Wakefield and District Housing : Wireless Wide Area Network and Digital Inclusion Services

UK-Castleford: Wide area network services.

Section I: Contracting Authority
   I.1)Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
      Wakefield and District Housing
      Merefield House, Whistler Drive, Castleford, WF10 5HX, United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 1977788679, Email: procurement@wdh.co.uk, URL: www.wdh.co.uk, URL: www.wdh.co.uk
      Contact: Corporate Procurement Team

      Further information can be obtained at: As Above       
      Specifications and additional documents: As Above       
      Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: As Above       
   
   I.2)Type of the contracting authority:
      Body governed by public law

   I.3) Main activity:
      Housing and community amenities

   I.4) Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities:
      The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: No

Section II: Object Of The Contract: SERVICES
   II.1)Description
      II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority: Wireless Wide Area Network and Digital Inclusion Services
      II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: SERVICES         
         Service Category: 7

         Region Codes: UKE43 - Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield         
      II.1.3) Information about a public contract, a framework or a dynamic purchasing system:The notice involves a public contract                                                       
      
      II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase:
      Wide area network services. Wakefield and District Housing (WDH) is one of the UK’s leading housing providers, recognised by a series of awards including Inside Housing Social Landlord of the Year 2013, and being a EFQM European Excellence Award finalist. WDH own and manage 31,000 homes for rent, and also provide repairs services to other organisations and customers for a further 10,000 homes.
WDH currently has a corporate Wide Area Network (WAN) using leased fibre lines to connect its 13 main offices located in Wakefield City and towns across the district, and a range of connection types to around 45 Independent Living Schemes. WDH is now seeking to replace this WAN predominantly with a high speed, high capacity and highly reliable wireless infrastructure that generates substantial annual savings in comparison to the current solution by having minimal annual revenue costs. These projected savings are to be invested in creating a wireless network to cover our social housing stock, comprising c. 31,000 properties located across the 338 sq.km Wakefield District. This network is to provide free-of-charge internet access for our tenants, residents and small local businesses, and is to be supported by a comprehensive range of digital inclusion activities and end-user customer support. The public internet access and associated support services should be at no or minimal ongoing cost to WDH.
This tender is to provide both the corporate wireless WAN, the public WAN, and the associated digital inclusion and customer support services as a single, integrated solution. Ownership of the procured infrastructure is intended to be held by WDH with an initial period comprising 3 years maintenance and support of the network to be provided for within the agreed solution.. Innovative and sustainable commercial proposals for ensuring the ongoing provision of free internet and digital inclusion services are however welcomed as part of the competitive dialogue process.
         
      II.1.6)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         72720000 - Wide area network services.
            JA10-8 - For Internet
         

      II.1.7) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
         The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): No       
      II.1.8)Lots:
         This contract is divided into lots: No
      II.1.9)Information about variants:
         Variants will be accepted: Yes    
   
   II.2)Quantity Or Scope Of The Contract
      II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
      To be determined currently unknown                  
         Estimated value excluding VAT:
         Range between: 1,000,000 and 2,000,000
         Currency: GBP
               
      
      II.2.2)Options: No          
         II.2.3)Information about renewals:
            This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
                  
      If known, in the case of renewable supplies or service contracts, estimated time-frame for subsequent contracts:
         Duration in months: 48
         
   II.3)Duration Of The Contract Or Time-Limit For Completion      
         Duration in months: 12 (from the award of the contract)

   Information About Lots
               
Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial And Technical Information
   III.1)Conditions relating to the contract
      III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:
      As stated in tender documentation
      
      III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
      As stated in tender documentation
      
      III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
      As stated in tender documentation
      
      III.1.4)Other particular conditions:
         The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions:Yes       
      If Yes, description of particular conditions:
      As defined in the tender documentation      
   III.2)Conditions For Participation
      III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers:
         The Authority will apply all the offences listed in Article 45(1) of Directive 2004/18/EC (implemented as Regulation 23(1) of the Public Contract Regulations (PCR) 2006 in the UK) and all of the professional misconducts listed at Article 45(2) of Directive 2004/18/EC (see also Regulation 23(2) in the PCR 2006) to the decision of whether a Candidate is eligible to be invited to tender.
         
         A full list of these criteria are at http://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/project/reasonsForExclusion.html#pcr
         
         Candidates will be required to answer these questions as part of the qualification process. For candidates who are registered overseas, you will need to declare if you have any offences/misconduct under your own countries laws, where these laws are equivalent to the Regulation 23 lists. Candidates who have been convicted of any of the offences under Article 45(1) are ineligible and will not be selected to bid, unless there are overriding requirements in the general interest for doing so. Candidates who are guilty of any of the offences, circumstances or misconduct under Article 45(2) may be excluded from being selected to bid at the discretion of the Authority.

      As stated in the Prequalification Documentation      
      III.2.2)Economic and financial capacity
         Economic and financial capacity - means of proof required:         
         
         Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
         As stated in the Prequalification Documentation
      
      III.2.3)Technical capacity
         Technical capacity - means of proof required         
         
         Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
         As stated in the Prequalification Documentation      
      III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts: Not Provided   
   III.3)Conditions Specific To Service Contracts
      III.3.1)Information about a particular profession:
         Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: No       
      III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service:
         Legal persons should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service: No
Section IV: Procedure
   IV.1)Type Of Procedure
      IV.1.1)Type of procedure: Competitive Dialogue
      
      IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate:
                        Envisaged minimum number: 3 and maximum number: 5         
         Objective Criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
         As stated in the Prequalification Questionnaire      
      IV.1.3)Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue: No    
   IV.2)Award Criteria
      IV.2.1)Award criteria:      
         The most economically advantageous tender in terms of
            The criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document

      IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction:
         An electronic auction will be used: No       

   IV.3)Administrative Information
      IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority: WDH/KH/WirelessWAN/0319      
      IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: No

      IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document:

      Date: 16/04/2014
      Time-limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 17:00
         Payable documents: No       
      
      IV.3.4)Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
         Date: 23/04/2014
         Time: 17:00      
      IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates: 21/05/2014      
      IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up:         English
         


Section VI: Complementary Information

   VI.1)This Is A Recurrent Procurement: No
   VI.2)Information about European Union funds:
      The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No       
   VI.3)Additional Information: You should note that other contracting authorities within the Wakefield district area served by WDH may be entitled in due course to participate in the use of any infrastructure procured under this arrangement although any volumes or values stated within this or subsequent documents are unless otherwise indicated solely those of Wakefield and District Housing.

The list of potential participating authorities will be those covered by and outlined below :

Registered Providers as defined by the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 and who also act as Bodies Governed by Public Law within Regulation 3(w) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 SI2006/5 (as amended) and are currently registered on the Register of Providers of Social Housing http://www.homesandcommunities.co.uk/ourwork/registrations-and-de-registrations and regulated by the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA)

Local authorities as defined by the Government on the Gov.UK website Local Council Directory.

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/Localcouncils/AToZOfLocalCouncils/index.htm
“Under this contract the contractor will be required to actively contribute to the achievement of social objectives. These include: skills development; employment and training opportunities within the locality of where the contract will be delivered; and other added value initiatives throughout the supply chain to support community programmes promoted by Wakefield and District Housing or its partners.
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   VI.4)Procedures For Appeal
      VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures:
      Royal Courts of Justice
      Royal Court of Justice, The Strand, London, WC2A 2LL, United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 2079476000, URL: www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk

      Body responsible for mediation procedures:
               Royal Courts of Justice
         Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand, London, WC2A 2LL, United Kingdom
         Tel. +44 2079476000, URL: www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk

      VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals: Not Provided   
   
      VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained:
            Government Procurement Service
      Rosebery Court, St. Andrew's Business Park, Norwich, NR7 0HS, United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 8450004999

   VI.5) Date Of Dispatch Of This Notice: 17/03/2014

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