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Published 9 Feb 2023, 11:03 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

ICT Project Management Requirement

Official notice

Authority: Norfolk County Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£300,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 13 Mar 2023awarded 2 May 2023
Awarded to Regional Network Solutions Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Norfolk County Council has awarded a contract for a single provider of IT project management on a 'as and when' required basis, to help deliver:-

  • our Future Network Procurement and Implementation Programme
  • a clean exit from our exiting network provider ( Capita), and
  • assist with adhoc technical project management for our digital connectivity programme.Full details of the requirement can be found in the Service Specification.

CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Project management consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Norfolk County Council has awarded a contract for a single provider of IT project…AwardedPublished value£300,000

Norfolk County Council has awarded a contract for a single provider of IT project management on a "as and when" required basis, to help deliver:

  • our Future Network Procurement and Implementation Programme
  • a clean exit from our exiting network provider ( Capita), and
  • assist with adhoc technical project management for our digital connectivity programme. Additional information: The estimate value of £300,000 relates to the initial term of the contract. This is a as and when required contract and therefore there is no guaranteed minimum or maximum number of days and hence the value is an estimate. The figure excludes VAT.
Delivery: East of England · Norfolk
Variant bids: not 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: 70%Price: 30%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality including methodology and approach, staffing, flexibility and working with the internal team: 70%
  • price: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality including methodology and approach, staffing, flexibility and working with the internal team: 70
  • Price: 30
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 30 of 100 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
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
9 Feb 2023, 11:03 GMT
Last source update
16 May 2023, 08:35 BST
Award evaluation window
13 Mar 2023 – …
Authority reference
NCCT42642
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-013850
Classification (CPV)
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportProject management consultancy services
Delivery area
East of England (UKH15)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03a438 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).Proceedings must be brought within 30 days from the date of knowledge (the date on which the economic operator first knew or ought to have known that grounds for starting the proceedings had arisen) unless the Court considers that there is good reason for extending the period within which proceedings may be brought, in which case the Court may extend that period up to a maximum of 3 months from the date of knowledge.

Publisher note: This procurement will be managed electronically via the Council`s e-procurement system. To participate in this procurement, applicants must first be registered on the system at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc. Full instructions for registration and use of the system can be found at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc/aspx/BuyerProfiles. Once registered you will be able to see the procurement project under the `tenders` section and `express an interest` to view the documentation. If you encounter any difficulties whilst using the system you can contact the In-tend support team by phoning +44 8442728810 or e-mailing [email protected] value of this contract is estimate only as this is an 'as and when' required contract with no guaranteed minimum and maximum. The estimate is for the initial term of 3 years. The Council has the right to extend by two further 1 year periods.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
13 Mar 2023, 10:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
13 Mar 2023, 10:05 GMT

Timeline

13 Mar 2023 → 16 May 2023 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    13 Mar 2023, 10:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    13 Mar 2023, 10:05 GMT
  3. Notice published
    16 May 2023, 08:35 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    16 May 2023, 08:35 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £300,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 2320 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 2 May 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Regional Network Solutions LtdProvision of ICT Project Management£300,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
23bids · 23 electronic · 2 from abroad20——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Norfolk County Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services County Hall, Martineau Lane, Norwich, East of England, NR1 2DHContact email Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

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