Procurement: Business Intelligence Partner

UK-Egham: Business intelligence software development services.

Section I: Contracting Authority

   I.1) Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
       Royal Holloway and Bedford New College
       Egham Hill,, Egham, TW20 0EX, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 01784276497, Email: procurement@rhul.ac.uk
       Contact: Mayele Yambila
       Main Address: http://www.rhul.ac.uk, Address of the buyer profile: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/
       NUTS Code: UKJ25

   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:
      Education

Section II: Object Of The Contract

   II.1) Scope of the procurement

      II.1.1) Title: Business Intelligence Partner            
      Reference number: RHUL-20003

      II.1.2) Main CPV code:
         72212482 - Business intelligence software development services.


      II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES

      II.1.4) Short description: Royal Holloway and Bedford New College is looking for a partner that will unlock its business intelligence (BI) capabilities with a phased approach that will involve providing a hosted data solution that aggregates data from multiple live sources; implementing an Extract Transform Load tool (ETL); consolidating existing reporting tools; and providing support.

      II.1.6) Information about lots
         This contract is divided into lots: No
                     
      II.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
          Value: 2,500,000
                  
         Currency:GBP            

   II.2) Description

      II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):
            72212482 - Business intelligence software development services.


      II.2.3) Place of performance
      Nuts code:
      UKJ25 - West Surrey
   
      Main site or place of performance:
      West Surrey
             

      II.2.4) Description of the procurement: Royal Holloway and Bedford New College (“the College”) is undertaking a procurement competition based on the Competitive Dialogue (CD) Procedure to select one partner.
The selected partner will be required to:
(a) Analyze the College’s existing data estate to provide an enterprise approach to delivering better college reporting and learner analytics.
(b) Provide a cloud based solution which aggregates data from multiple sources as well as holding historic data.
(c) Provide and Extract, Transform and Load (ETL) tool.
(d) Consolidate existing data visualization tools to provide the most effecting reporting tool that provides best value while complements the College’s IT roadmap.
(e) Implement best practice data governance.
(f) Provide support for solutions implemented.

The procurement will comprise an initial selection stage, following which a shortlist of a minimum of three bidders will then be invited to participate in a dialogue phase, culminating in the submission of final tenders. The dialogue phase will involve a series of dialogue sessions followed by an invitation to submit a draft bid based on the information from the session. Another session with each bidder will follow the draft submission, before an invitation to submit final tenders, which will then be evaluated.

Further information can be found in the Descriptive Document, Requirements and SQ that interested parties can download from https://www.delta-esourcing.com/

      II.2.5) Award criteria:
       Not Provided

      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: Competitive Dialogue


   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
       Notice number in the OJEU: 2019/S 223-547358
      
   

   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: Not Provided    
   Lot Number: Not Provided    
   Title: Not Provided

   A contract/lot is awarded: Yes


   V.2) Award of contract

      V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract: 28/10/2021

      V.2.2) Information about tenders
         Number of tenders received: 16
         Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0 (SME - as defined in Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC)          
         Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0          
         Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0          
         Number of tenders received by electronic means: 16

      V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

      The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
         
         Contractor (No.1)
             Acuma Solutions Limited, 04100859
             Applicon House, Exchange Street, Greater Manchester, SK3 0EY, United Kingdom
             Tel. +44 1612414321, Email: Jonathan.Eeley@acuma.co.uk
             Internet address: https://www.acuma.co.uk/
             NUTS Code: UKD3
            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: 2,500,000          
         Total value of the contract/lot: 2,500,000
         Currency: GBP

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

Award Of Contract (No.2)

   Contract No: Not Provided    
   Lot Number: Not Provided    
   Title: Not Provided

   A contract/lot is awarded: No

   V.1) Information on non-award
      The contract/lot is not awarded
         No tenders or requests to participate were received or all were rejected      


Award Of Contract (No.3)

   Contract No: Not Provided    
   Lot Number: Not Provided    
   Title: Not Provided

   A contract/lot is awarded: No

   V.1) Information on non-award
      The contract/lot is not awarded
         No tenders or requests to participate were received or all were rejected      


Award Of Contract (No.4)

   Contract No: Not Provided    
   Lot Number: Not Provided    
   Title: Not Provided

   A contract/lot is awarded: No

   V.1) Information on non-award
      The contract/lot is not awarded
         No tenders or requests to participate were received or all were rejected      

Section VI: Complementary information

   VI.3) Additional information: To view this notice, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=617031890

   VI.4) Procedures for review

      VI.4.1) Review body
          Royal Courts of Justice
          Strand, London, WC2A 2LL, United Kingdom

      VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
          Royal Holloway and Bedford New College
          Egham, TW10 0EX, United Kingdom
          Tel. +44 17984434455
          Internet address: https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/

      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
          Royal Courts of Justice
          Strand, London, WC2A 2LL, United Kingdom

   VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice: 12/11/2021