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Published 16 Jan 2023, 13:08 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

GMCA 631 Replacement Datacentre Hardware

Official notice

Authority: Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Local council)

GoodsOpen procedure
Sectors: Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages (30) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£416,921published contract · exc. VAT
Submissions closed 15 Feb 2023awarded 20 Mar 2023
Awarded to Specialist Computer Services Plc

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) currently hosts 2 data centres over 2

geographically sperate locations. These sites have resilient 10Gb layer 2 connectivity. Our

current data centre equipment is approaching its end of useable life and we are looking to

replace this.

Our data centres runs in an active-active state across the 2 sites. Services are split between

the 2 to provide resilience. The solution is currently made up of 2 Flexpod deployments

which consists of Cisco UCS, NetApp and VMware.

GMCA is looking to replace the compute and storage elements of the data centre with new

NetApp and Dell hardware (the required hardware is outlined in section 4). This includes

professional services for installation and elements of migration of the new solution.

GMCA require the solution to be covered for support and maintenance over a 5 year

contracted period. This includes hardware replacement, monitoring and alerting.

CPV: Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages · Repair and maintenance services · Software maintenance and repair services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: UK
Variant bids: not allowed
30000000 Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages50000000 Repair and maintenance services72267000 Software maintenance and repair services

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: 40%Price: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 40%
  • Price: 60%
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

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
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
16 Jan 2023, 13:08 GMT
Last source update
18 Apr 2023, 12:19 BST
Award evaluation window
15 Feb 2023 – …
Authority reference
DN650977
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-011072
Classification (CPV)
Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packagesRepair and maintenance servicesSoftware maintenance and repair services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0397c9 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
15 Feb 2023, 17:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
15 Feb 2023, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

www.the-chest.org.uk ↗

Timeline

15 Feb 2023 → 18 Apr 2023 · 3 dates
  1. Bids opened
    15 Feb 2023, 12:00 GMT
  2. Submission deadline
    15 Feb 2023, 17:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    18 Apr 2023, 12:19 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    18 Apr 2023, 12:19 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £416,9211 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 2
Contracts signed 1latest 20 Mar 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Specialist Computer Services Plc£416,921 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Greater Manchester Combined Authority

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services GMCA Offices, 1st Floor, Churchgate House, 56 Oxford Street, Manchester, UK, M1 6EUContact email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The High Court (England, Wales & Northern Ireland)Review body London
  • The High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)Review body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.