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Official UK procurement notice

Domain Services · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) 

ServicesOpen procedure
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£135,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 27 Oct 2023

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Nest wishes to engage with a supplier that will provide Domain and Domain Management Services.

CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1The scope of the Services includes (however not limited to) the provision of Registrar…Published value£135,000

The scope of the Services includes (however not limited to) the provision of Registrar facilities, Alerting & Renewal, Monitoring services (Domain, Brand, Logo, & Reputation), landscape audit, Phishing & IP fraud protection, Domain Security Services (SSL Certificates, DNS failover, registry locks, renewals etc.), Online Brand Protection, Corporate Domain Management Services, Domain Name Monitoring and Enforcement and Generic Top-level Domain Services (gTLD).

Delivery: UK
Variant bids: allowed

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
Closed
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
9 Oct 2023, 13:51 BST
Last source update
9 Oct 2023, 13:51 BST
Award evaluation window
27 Oct 2023 – …
Authority reference
TEN-2324-021
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-029697
Classification (CPV)
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-040900 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

The contracting authority will operate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers to provide time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.

Unsuccessful tenderers shall be notified by the contracting authority as soon as possible after the decision is made as to the reasons why they were unsuccessful.

The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide that aggrieved parties who have been harmed, or are at risk of harm, by breach of the rules are to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)

Publisher note: Nest does not bind itself to accept any tender and is not liable for any costs incurred by those expressing an interest or tendering for this opportunity.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on JAGGAER
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail
Submission deadline
27 Oct 2023, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Bids opened
27 Oct 2023, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

9 Oct 2023 → 27 Oct 2023 · 3 dates
  1. Notice published
    9 Oct 2023, 13:51 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    27 Oct 2023, 12:00 BST
  3. Bids opened
    27 Oct 2023, 12:00 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) 

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawEconomic affairs 10 South Colonnade 1st floor, London, UK, E14 4PUContact email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High CourtReview body London

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