23 Jun 2022, 09:12 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £232,3411 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 22 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 29 Mar 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Micro Computer Consultants Ltd£232,341 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad2——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

City & County of Swansea

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Civic Centre, Swansea, Wales, SA1 3SNContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High CourtReview body LondonContact phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria