Official UK procurement notice
ID 3095831 - Collaborative Call Off Contract for Microsoft Licensing Solutions Partner (LSP)
Authority: Department of Finance (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionIT Assist currently has in place two Microsoft Licensing Agreements; - Microsoft Enterprise Agreement - Microsoft Select Plus Agreements These agreements were setup using the current License Solutions Partner (LSP). However, NICS procurement policy requires that we openly tender for the selection of a LSP to manage these agreements. IT Assist will initiate the Change of Channel Partner process as necessary, allowed for under these Agreements, upon the completion of this procurement and the selection of a supplier. It is anticipated that other NICS and Public Sector organisations will also make use of this contract.
CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£100,000,000
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).
- Price
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 25 May 2021, 13:34 BST
- Last source update
- 27 Jul 2021, 12:15 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 29 Jun 2021 – …
- Authority reference
ID 3095831- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-017778- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02b4c4Find a Tender
- Review procedure
CPD will comply with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and, where. appropriate, will incorporate a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. This provides time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award . decision before the contract is entered into..
Publisher note: The successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored. Contractors not delivering on contract requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If a contractor fails to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified time, they still fail to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance, the matter will be escalated to senior management in CPD for further action. If this occurs and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, it may be regarded as an act of grave professional misconduct and they may be issued with a Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance and the contract may be terminated. The issue of a Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance will result in the contractor being excluded from all procurement competitions being undertaken by Centres of Procurement Expertise on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Procurement Policy for a period of twelve months from the date of issue of the certificate...
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 29 Jun 2021, 15:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 29 Jun 2021, 15:30 BST
Timeline
29 Jun 2021 → 27 Sept 2021 · 4 dates- Submission deadline29 Jun 2021, 15:00 BST
- Bids opened29 Jun 2021, 15:30 BST
- Notice published27 Jul 2021, 12:15 BST
- Bids must remain valid until27 Sept 2021, 23:59 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 Jul 2021- Status changed to complete27 Jul 2021, 12:15 BST
- Buyer details updated27 Jul 2021, 12:15 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| British Telecommunications PlcContract | £100,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract · British Telecommunications Plc
- Signed
- 23 Jul 2021
- Value
- £100,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4bids · 4 electronic · 1 from abroad | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
- The UK does not have any special review body with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures in public procurement competitions. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR 2015Review body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PLCAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria