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Published 24 Jan 2022, 09:35 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

INVITATION TO TENDER FOR CYBER INCIDENT RESPONSE RETAINER SERVICE

Official notice

Authority: University of Aberdeen (Education)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Awarded value£447,500published contract · exc. VAT
Submissions closed 23 Feb 2022awarded 8 Apr 2022
Awarded to Quorum Cyber Security Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Award of contract for an emergency cyber incident response, live incident handling and provision of expert cyber incident response services, toolsets and knowledge that will support incident containment, mitigation, eradication and recovery.

CPV: Systems and technical consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal
Delivery: Scotland
Extensions: This is an invitation to submit a proposal for Cyber Incident Response Retainer Service for an initial term of 2 years and 8 potential extension periods, each of one year, to the University of Aberdeen.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: 75%Price: 25%
Published sub-criteria (8)
  • Contract Management: 5%
  • Business Processes & Business Continuity: 5%
  • Quality Assurance/Continuous Improvement/Innovation: 5%
  • Personnel: 6%
  • Service Delivery: 14%
  • Technical solution: 35%
  • Demo: 5%
  • price: 25%
Published award criteria (8)
  • Contract Management: 5
  • Business Processes & Business Continuity: 5
  • Quality Assurance/Continuous Improvement/Innovation: 5
  • Personnel: 6
  • Service Delivery: 14
  • Technical solution: 35
  • Demo: 5
  • Price: 25
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 25 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2.5 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 · 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
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
24 Jan 2022, 09:35 GMT
Last source update
8 Apr 2022, 12:37 BST
Award evaluation window
23 Feb 2022 – …
Authority reference
AU21/49
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-009480
Classification (CPV)
Systems and technical consultancy services
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM50)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-030e43 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: (SC Ref:689838)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Public Contracts Scotland · Who buys & how to bid on PCS
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free single registration for Scotland; PCS-Tender (Jaggaer) for full bidding
Submission deadline
23 Feb 2022, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
23 Feb 2022, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

23 Feb 2022 → 8 Apr 2022 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    23 Feb 2022, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    23 Feb 2022, 12:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    8 Apr 2022, 12:37 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    8 Apr 2022, 12:37 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £447,5001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 116 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 8 Apr 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Quorum Cyber Security Limited£447,500 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
11bids · 11 electronic · 11 from abroad6——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

University of Aberdeen

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation University Office, King's College, Aberdeen, Scotland, AB24 3FXContact email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Aberdeen Sheriff CourtReview body Aberdeen

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria