DVLA: Provision of SANS Online Training & GIAC Certification

UK-Swansea: Training services.

Section I: Contracting Authority

   I.1) Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
       DVLA
       Longview Road, Morriston, Swansea, SA6 7JL, United Kingdom
       Email: dale.best@dvla.gov.uk
       Contact: Dale Best
       Main Address: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/driver-and-vehicle-licensing-agency
       NUTS Code: UKL18

   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:
      Other type:: Central Government

   I.5) Main activity:
      General public services

Section II: Object Of The Contract

   II.1) Scope of the procurement

      II.1.1) Title: Provision of SANS Online Training & GIAC Certification            
      Reference number: PS/19/32

      II.1.2) Main CPV code:
         80500000 - Training services.


      II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES

      II.1.4) Short description: The requirement is specifically for the procurement of the ‘SANS Voucher Program’ from SANS. The voucher program allows for DVLA to manage a ‘voucher account’ to utilise their funds to facilitate the booking and scheduling of SANS training courses and GIAC Certification exams listed in section 5, via an online tool.

Training will be undertaken by delegates from the convenience of their computer, at a pace that suits their training style, and must be delivered within the time frame stated.

Certification exams will be undertaken at a Pearson Vue Examination Centre.

      II.1.6) Information about lots
         This contract is divided into lots: No
            
      II.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
          Value: 132,871.96
                  
         Currency:GBP            

   II.2) Description

      II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):
      Not Provided

      II.2.3) Place of performance
      Nuts code:
      UKL18 - Swansea
   
      Main site or place of performance:
      Swansea
             

      II.2.4) Description of the procurement: The requirement is to provide Security Operations Centre (SOC) staff with high quality training with provision of SANS specialist technical training and GIAC certification (mandatory to the SOC role). This is needed to validate their capability and associated skill sets as part of their continued professional development, while meeting the needs of Cyber Security Services to deliver enterprise class security, which is robust and scalable to meet demands to address the threat by providing enterprise class services to DVLA and other parts of the UK Government.

The required SANS courses are pre-requisite courses to prepare delegates to undertake the GIAC certifications.

      II.2.5) Award criteria:
      Quality criterion - Name: Criterion 1 / Weighting: 70
                  
      Cost criterion - Name: Criterion 1 / Weighting: 30
            

      II.2.11) Information about options
         Options: No
         

      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: Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union in the cases listed below (please complete Annex D1)


   IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
      The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement: 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: Yes

IV.2) Administrative information

   IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
       Not Provided
   

   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: PS/19/32    
   Lot Number: Not Provided    
   Title: Provision of SANS Online Training & GIAC Certification

   A contract/lot is awarded: Yes


   V.2) Award of contract

      V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract: 04/06/2019

      V.2.2) Information about tenders
         Number of tenders received: 1
         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)
             SANS Institute
             11200 Rockville Pike, Maryland, United States
             NUTS Code: UKL18
            The contractor is an SME: No

      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: 132,871.96
         Currency: GBP

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

   VI.3) Additional information: To view this notice, please click here:
https://dft.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=404534360

   VI.4) Procedures for review

      VI.4.1) Review body
          Driver and Vehicle Licencing Agency
          Swansea, United Kingdom

      VI.4.3) Review procedure
         Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: Not Provided

      VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
         Not Provided

   VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice: 06/06/2019




ANNEX D

   2. Other justification for the award of the contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union

         The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive: Yes

   3. Explanation
          Currently no other suppliers exist who have been approved by SANS to deliver the training courses specified in the manner we require. Therefore single tender approval was granted under justification 32(2) (b).