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Published 17 Jan 2023, 10:50 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Tender for Firewall & Web Filtering

Official notice

Authority: New College Swindon (Education)

ServicesOpen procedure
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: South West (UKK14)
Published estimate£190,000exc. VAT2.2% below published estimate
Submissions closed 24 Feb 2023awarded 6 Jun 2023
Awarded to QOLCOM LIMITED

What is being bought

Published requirement description

New College Swindon require a comprehensive on-premise firewall and web filtering solution. To provide an authenticated, safe and secure web experience for our learners and staff.

CPV: Networking software development services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedPublished value£190,000
Delivery: South West · Swindon
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: 40%Price: 60%
Published sub-criteria (4)
  • Customer Requirements meeting spec: 20%
  • Customer Requirements project management: 15%
  • Customer Requirements Training: 5%
  • price: 60%
Published award criteria (4)
  • Customer Requirements meeting spec: 20.00%
  • Customer Requirements project management: 15.00%
  • Customer Requirements Training: 5.00%
  • Price: 60.00%
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
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
17 Jan 2023, 10:50 GMT
Last source update
6 Jun 2023, 12:15 BST
Award evaluation window
24 Feb 2023 – …
Authority reference
CA11666 - Firewall
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-015955
Classification (CPV)
Networking software development services
Delivery area
South West (UKK14)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-039812 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: MultiQuote · Who buys & how to bid on MultiQuote
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free
Submission deadline
24 Feb 2023, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
24 Feb 2023, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

suppliers.multiquote.com ↗

Timeline

24 Feb 2023 → 6 Jun 2023 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    24 Feb 2023, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    24 Feb 2023, 12:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    6 Jun 2023, 12:15 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    6 Jun 2023, 12:15 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £185,8091 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 10
Contracts signed 1latest 6 Jun 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
QOLCOM LIMITED£185,809 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Tender for Firewall & Web Filtering · QOLCOM LIMITED

    Signed
    6 Jun 2023
    Value
    £185,809
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
10bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

New College Swindon

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation New College Drive, Queens Drive, Swindon, South West, SN3 1AHContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • QOLCOM LIMITEDAwarded supplier Unit 5 & 6 Queen Isabelle House, Kingsclere Park, Kingsclere, Newbury, UK, RG20 4SWContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria
  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria