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Published 9 Nov 2023, 16:08 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Mobile Voice and Data Services - 2023

Official notice

Authority: University of Hertfordshire (Education)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Sectors: Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment (32)Postal and telecommunications services (64) Delivery: East of England (UKH23)
Published estimate£800,000exc. VAT18.8% below published estimate
Submissions closed 12 Dec 2023awarded 24 Apr 2024
Awarded to DBfB Communications

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The University of Hertfordshire and its subsidiary companies ("The University") is looking to set up a contract with the successful bidder for the supply of Mobile Voice and Data devices and airtime services.It is intended that the contract will commence February 2024 and run for an initial three-year period with the option to extend by a further two years in one-year increments, subject to satisfactory performance of the contract.The contract will be reviewed against the Service Level Agreement at monthly contract management meetings.All University policies and regulations relating to information, security, data management, systems, and services, will apply to all contracts resulting from this tender.

CPV: Mobile telephones · Mobile-telephone services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedPublished value£800,000
Delivery: East of England
Variant bids: not allowed
32250000 Mobile telephones

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: 60%Price: 40%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Technical fit to requirements: 60%
  • price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Technical fit to requirements: 60
  • Price: 40
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 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
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
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
9 Nov 2023, 16:08 GMT
Last source update
24 Apr 2024, 18:11 BST
Award evaluation window
12 Dec 2023 – …
Authority reference
23030
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-013367
Classification (CPV)
Mobile telephonesMobile-telephone services
Delivery area
East of England (UKH23)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04172e Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Performance terms

as per terms and conditions of contract

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Submission deadline
12 Dec 2023, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
12 Dec 2023, 12:01 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofhertford… ↗

Timeline

12 Dec 2023 → 24 Apr 2024 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    12 Dec 2023, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    12 Dec 2023, 12:01 GMT
  3. Notice published
    24 Apr 2024, 18:11 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    24 Apr 2024, 18:11 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £650,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 84 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 24 Apr 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
DBfB CommunicationsMobile Voice and Data Services£650,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Mobile Voice and Data Services · DBfB Communications

    Signed
    24 Apr 2024
    Value
    £650,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
8bids · 8 electronic · 8 from abroad4——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

University of Hertfordshire Higher Education Corporation

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation College Lane, Hatfield, East of England, AL10 9ABContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Crown Commercial ServicesReview body Liverpool

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • DBfB CommunicationsAwarded supplier The Comms Centre, Talavera Court, Darnell Way, Moulton Park, Northampton NN3 6RW, UK, Northampton, East Midlands, NN3 6RW

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