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Published 25 May 2021, 13:34 BST

Official UK procurement notice

ID 3095831 - Collaborative Call Off Contract for Microsoft Licensing Solutions Partner (LSP)

Official notice

Authority: Department of Finance (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£100,000,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 29 Jun 2021awarded 23 Jul 2021
Awarded to British Telecommunications Plc

What is being bought

Published requirement description

IT 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 published
Lot #1AwardedPublished value£100,000,000
Extensions: Initial three-year term contract with an option to extend for a further three-year period.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
  • 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)
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02b4c4 Find a Tender
Review and risk notes
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
  1. Submission deadline
    29 Jun 2021, 15:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    29 Jun 2021, 15:30 BST
  3. Notice published
    27 Jul 2021, 12:15 BST
  4. Bids must remain valid until
    27 Sept 2021, 23:59 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 Jul 2021
  1. Status changed to complete
    27 Jul 2021, 12:15 BST
  2. Buyer details updated
    27 Jul 2021, 12:15 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £100,000,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 4
Contracts signed 1latest 23 Jul 2021
Awarded toValueDateStatus
British Telecommunications PlcContract£100,000,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
4bids · 4 electronic · 1 from abroad0——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Department of Finance

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawGeneral public services 303 Airport Road West, BELFAST, UK, BT3 9EDContact email

Dispute 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 UK

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