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Published 4 May 2023, 11:06 BST

Official UK procurement notice

IT Service Management (ITSM) System

Official notice

Authority: University of Bristol (Education)

GoodsOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£660,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 5 Jun 2023awarded 1 Aug 2023
Awarded to Halo Service Solutions Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

IT Service Management toolset to support the delivery of IT services to the university's staff and student community. The solution will deliver stability and longevity to support university's maturity roadmap, which will focus on the improvement of our ITSM working practices.

All requirements unless stated, must be ‘out-of-the box’ (OOTB) or UoB configurable with the right training and support materials. They must not require coding or development or be reliant on professional services.

The chosen solution must have the ability to provide out of the box workflows for the following processes which are aligned to ITIL best practice:

  • Incident Management
  • Change Management
  • Release Management
  • Service Request Management
  • Problem Management
  • Knowledge Management
  • Service Asset and Configuration Management
  • Service Level Management
  • Service Catalogue Management

The solution must be Software as a Service and with data hosted by the provider in a cloud environment. It must be able to integrate with systems such as, but not limited to:

  • Existing and future university systems, using a REST API or connectors
  • Azure Active Directory for authentication
  • Microsoft 365 for email

CPV: IT software package · Software package and information systems

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #11 systemAwardedRenewalPublished value£660,000
Delivery: South West
Extensions: Licence numbers may go up or down over the term of the contract Professional Services as per tender documents 2 x 12 month contract extensions · The contracts will be offered for an initial term of 5 years from the Access Date with 2 x 12-month option periods (5+1+1).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: 70%Price: 30%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Technical: 70%
  • Cost: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Cost: 30
  • Technical: 70
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 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
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
4 May 2023, 11:06 BST
Last source update
8 Aug 2023, 09:15 BST
Award evaluation window
5 Jun 2023 – …
Authority reference
IT-2303-016-PC_ 2591
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-023004
Classification (CPV)
IT software packageSoftware package and information systems
Delivery area
South West (UKK11)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03c63b Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: portal not identified
Language: EN
Submission deadline
5 Jun 2023, 08:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
5 Jun 2023, 10:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

5 Jun 2023 → 8 Aug 2023 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    5 Jun 2023, 08:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    5 Jun 2023, 10:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    8 Aug 2023, 09:15 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    8 Aug 2023, 09:15 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £660,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 1110 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 1 Aug 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Halo Service Solutions LtdSMEIT Service Management System (ITSM)£660,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
11bids · 11 electronic · 3 from abroad10——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

University of Bristol

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation 4th Floor, Augustine's Courtyard, Orchard Lane, Bristol, South West, BS1 5DSContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Royal Courts of JusticeMediation body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.