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Published 26 Jan 2022, 14:35 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

ID 3682600 - DoF - Supply of end user devices, accessories and services.

Official notice

Authority: Department of Finance (Central government)

GoodsCompetitive procedure with negotiation
Published estimate£75,000,000exc. VAT9.9% below published estimate
Submissions closed 28 Feb 2022awarded 21 Jun 2022
Awarded to British Telecommunications Plc

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Department of Finance, for itself and on behalf of other public sector organisations requiring the supply and delivery of End User Devices, Accessories and Services as defined within the Specification, in Northern Ireland including, but not limited to, government departments, agencies, non-departmental public bodies, local authorities and bodies that receive grant funding from Northern Ireland government departments or from bodies which Northern Ireland government departments are responsible for, is establishing a collaborative agreement.

CPV: Accessories for sound and video equipment · Computer audit and testing services · Computer back-up and catalogue conversion services · Computer equipment and supplies · Computer screens and consoles · Computer supplies · Computer-related equipment · Computer-related services · Computer-user familiarisation and training services · Data-processing machines (hardware) · Data-transmission equipment · Desktop computer · +30 more

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£75,000,000
Extensions: This contract is for an initial period of 1 year with 4 optional extension periods of 1 year each.Eg 1 year [+1 year, +1 year, +1 year, +1 year] · This contract is for an initial period of 1 year with 4 optional extension periods of 1 year each. Eg 1 year [+1 year, +1 year, +1 year, +1 year]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: 30%Price: 70%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Qualitative Criteria: 30%
  • Quantitative Criteria: 70%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Qualitative Criteria: 30
  • Quantitative Criteria: 70
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    Candidates will be assessed in accordance with Regulation 58 of the Public Contract Regulations. 2015 (as amended). A selection process will also be used to identify. economic operators, who having submitted a response to the Selection Questionnaire, sufficiently demonstrate to the Department’s satisfaction the appropriate technical and professional ability, economic, financial and legal standing to meet the requirements of the contract.

Successive reduction
Candidates will be reduced successively across stages
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
Competitive procedure with negotiation
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
26 Jan 2022, 14:35 GMT
Last source update
21 Jun 2022, 16:14 BST
Authority reference
ID 3682600
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-016965
Classification (CPV)
Accessories for sound and video equipmentComputer audit and testing servicesComputer back-up and catalogue conversion servicesComputer equipment and suppliesComputer screens and consolesComputer suppliesComputer-related equipmentComputer-related servicesComputer-user familiarisation and training servicesData-processing machines (hardware)
+32 moreData-transmission equipmentDesktop computer
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-030fa7 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Performance terms

The appointment to the contract will be subject to the preferred supplier demonstrating. that the minimum requirements specified in the selection questionnaire continue to be met and that there being no material adverse change to the standing of the supplier. The appointment will also be subject to all other necessary due diligence being carried out by the Authority. Contract performance will be subject to the conditions specified in the contract, which may include social and environmental clauses in order to promote equality of opportunity and sustainable development. Further details are set out at Section VI.3 below and furthermore in the Information Memorandum

Review and risk notes
Review procedure

CPD will comply with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended).. and, where. appropriate, will incorporate a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. This provides time for the. unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into..

Publisher note: The Contracting Authority reserved the right: to hold additional rounds of negotiations with Economic Operators; to require the. submission of any further or additional information or tender submissions; to award the Contract following the submission of initial. tenders; to award the Contract following conclusion of the first round of negotiation sessions; and/or to down-select Economic Operators. following each round of negotiations. For the avoidance of doubt, final tenders will not be subject to any negotiation with the Contracting. Authority (however, they may be subject to clarification, if required, at the Contracting Authority’s absolute discretion). The Contracting... Authority reserves the right: to reject any or all SQ or tender responses and to cancel or withdraw the procurement process at any... stage; to award a contract without prior notice; to change the basis of, the procedure and the timescales set out or referred to in the... procurement documents; to require an Economic Operator to clarify its SQ or tender response in writing and/or provide additional... information; to terminate the procurement process; and/or to amend the terms and conditions of the SQ or tender evaluation process... or negotiation process. The Contracting Authority does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender. Economic Operators remain... responsible for all costs and expenses incurred by them or by any third party acting under instructions from the Economic Operator in... connection with taking part in this procurement process, regardless of whether such costs arise as a consequence, directly or indirectly,... of any amendments made to the procurement documents by the Contracting Authority at any time. No legally binding contract shall... arise (and an Economic Operator shall have no legitimate expectation that a contract will be entered into) until such time as entry into... the Contract has been confirmed by the Contracting Authority. Economic Operators should note that all dates, time periods and figures... in relation to values and volumes specified in this notice and the procurement documents are approximate only and the Contracting... Authority reserves the right to change any or all of them. The figure indicated in II.1.5 represents an estimated contract value range. of. £50m -£75m this range reflects the potential scale of the contract and takes into account potential optional extension periods. The. pricing. strategy applied and the setting of cost/profit margins are a commercial decision for Economic. Operators when submitting a. bid for. this competition. In addition, neither CPD nor the Contracting Authority can provide any guarantee. as to the level of business. under this. contract. The successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored.. Contractors not delivering. on contract. requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If. a contractor fails to reach. satisfactory. levels of contract performance they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified. time, they still fail to reach. satisfactory. levels of contract performance, the matter will be escalated to senior management in CPD for. further action. If this occurs. and their. performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, it may be. regarded as an act of grave. professional. misconduct and they may be issued with a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance and the. contract may be terminated. The. issue of a. Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance will result in the contractor being excluded from all. procurement competitions being. undertaken. by Centres of Procurement Expertise on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland. Procurement Policy for a period of. twelve. months from the date of issue of the Notice. This contract will not be awarded in Lots as a single supplier is required.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: eTendersNI · Who buys & how to bid on eTendersNI
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free Northern Ireland registration
Submission deadline
28 Feb 2022, 15:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

28 Feb 2022 → 28 Jun 2022 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    28 Feb 2022, 15:00 GMT
  2. Notice published
    21 Jun 2022, 16:14 BST
  3. Bids must remain valid until
    28 Jun 2022, 23:59 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    21 Jun 2022, 16:14 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £67,560,2251 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 1latest 21 Jun 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
British Telecommunications PlcContract£67,560,225 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad0——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Department of Finance

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawGeneral public services Craigantlet Buildings, Stormont Estate, BELFAST, UK, BT4 3SBContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The UK does not have any special review body with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures in public procurement competitions. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR2015as amendedReview body Belfast

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