Provide Broadband Internet Services to Northern Ireland Assembly

The NI Assembly Broadband Service is being procured for use by up to 108 MLAs for use in their various Constituency Offices located throughout Northern Ireland.

United Kingdom-Belfast: Internet service providers ISP

2016/S 134-241277

Contract notice

Services

Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name and addresses

NI Assembly Commission
Parliament Buildings, Stormont Estate, Ballymiscaw
Belfast
BT4 3XX
United Kingdom
Contact person: Michael Baird
E-mail: procurement@niassembly.gov.uk
NUTS code: UK

Internet address(es):Main address: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps

Address of the buyer profile: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps

I.2)Joint procurement

I.3)Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps

Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps

I.4)Type of the contracting authority

Other type: UK devolved legislature

I.5)Main activity

Other activity: UK devolved legislature

Section II: Object

II.1)Scope of the procurement

II.1.1)Title:

Broadband Internet Services to Members’ Constituency Offices.

Reference number: Resource ID- 481196

II.1.2)Main CPV code

72411000

II.1.3)Type of contract

Services

II.1.4)Short description:

The NI Assembly Broadband Service is being procured for use by up to 108 MLAs for use in their various Constituency Offices located throughout Northern Ireland.

II.1.5)Estimated total value

II.1.6)Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: no

II.2)Description

II.2.1)Title:

II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)

II.2.3)Place of performance

NUTS code: UKN0

II.2.4)Description of the procurement:

The NI Assembly Broadband Service is being procured for use by up to 108 MLAs for use in their various Constituency Offices located throughout Northern Ireland.

II.2.5)Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

II.2.6)Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: 155 000.00 GBP

II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months: 60

This contract is subject to renewal: no

II.2.10)Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: no

II.2.11)Information about options

Options: no

II.2.12)Information about electronic catalogues

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

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1)Conditions for participation

III.1.1)Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

III.1.2)Economic and financial standing

III.1.3)Technical and professional ability

III.1.5)Information about reserved contracts

III.2)Conditions related to the contract

III.2.1)Information about a particular profession

III.2.2)Contract performance conditions:

III.2.3)Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Description

IV.1.1)Type of procedure

Open procedure

IV.1.3)Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system

IV.1.4)Information about reduction of the number of solutions or tenders during negotiation or dialogue

IV.1.6)Information about electronic auction

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

IV.2.2)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date: 10/08/2016

Local time: 15:00

IV.2.3)Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

IV.2.4)Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:

English

IV.2.6)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

Tender must be valid until: 08/11/2016

IV.2.7)Conditions for opening of tenders

Date: 10/08/2016

Local time: 15:30

Place:

Parliament Buildings, Belfast.

Information about authorised persons and opening procedure:

Only staff of the NI Assembly Commission are authorised to carry out the tender opening procedure.

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: yes

Estimated timing for further notices to be published:

Potentially in 5 years time.

VI.2)Information about electronic workflows

Electronic ordering will be used

Electronic payment will be used

VI.3)Additional information:

VI.4)Procedures for review

VI.4.1)Review body

The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibilities for appeal/ mediation procedures
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United Kingdom

VI.4.2)Body responsible for mediation procedures

The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibilities for appeal/ mediation procedures
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United Kingdom

VI.4.3)Review procedure

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:

The NI Assembly Commission will incorporate a 10 day standstill period in-line with the Public Contract Regulations 2015. Information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. The notification will provide information on the award decision. This standstill period provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to seek further information before the contract is entered into.

VI.4.4)Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained

VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:

11/07/2016

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