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Published 29 Jun 2023, 15:45 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of Public WiFi at Various SPT Sites

Official notice

Authority: Strathclyde Partnership for Transport

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: Scotland (UKM82)
Awarded value£505,469published contract · exc. VAT
Submissions closed 29 Aug 2023awarded 6 Nov 2023
Awarded to Westica Communications Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

SPT has awarded a contract to provide public WiFi access at various SPT sites

  • Recurrence: Five years.

CPV: Internet services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) has awarded a contract to a suitable…AwardedRenewal

Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) has awarded a contract to a suitable organisation to provide public WiFi internet access at all 15 Glasgow Subway Stations, Buchanan Bus Station, East Kilbride Bus Station, Hamilton Bus Station and Greenock Bus Station.

The organisation will require to strip out legacy equipment, survey the areas (if required), provide the equipment, connection and software.

SPT reserves the right to modify this contract as follows:

to include any other part of the SPT estate;

Alter/improve the service provision during the contract duration

Maintenance and repair of fibre cable (if utilised by tenderers solution)

SPT will also seek options for maintenance of the equipment installed and the removal of the equipment at the end of the contract.

Delivery: Scotland · Glasgow, East Kilbride, Hamilton and Greenock
Extensions: Options for maintenance and strip out of equipment. · It is likely this service will be renewed. However, this will be subject to reviewVariant bids: not allowed
72400000 Internet 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: 100Price: 60
Published sub-criteria (6)
  • Speficiation: 30
  • Methodology: 20
  • Programme: 10
  • Account Management: 30
  • Quality of Personnel: 10
  • price: 60
Published award criteria (6)
  • Speficiation: 30
  • Methodology: 20
  • Programme: 10
  • Account Management: 30
  • Quality of Personnel: 10
  • Price: 60
Conditions of participation3
  • Suitability

    SPD Question 4A.1 Trade Registers It is a requirement of this tender that if the bidder is UK based they must hold a valid registration with Companies House. Where the bidder is UK based but not registered at Companies House they must be able to verify to our satisfaction that they are trading from the address provided in the tender and under the company name given.

    SPD Question 4A.2 Authorisation/Membership If the bidder is based out-with the UK they must be enrolled in the relevant professional or trade register appropriate to their country as described in Schedule 5 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.

    Where it is required, within a bidder’s country of establishment they must confirm which authorisation or memberships of the relevant organisation(s) are required in order to perform this service.

    Bidders must confirm if they hold the particular authorisation or memberships.

  • Economic & financial standing

    Sub-Contractors whose capacity is/isn't relied upon

    Economic status

    Insurance

    DUNS Failure Score

    Minimum: The Qualification Envelope is the SPD for this tender. SPD Q 2.C.1 Reliance on the capacities of other entities Bidders are required to complete a full SPD for each of the entities whose capacity they rely upon SPD Q 2.D.1 Subcontractors on whose capacity the bidder does not rely…
  • Technical & professional ability

    SPD Question 4C.1.2 Technical and Professional Ability

    SPD Question 4D.1 Quality Accreditation

    SPD Question 4D.2 Environmental Accreditations

    Technical envelope compliance and sustainability questions

    Health and Safety and Cyber Security Questionnaires

    Minimum: With reference to the nature and details of the supplies/services that are the subject matter of this tender, three relevant examples are to be provided of the supplies/services undertaken by the bidder in the last 3 years. The examples must be of a similar size and scope to SPT'…
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 60 of 160 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 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
Yes · Five years.
First published
29 Jun 2023, 15:45 BST
Last source update
6 Nov 2023, 16:26 GMT
Award evaluation window
8 Aug 2023 – …
Authority reference
23-111
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-032839
Classification (CPV)
Internet services
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM82)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03dd97 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: (SC Ref:749529)

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
29 Aug 2023, 10:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
8 Aug 2023, 10:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗

Timeline

8 Aug 2023 → 6 Dec 2023 · 4 dates
  1. Bids opened
    8 Aug 2023, 10:00 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    29 Aug 2023, 10:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    6 Nov 2023, 16:26 GMT
  4. Bids must remain valid until
    6 Dec 2023, 23:59 GMT

Notice history

2 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Aug 2023
  1. Deadline moved to 29 Aug 2023, 10:00 BST
    2 Aug 2023, 11:47 BST
    +21 days · was 8 Aug 2023, 10:00 BST
  2. Status changed to complete
    6 Nov 2023, 16:26 GMT
Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—DeadlineTime limit · IV.2.28 Aug 202329 Aug 2023+21 d

Supplier requested extension

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £505,4691 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 65 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 6 Nov 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Westica Communications LtdSME£505,469 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
6bids · 6 electronic · 6 from abroad5——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Strathclyde Partnership for Transport

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawTransport 131 St Vincent Street, Glasgow, Scotland, G2 5JFContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Glasgow Sheriff CourtReview body Glasgow

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.