Crown Commercial Service Education Technology Framework
Crown Commercial Service wishes to establish a Framework Agreement for the provision of technology services, solutions and educational hardware for the education sector.
United Kingdom-Liverpool: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
2018/S 234-535190
Contract notice
Services
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name and addresses
The Capital Building, Old Hall Street
Liverpool
L3 9PP
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 3450103503
E-mail: supplier@crowncommercial.gov.uk
NUTS code: UKInternet address(es):Main address: http://www.gov.uk/ccs
Address of the buyer profile: https://crowncommercialservice.bravosolution.co.uk
I.2)Information about joint procurement
I.3)Communication
I.4)Type of the contracting authority
I.5)Main activity
Section II: Object
II.1.1)Title:
Education Technology
II.1.2)Main CPV code
II.1.3)Type of contract
II.1.4)Short description:
Crown Commercial Service (CCS) wishes to establish a Framework Agreement for the provision of technology services, solutions and educational hardware for the education sector such as schools, multi academy trusts, training institutions and further education establishments.
II.1.5)Estimated total value
II.1.6)Information about lots
Suppliers can bid for one or more Lots.
Suppliers can be awarded on one or more Lots.
II.2.1)Title:
ICT Solutions
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
II.2.3)Place of performance
UK
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
The supplier will provide an end to end solution into a a new or existing educational establishment.
II.2.5)Award criteria
II.2.6)Estimated value
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
II.2.10)Information about variants
II.2.11)Information about options
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
II.2.14)Additional information
CCS reserves the right to extend the Framework Agreement by 1 period of up to 12 months after the initial 36 month period.
II.2.1)Title:
Broadband Fibre Infrastructure
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
II.2.3)Place of performance
UK
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
The supplier will provide a range of goods, services and associated software for a full fibre service
II.2.5)Award criteria
II.2.6)Estimated value
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
II.2.10)Information about variants
II.2.11)Information about options
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
II.2.14)Additional information
CCS reserves the right to extend the Framework Agreement by 1 period of up to 12 months after the initial 36 month period.
II.2.1)Title:
Broadband Services
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
II.2.3)Place of performance
UK
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
The Supplier shall deliver and provide managed connectivity and fibre services (Filtering, Firewall and eSafety).
II.2.5)Award criteria
II.2.6)Estimated value
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
II.2.10)Information about variants
II.2.11)Information about options
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
II.2.14)Additional information
CCS reserves the right to extend the Framework Agreement by 1 period of up to 12 months after the initial 36 month period.
II.2.1)Title:
Hardware
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
II.2.3)Place of performance
UK
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
The supplier will provide a range of user devices and infrastructure hardware and peripherals to support teaching, learning, management and administration functions.
II.2.5)Award criteria
II.2.6)Estimated value
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
II.2.10)Information about variants
II.2.11)Information about options
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
II.2.14)Additional information
CCS reserves the right to extend the Framework Agreement by 1 period of up to 12 months after the initial 36 month period.
II.2.1)Title:
Audio Visual
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
II.2.3)Place of performance
UK
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
The supplier shall provide a range of Audio Visual Solutions for teaching, learning, management and administration functions
II.2.5)Award criteria
II.2.6)Estimated value
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
II.2.10)Information about variants
II.2.11)Information about options
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
II.2.14)Additional information
CCS reserves the right to extend the Framework Agreement by 1 period of up to 12 months after the initial 36 month period.
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1.2)Economic and financial standing
III.1.3)Technical and professional ability
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.8)Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
IV.2.2)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
IV.2.4)Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:
IV.2.6)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
IV.2.7)Conditions for opening of tenders
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrence
VI.3)Additional information:
As part of this Contract Notice the following documents can be accessed at https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/badad16e-ca23-4761-8827-ee21884d4785
1) Contract Notice Transparency Information for the Agreement;
2) Customer list document;
3) OJEU Contract Notice reserved rights for Crown Commercial Service Framework Agreement;
4) Important instructions on how to complete your bid in Bravo Solutions.
Documents can also be found on the Crown Commercial Service web site https://ccs-agreements.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/procurement-pipeline.
Procurement.
This procurement will be evaluated in accordance with the process set out in the Bid Pack documentation. CCS reserves the right to run all stages of the procurement concurrently.
The bidder is encouraged to carry out its own due diligence.
The Authority reserves the right:
(i) not to award any Contract Agreement, as a result of the procurement process, commenced by publication of this notice;
(ii) in the event that there is a substantive challenge to the procurement, the Authority reserves the right to the extent that it is lawful to do so to conclude a Contract Agreement with the successful Bidder has not been challenged; and,
(iii) make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering competition.
In no circumstances will the Authority be liable for any costs incurred by the bidders.
Registering for access:
This procurement will be managed electronically via the BravoSolution eSourcing tool. This will be the route for sharing all information and communicating with potential providers. If you have recently registered on the BravoSolution portal for another CCS procurement you can use the same account for this new procurement. If not, you will first need to register your organisation on the portal.
To register, you will need to:
1) Go to the URL: https://crowncommercialservice.bravosolution.co.uk.
2) Select the link “I am a new supplier user”;
3) Read and agree to the portal user agreement;
4) Complete the registration form, providing information including:
— the full legal name of your organisation,
— your company registration number,
— your DUNS number — a unique nine-digit number provided to organisations free of charge by Dun and Bradstreet,
— user and contact details.
Once you have registered on the BravoSolution eSourcing tool, you will be able to express your interest in this specific procurement. Your registered user will receive a notification email to alert them once this has been done.
Note: If you require additional users from your organisation to see the Invitation to Tender ITT, do not repeat the above process as this will create a new separate organisation account; instead the registered user can add additional users to the existing supplier organisation account via “User Management” > Manage
Users” > “Users” > “Create”.
Expressing an interest:
To express your interest in this procurement:
1) Login to the BravoSolution eSourcing Suite portal: https://crowncommercialservice.bravosolution.co.uk
2) On the dashboard select the link ITTs Open to All Suppliers;
3) On the “ITTs Open to All Suppliers” webpage you will see one or more procurements listed, click on the procurement name you wish to access;
4) Click on Express Interest at the top of the next screen;
5) You can now access the published documents in the BravoSolution portal.
For assistance please contact the eSourcing Help-desk operated by BravoSolution by email at
help@bravosolution.co.uk or call 0800 069 8630.
VI.4.1)Review body
n/a
United Kingdom
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:
