The Student Loans Company Limited: Provision of Bulk SMS Services to SLC

UK-Glasgow: Short Message Service (SMS) services.

Section I: Contracting Authority

   I.1) Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
       The Student Loans Company Limited
       100 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, G2 7JD, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 1413062000, Email: paul_kelly@slc.co.uk
       Contact: Paul Kelly
       Main Address: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/student-loans-company, Address of the buyer profile: www.slc.co.uk
       NUTS Code: UKM82

   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: Provision of Bulk SMS Services to SLC            
      Reference number: 2020-SLC-515

      II.1.2) Main CPV code:
         64212100 - Short Message Service (SMS) services.


      II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES

      II.1.4) Short description: An online, self-service SMS platform for bulk personalised text campaigns.

      II.1.6) Information about lots
         This contract is divided into lots: No
            
      II.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
          Value: 360,000
                  
         Currency:GBP            

   II.2) Description

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

      II.2.3) Place of performance
      Nuts code:
      UKM82 - Glasgow City
   
      Main site or place of performance:
      Glasgow City
             

      II.2.4) Description of the procurement: An online, self-service SMS platform for bulk personalised text campaigns.

      II.2.5) Award criteria:
                  
      Cost criterion - Name: based on the information in suppliers’ detailed service descriptions in the Framework / Weighting: 80
      Cost criterion - Name: Price / Weighting: 20
            

      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: 2020-SLC-515    
   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: 31/03/2021

      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: 1

      V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

      The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
         
         Contractor (No.1)
             Imimobile Europe Ltd, 04833052
             5 St John’s Lane,, Farringdon, London, EC1M 4BH, United Kingdom
             Tel. +44 8432163500, Email: publicsector@imimobile.com
             NUTS Code: UKI
            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: 360,000          
         Total value of the contract/lot: 360,000
         Currency: GBP

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

   VI.3) Additional information: To view this notice, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=588069873

   VI.4) Procedures for review

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

      VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
          N/A
          Glasgow,, G2 7JD, 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
          Glasgow, United Kingdom

   VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice: 22/04/2021




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
          The procurement exercise took the form of a Further Competition utilising an existing framework RM1557.12 Start Date: 28/09/2020 End Date: 27/09/2021 put in place by Crown Commercial Services. This framework was awarded in compliance with the Public Contracts
Regulations 201