Official UK procurement notice
Managed Network Partner Service
Authority: CalMac Ferries Limited
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis Tender defines the requirements for a Managed Network Partner Service for CalMac Ferries Ltd, aimed at securing a partnership with an organisation experienced in Corporate IT environments and providing service to remote locations. The service will include network design, build and operations to ensure continuous management, monitoring and field support of the critical infrastructure supporting business operations and customer connectivity at ports, offices, and vessels which operates 24x7x365.
CPV: Computer network services · Data network management and support services · Dedicated-business telephone network services · Local area network services · Miscellaneous networking software development services · Network management software services · Shared-business telephone network services · Telephone network maintenance services · Wide area network services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 1 suppliers
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Renewal
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 (2)
- Technical / Quality: 70%
- price: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical / Quality: 70
- Price: 30
- Condition of participationno text publishedMinimum: Employer’s Liability Insurance = GBP 5 Million Public Liability Insurance = GBP 5 Million Professional Indemnity Insurance = GBP 5 Million Product Liability Insurance= GBP 5 Million 1- Return on Capital Employed: must be at a ratio greater than “0” 2- Acid Test (Current Ratio): C…
- Technical & professional ability
Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Successive reduction
- Candidates will be reduced successively across stages
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Managed Network Partner Service” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 1 suppliers, 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
- Competitive procedure with negotiation
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- 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 Jul 2025, 12:01 BST
- Last source update
- 4 Jul 2025, 12:01 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-037384- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-055903Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
As defined in the Requirement Specification
Publisher note: The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this PQQ exercise. The Project code is 29624. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 A sub-contract clause has been included in this contract. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2363 The Contracting Authority does not intend to include any community benefit requirements in this contract for the following reason: Not applicable to this service. (SC Ref:803477)
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ ↗
- Appointment period ends
- 6 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
4 Jul 2025 → 30 Jan 2026 · 4 dates- Notice published4 Jul 2025, 12:01 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown6 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Invitations to tender expected22 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST
- Bids must remain valid until269 days ago30 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Greenock Sherift CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical selection criteria