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Published 1 Nov 2024, 08:39 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

High Capacity Storage System

Official notice

Authority: Scottish Government (Central government)

GoodsOpen procedure
Published estimate£400,000exc. VAT11.6% below published estimate
Submissions closed 2 Dec 2024awarded 9 Jan 2025
Awarded to Computacenter (UK) Ltd
Contract term 2 moends 31 Mar 2025 · starts 15 Jan 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Scottish Ministers invites tenders for the purchase of a high capacity storage

system.

The Marine Directorate (MD), a directorate of the Scottish Government, as a whole collects large volumes of data on an annual basis. The data collected serves many of the directorate’s needs for evidence to underpin policy development, and to meet statutory or legal requirement of Scottish Government.

CPV: Computer storage units · Information systems · Information systems and servers

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded 2 mo
Contract period: 15 Jan 2025 – 31 Mar 2025 (2 mo)
Delivery: Scotland · Marine Laboratory, Aberdeen and Freshwater Laboratory, Pitlochry.
Variant 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
How bids were scored
Quality: 100Price: 30
Published sub-criteria (7)
  • Technical Solution: 40
  • Delivery, Installation & Training: 20
  • Support & Maintenance: 10
  • Staff Competence, Knowledge & Experience: 15
  • Contract Management & Quality Assurance: 10
  • Fair Work First: 5
  • price: 30
Published award criteria (7)
  • Technical Solution: 40
  • Delivery, Installation & Training: 20
  • Support & Maintenance: 10
  • Staff Competence, Knowledge & Experience: 15
  • Contract Management & Quality Assurance: 10
  • Fair Work First: 5
  • Price: 30
Conditions of participation2
  • Economic & financial standing

    a) A review of the minimum specific yearly turnover over last two years.

    b) Appropriate insurance levels as stipulated in 4B.5.

    c) Demonstration of a Current Ratio of greater than 0.8.

    d) A Net Profit greater than zero within the two year cycle.

    Minimum: 4B2a: Bidders will be required to have a minimum "specific" yearly turnover of 500,000 GBP for the last two years. In the event that the Bidder does not comply with this requirement, they will not be considered any further in this tendering exercise. As evidence for the SPD (Scot…
  • Technical & professional ability

    a) Recent examples demonstrating relevant experience to deliver goods or services.

    b) Details of staffing resources and facilities available.

    c) Details of technical facilities.

    d) Environmental Management

    e) Technical equipment, tools and plant

    f) Subcontracting.

    Minimum: 4C1.2: Bidders will be required to provide three examples over the last five years that demonstrate that they have the relevant experience to deliver the services/supplies as described in the Contract Notice or the relevant section of the site notice. 4C2: Bidders will be require…
Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 30 of 130 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 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 · publisher note attached
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
1 Nov 2024, 08:39 GMT
Last source update
27 Jan 2025, 08:39 GMT
Award evaluation window
2 Dec 2024 – …
Authority reference
CASE/693111
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-002643
Classification (CPV)
Computer storage unitsInformation systemsInformation systems and servers
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM50)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04b31f Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: SPD will be scored on a pass/fail basis. Question scoring methodology for Award Criteria outlined in Invitation to Tender. 0 - Unacceptable. Nil or inadequate response. Fails to demonstrate an ability to meet the requirement. 1 - Poor. Response is partially relevant but generally poor. The response addresses some elements of the requirement but contains insufficient/limited detail or explanation to demonstrate how the requirement will be fulfilled. 2 - Acceptable. Response is relevant and acceptable. The response addresses a broad understanding of the requirement but may lack details on how the requirement will be fulfilled in certain areas. 3 - Good. Response is relevant and good. The response is sufficiently detailed to demonstrate a good understanding and provides details on how the requirements will be fulfilled. 4 - Excellent. Response is completely relevant and excellent overall. The response is comprehensive, unambiguous and demonstrates a thorough understanding of the requirement and provides details of how the requirement will be met in full. NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=538689. The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx. Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. (SC Ref:788806)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Public Contracts Scotland · Who buys & how to bid on PCS
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free single registration for Scotland; PCS-Tender (Jaggaer) for full bidding
Submission deadline
2 Dec 2024, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Bids opened
2 Dec 2024, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

2 Dec 2024 → 27 Jan 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    2 Dec 2024, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    2 Dec 2024, 12:00 GMT
  3. Contract starts
    15 Jan 2025
  4. Notice published
    27 Jan 2025, 08:39 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    27 Jan 2025, 08:39 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £353,6981 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 1latest 9 Jan 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Computacenter (UK) Ltd£353,698 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 002643-2025-CASE/693111-1 · Computacenter (UK) Ltd

    Signed
    9 Jan 2025
    Value
    £353,698
    Period
    … – 31 Mar 2025
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad0——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Scottish Government

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsGeneral public services Marine Directorate, Marine Laboratory, 375 Victoria Road, Torry, Aberdeen, Scotland, AB11 9DBContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Sheriff Court HouseReview body EdinburghContact phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Computacenter (UK) LimitedAwarded supplier Hatfield Business Park, Hatfield Avenue, Hatfield, UK, SG18 0FLContact phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.