Official UK procurement notice
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR CYBER INCIDENT RESPONSE RETAINER SERVICE
Authority: University of Aberdeen (Education)
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: Scotland (UKM50)
Awarded value£447,500published contract · exc. VAT
Submissions closed 23 Feb 2022awarded 8 Apr 2022
Awarded to Quorum Cyber Security Limited
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAward of contract for an emergency cyber incident response, live incident handling and provision of expert cyber incident response services, toolsets and knowledge that will support incident containment, mitigation, eradication and recovery.
CPV: Systems and technical consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewal
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
How bids were scored
Published sub-criteria (8)
- Contract Management: 5%
- Business Processes & Business Continuity: 5%
- Quality Assurance/Continuous Improvement/Innovation: 5%
- Personnel: 6%
- Service Delivery: 14%
- Technical solution: 35%
- Demo: 5%
- price: 25%
Published award criteria (8)
- Contract Management: 5
- Business Processes & Business Continuity: 5
- Quality Assurance/Continuous Improvement/Innovation: 5
- Personnel: 6
- Service Delivery: 14
- Technical solution: 35
- Demo: 5
- Price: 25
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 25 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2.5 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
- 24 Jan 2022, 09:35 GMT
- Last source update
- 8 Apr 2022, 12:37 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 23 Feb 2022 – …
- Authority reference
AU21/49- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-009480- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-030e43Find a Tender
Contract terms
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: (SC Ref:689838)
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: Public Contracts Scotland · Who buys & how to bid on PCS
Access & registration note: Free single registration for Scotland; PCS-Tender (Jaggaer) for full bidding
- Submission deadline
- 23 Feb 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 23 Feb 2022, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
23 Feb 2022 → 8 Apr 2022 · 3 dates- Submission deadline23 Feb 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened23 Feb 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published8 Apr 2022, 12:37 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete8 Apr 2022, 12:37 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £447,5001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 116 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 8 Apr 2022
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quorum Cyber Security Limited | £447,500 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 009480-2022-AU21/49-1 · Quorum Cyber Security Limited
- Signed
- 8 Apr 2022
- Value
- £447,500
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11bids · 11 electronic · 11 from abroad | 6 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Aberdeen Sheriff CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Quorum Cyber Security LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria