Market Research - Replacement UPS System

Official notice

Authority: East Ayrshire Council (Local council)

Goods

Sectors: Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting (31) Delivery: Scotland (UKM93)

Planned pipeline value£50,000pipeline notice, not a live tender

Tender notice expected 1 Jun 2023from the planned procurement notice

What is being bought

Published requirement description

East Ayrshire Council are issuing this PIN as a market testing and information gathering exercise.

The Councils Finance & ICT service delivers a range of ICT services across East Ayrshire under the strategic leadership of the Chief Executive. These services are hosted across 3 main data centres, one being located within the Council Headquarters at London Road in Kilmarnock.

The data centre was opened in 2010 as a state of the art facility and continues to be a critical component in delivering ICT services across East Ayrshire. A key system within the data centre is the UPS (Uninterruptable Power Supply). The current system is nearing end of life support and needs to be replaced.

East Ayrshire Council (EAC) are looking to use this PIN exercise to engage with potential UPS suppliers, find out what options are available on the market and begin dialogue to scope out any future tender opportunity. We would welcome discussions with providers who have relevant knowledge and experience within the market who would be willing to share information on what products are available.

The current UPS is a Chloride MP Net 80KVA UPS SGL NOBA of which there are two of these. EAC are looking for a replacement system of at least an equal specification to this.

The batteries in this system were recently replaced with 80 (2x40) C&D Technologies UPS12-220MRX VRLA Blocs.

In order to reduce our carbon footprint our preference would be for any replacement UPS system to be fully compatible with these batteries.

CPV: Uninterruptible power supplies

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Planned

Delivery: Scotland

31154000 Uninterruptible power supplies

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached

Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Goods
Notice status: Past planning notice
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: Unspecified in notice
First published: 30 May 2023, 15:29 BST
Last source update: 30 May 2023, 15:29 BST
FTS notice number: 2023/S 000-015283
Classification (CPV): Uninterruptible power supplies
Delivery area: Scotland (UKM93)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03d04c Find a Tender

Publisher note: Noted interest should be made via the Public Contract Scotland portal. NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=733789. (SC Ref:733789)

How it was run

Official notice

Run through: portal not identified

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗

Submission deadline: —

Timeline

30 May 2023 → 1 Jun 2023 · 2 dates

Notice published
30 May 2023, 15:29 BST
Tender notice expected
1 Jun 2023, 00:00 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice

Awards (0): No award published
Contracts (0): No contract published
Bid statistics: No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

East Ayrshire Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Corporate Procurement Team, London Road HQ, Kilmarnock, Scotland, KA3 7BUContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.