Clarity Procurement Solutions: ICT Infrastructure

UK-Salford: Information technology services.

Section I: Contracting Authority

   I.1) Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
       Salix Homes Limited
       Diamond House, 2 Peel Cross lane, Salford, M5 4DT, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 1942725438, Email: nathan@clarityprocurement.co.uk
       Main Address: https://www.salixhomes.org/
       NUTS Code: UKD3

   I.2) Joint procurement:
      The contract involves joint procurement: No          
      In the case of joint procurement involving different countries, state applicable national procurement law: Not Provided
      The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: No

   I.4)Type of the contracting authority:
      Body governed by public law

   I.5) Main activity:
      Housing and community amenities

Section II: Object Of The Contract

   II.1) Scope of the procurement

      II.1.1) Title: ICT Infrastructure            
      Reference number: SALX-ICT-INFRA2017

      II.1.2) Main CPV code:
         72222300 - Information technology services.


      II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES

      II.1.4) Short description: Salix Homes is moving to a new phase in its use of technology to drive business improvements and now seeks to engage with a single supplier to supply and support its IT infrastructure requirements. This will enable the business to become technically agile and use the best of breed from today’s IT technologies to support both its staff and its customers.

Salix is adopting a “Cloud First” strategy and this will see most applications delivered through SaaS clouds in the medium to longer term. In the interim, Salix will require infrastructure (storage and server capacity and associated backup and disaster recovery services) to host its non-SaaS applications, which will include Finance, Asset Management and Dynamics CRM. Salix does not have a data centre or server room and therefore all equipment will be hosted in enterprise-quality data centres by the successful Bidder.

      II.1.6) Information about lots
         This contract is divided into lots: No
            
      II.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
          Value: 2,260,000
                  
         Currency:GBP            

   II.2) Description

      II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):
            72251000 - Disaster recovery services.
            72253200 - Systems support services.
            72263000 - Software implementation services.
            72510000 - Computer-related management services.
            72511000 - Network management software services.
            72710000 - Local area network services.
            72720000 - Wide area network services.
            72910000 - Computer back-up services.


      II.2.3) Place of performance
      Nuts code:
      UKD3 - Greater Manchester
   
      Main site or place of performance:
      Greater Manchester
             

      II.2.4) Description of the procurement: Salix Homes is moving to a new phase in its use of technology to drive business improvements and now seeks to engage with a single supplier to supply and support its IT infrastructure requirements. This will enable the business to become technically agile and use the best of breed from today’s IT technologies to support both its staff and its customers.

Salix is adopting a “Cloud First” strategy and this will see most applications delivered through SaaS clouds in the medium to longer term. In the interim, Salix will require infrastructure (storage and server capacity and associated backup and disaster recovery services) to host its non-SaaS applications, which will include Finance, Asset Management and Dynamics CRM. Salix does not have a data centre or server room and therefore all equipment will be hosted in enterprise-quality data centres by the successful Bidder.

      II.2.5) Award criteria:
       Not Provided

      II.2.11) Information about options
         Options: Yes
         Description of these options:It is envisaged that the Contract with the successful Bidder shall last for an initial period of [four (4) years], with an option to extend at Salix Homes’ sole discretion for a further three (3) periods of one (1) year each, giving a total potential term of up to seven (7) years.

      II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
         The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
         

      II.2.14) Additional information: Not Provided


Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

   IV.1.1)Type of procedure: Restricted


   IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
      The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement: No       
      A dynamic purchasing system was set up: No

   IV.1.6) Information about electronic auction
      An electronic auction has been used: No

   IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
      The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No

IV.2) Administrative information

   IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
       Notice number in the OJEU: 2017/S 205-423423
      
   

   IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
      The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice: No

Section V: Award of contract

Award Of Contract (No.1)

   Contract No: 1    
   Lot Number: Not Provided    
   Title: ICT Infrastructure

   A contract/lot is awarded: Yes


   V.2) Award of contract

      V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract: 14/05/2018

      V.2.2) Information about tenders
         Number of tenders received: 3
         Number of tenders received from SMEs: Not Provided          
         Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: Not Provided          
         Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: Not Provided          
         Number of tenders received by electronic means: Not Provided

      V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

      The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
         
         Contractor (No.1)
             ANS Group Limited
             Synergy House, Guildhall Close,, Manchester Science Park, Manchester, M15 6SY, United Kingdom
             NUTS Code: UKD3
            The contractor is an SME: Yes

      V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
         Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: Not Provided          
         Total value of the contract/lot: 2,260,000
         Currency: GBP

      V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
         The contract is likely to be subcontracted: No
         
Section VI: Complementary information

   VI.3) Additional information: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.This tender opportunity is being administered on behalf of Salix Homes Homes by Clarity Procurement
Solutions Limited.
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   VI.4) Procedures for review

      VI.4.1) Review body
          The High Court of England and Wales
          London, United Kingdom

      VI.4.3) Review procedure
         Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: The Contracting Authority will enter into this contract following a minimum 10 day calendar day standstill period
starting on the day after the notification of the result. The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/102) (as
amended) (the Regulations) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or who are at risk of harm
by a breach of the Regulations to bring proceedings in the High Court. Any such proceedings must be brought
within the limitation period specified by the Regulations according to the remedy sought.

      VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
          The Cabinet Office
          London, United Kingdom

   VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice: 05/06/2018