Official UK procurement notice
Framework Agreement for Connectivity for Educational Establishments
Authority: Norfolk County Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNorfolk County Council has tendered a framework agreement to appoint partners to supply and install broadband connectivity suitable for education environments, in line with the Department for Education Digital and Technology Standards for Schools and Colleges (March 2022).
The framework agreement is open to all educational establishments including schools, academies, trusts, federations, Universities and further education colleges, adult learning centres, nurseries, preschools and alternative provisions, to purchase from within the counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire and Essex and all Unitary authorities therein.
CPV: For educational use · For kindergarten use · For school use · For training purposes · Internet services · Provider services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 10 bids received · 4 suppliers appointed
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£3,500,000
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (6)
- Onboarding and migration activity: 10%
- Technical infrastructure: 15%
- Service delivery: 15%
- Customer service and support: 5%
- price: 50%
- Net zero: 5%
Published award criteria (6)
- Onboarding and migration activity: 10
- Technical infrastructure: 15
- Service delivery: 15
- Customer service and support: 5
- Net zero: 5
- Price: 50
- Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “Framework Agreement for Connectivity for Educational Establishments” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
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
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 4 May 2022, 08:12 BST
- Last source update
- 22 Sept 2022, 09:10 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 8 Jul 2022 – …
- Authority reference
NCCT42437- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-026464- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-033336Find a Tender
- Review procedure
The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Proceedings must be brought within 30 days from the date of knowledge (the date on which the economic operator first knew or ought to have known that grounds for starting the proceedings had arisen) unless the Court considers that there is good reason for extending the period within which proceedings may be brought, in which case the Court may extend that period up to a maximum of 3 months from the date of knowledge.
Publisher note: The value of the framework agreement is based on the anticipated total spend by all users of the framework over its potential 4 year term.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 8 Jul 2022, 11:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 8 Jul 2022, 11:02 BST
Timeline
23 May 2022 → 22 Sept 2022 · 4 dates- Next notice expected23 May 2022, 00:00 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown8 Jul 2022, 11:00 BST
- Bids opened8 Jul 2022, 11:02 BST
- Notice published22 Sept 2022, 09:10 BST
Notice history
7 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 1 Jun 2022- Published value published: £3,500,0001 Jun 2022, 12:27 BST
- Status changed to active1 Jun 2022, 12:27 BST
- Procurement method changed1 Jun 2022, 12:27 BST
- Deadline published: 8 Jul 2022, 11:00 BST1 Jun 2022, 12:27 BST
- Buyer details updated1 Jun 2022, 12:27 BST
- Status changed to complete22 Sept 2022, 09:10 BST
- Buyer details updated22 Sept 2022, 09:10 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 026464-2022-1
- Signed
- 16 Sept 2022
- Value
- £3,500,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeFramework contractors & participating bidders
4 commercial parties on the notice- Eastern Telephones LimitedFramework contractor
- MLL TelecomFramework contractor
- Rydal Communications LimitedFramework contractor
- Talk Straight LtdFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria