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Published 12 Aug 2022, 09:28 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Salesforce Support · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Northern Trains Ltd (Public body)

GoodsOpen procedureSME suitable
Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48) Delivery: UK
Published value£230,000published on the single lot · exc. VAT
Submissions closed 24 Aug 2022awarded 6 Jan 2023

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Northern are seeking an experienced Salesforce support partner to provide expertise and resource to support Northern’s Salesforce instances and products with day-to-day tasks and support the platform and its end users with issue and incident resolution

CPV: Database systems · Sales, marketing and business intelligence software package · Software package and information systems

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Within Northern Salesforce is a significant business system, providing the basis for…AwardedRenewalPublished value£230,000

Within Northern Salesforce is a significant business system, providing the basis for customer support and increasingly important within our digital transformation initiatives and driving improvement in customer engagement and customer satisfaction.Northern currently use the following Salesforce and related products. The list is not exhaustive and may change over time:

  • Sales Cloud
  • Service Cloud
  • Experience Cloud
  • Marketing Cloud
  • Salesforce CDP
  • Conga Composer
  • Various integrations with other systems including but not limited to: Alteryx, Tableau, Qualtrics
Delivery: UK
Extensions: Optional extensions on a plus one, plus one basisVariant bids: 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
Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/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
12 Aug 2022, 09:28 BST
Last source update
6 Jan 2023, 10:46 GMT
Award evaluation window
26 Aug 2022 – …
Authority reference
NTL/PT/0031
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-000348
Classification (CPV)
Database systemsSales, marketing and business intelligence software packageSoftware package and information systems
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-035b40 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

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
24 Aug 2022, 00:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Participation fee
document
Bids opened
26 Aug 2022, 00:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

24 Aug 2022 → 6 Jan 2023 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    24 Aug 2022, 00:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    26 Aug 2022, 00:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    6 Jan 2023, 10:46 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    6 Jan 2023, 10:46 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Bids received 54 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 6 Jan 2023

1 further award records carry no date or value.

Contracts

  • Contract 000348-2023-1 · supplier not published

    Signed
    6 Jan 2023
    Value
    —
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
5bids · 5 electronic4——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Northern Trains Limited

Contracting authorityPublic bodyProduction, transport and distribution of gas and heat George Stephenson House, Toft Green, York, UK, YO1 6JTContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Northern TrainsReview contact point York

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria
  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria