Network Tender Scotland

The Scottish Ministers acting through Scottish Procurement
E Spur, Saughton House
Contact point(s): Scottish Procurement
For the attention of: Morven Doyle
EH11 3XD Edinburgh
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1312448036
E-mail: morven.doyle@scotland.gsi.gov.uk

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Government/Procurement

Address of the buyer profile: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA10622

Electronic access to information: www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk

Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate: www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk

Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)

Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: The above mentioned contact point(s)

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions

General public services

The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: yes

National Records of Scotland

Historic Scotland

Disclosure Scotland

Registers of Scotland

Scottish Qualification Authority

Scottish Courts Service

Scottish Prison Service

Transport Scotland

The Scottish Government Core Directorates

Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited

Highlands and Islands Enterprise

Crown Office & Procurator Fiscal Service

Scottish Police Authority

National Museums of Scotland

Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration

Scottish Enterprise

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Scottish Legal Aid Board

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Visit Scotland

Aberdeen City Council

Aberdeenshire Council

Angus Council

Argyll and Bute Council

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Comhairle nan Eilean Siar

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East Renfrewshire Council

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Fife Council

Glasgow City Council

Highland Council

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Midlothian Council

Moray Council, The

North Ayrshire Council

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Renfrewshire Council

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Shetland Islands Council

South Ayrshire Council

South Lanarkshire Council

Stirling Council

West Dunbartonshire Council

West Lothian Council

Central Scotland Fire and Rescue Service

Dumfries and Galloway Fire and Rescue Service

Fife Fire and Rescue Service

Grampian Fire and Rescue Service

Highlands and Islands Fire and Rescue Service

Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue Service

Strathclyde Fire and Rescue Service

Tayside Fire and Rescue Service

Golden Jubilee Hospital (National Waiting Times Centre Board)

NHS 24

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NHS Lothian

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NHS Tayside

NHS Western Isles

Scottish Ambulance Service

The Common Services Agency for the Scottish Health Service

The State Hospital for Scotland

Fife College

Dundee & Angus College

West College Scotland

Glasgow Clyde College

Ayrshire College

City of Glasgow College

North East College Scotland

New College Lanarkshire

Glasgow Kelvin College

Borders College

Dumfries and Galloway College

Forth Valley College

Inverness College

Lews Castle College

Moray College

Newbattle Abbey College

North Highland College

Orkney College

Perth College

Sabhal Mor Ostaig

Shetland College

South Lanarkshire College

West Lothian College

Edinburgh Napier University

Glasgow Caledonian University

Glasgow School of Art

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University of Dundee

University of Edinburgh

University of Glasgow

University of St Andrews

University of Stirling

University of Strathclyde

University of the West of Scotland

Cairngorms National Park Authority

Office of Scottish Charity Regulator

Forestry Commission Scotland

Audit Scotland

 

Network Enablement Services.

Services
Service category No 5: Telecommunications services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Scotland.

NUTS code UKM

The notice involves the establishment of a framework agreement

Framework agreement with several operators
maximum number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged: 8

Duration of the framework agreement

Duration in months: 48

Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement

Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 1 000 000 and 3 000 000 GBP

This framework for Network Enablement Services forms part of the Scottish Wide Area Network (SWAN) programme as part of our convergence services commodity strategy.
This framework is the second in a number of complementary network and infrastructure services to be collaboratively procured.
This framework agreement focuses on the provision of vendor neutral technical network advice, support with network estates and the resulting enablement of these network services. Network Enablement Services is in line with Scotland’s Digital Future – Delivery of Public Services and the Public Procurement Reform Programme.
The scope of the Framework Agreement includes a variety of services including but not limited to; technical architecture, scoping, technical specifications, network audits and recommending solutions.
It will provide a structured approach for Scottish public sector organisations in terms of assessing current network services, identifying ways to drive better value and ultimately providing what is required to procure and implement new network services. It will also provide organisations with support, solutions and recommendations to enable them to develop and improve their network services and support with migration to SWAN for those connecting to that network.
Key requirements include (but are not necessarily limited to):
— Network audit and analysis of network services;
— Suggested designs & network solutions;
— Network upgrades i.e. Local Area Network (LAN);
— Migration of existing network services;
— Implementation of new network services;
— Project management;
— Support in procurement of network services.
Value add requirements include (but are not necessarily limited to):
— Network health checks;
— Network support for staff moves;
— Network monitoring;
— Network integration;
— Network security services;
— Benchmarking of network services.
The framework agreement will be available for use by the Scottish Ministers (including Agencies), Scottish Non-Departmental Public Bodies, offices in the Scottish Administration which are not ministerial offices, cross-border public authorities within the meaning of section 88(5) of the Scotland Act 1998, the Scotland Office, the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body, councils constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, the Scottish Police Authority, Scottish health boards or special health boards, bodies registered as social landlords under the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001, Student Loans Company Limited, the Forestry Commission, the Commissioner of Northern Lighthouse operating as the Northern Lighthouse Board, Equality and Human Rights Commission, Business Stream Ltd, the Business Gateway National Unit at the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, further or higher education institutions being fundable bodies within the meaning of section 6 of the further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005, any public body established by or under the Scotland Act 1998 or any Act of the Scottish Parliament, any association of or formed by one or more of the foregoing, bodies financed wholly or mainly by one or more of the foregoing, bodies subject to management supervision by one or more of the foregoing and bodies more than half of the board of directors or members of which, or, in the case of a group of individuals, more than half of those individuals, being appointed by one or more of the foregoing. In addition to the contracting authorities listed, the framework agreement will be available to charities entered on the Scottish Charity Register and voluntary organisations entered on the Membership Database of the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations.
Information about agencies of the Scottish Ministers and offices in the Scottish Administration which are not ministerial offices is available at:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Government/public-bodies/about/public-bodies-guide/government-scotland

Scottish Non-Departmental Public Bodies are listed at:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Government/public-bodies/about/Bodies

Information about the Review of Public Procurement in Scotland and links to the other Centres of Expertise are available at:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Government/Procurement

Note: The authority is using PCS-Tender to carry out this procurement process. Please note this is a separate website and if you are not already registered, registration will be required.

To access PCS-Tender, record your interest in this notice and access the tender documentation please visithttps://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk and search for project Code project_1879 / itt_3966 within the appropriate area.

If you have already registered on Public Contracts Scotland and PCS-Tender and paired your accounts you can access PCS-Tender through your Public Contracts Scotland Control Panel.

32400000, 32425000, 32428000, 45314000, 71242000, 71316000, 72222000, 72224000, 72224100, 72710000, 72720000, 79421200, 64200000,73210000

The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes

This contract is divided into lots: no

Variants will be accepted: no

Estimated value range between 1 000 000 GBP and 3 000 000 GBP.
The scope of this framework is for the supply of network enablement services including but not limited to; technical architecture, scoping, technical specifications, network audits and recommending solutions.
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 1 000 000 and 3 000 000 GBP

Options: yes
Description of these options: The framework duration will be 24 months with the option to extend for a period, or periods, up to a further 24 months.

This contract is subject to renewal: no

Duration in months: 48 (from the award of the contract)

Participants will be advised if this is necessary during the procurement. Parent company and/or other guarantees of performance and financial liability may be required by Scottish Procurement.

Any contract will be entered into with the nominated lead organisation and all members of the consortium, who will in these circumstances each be required to execute said contract together with all ancillary documentation, evidencing their joint and several liability in respect of the obligations and liabilities of the contract. It will be for members of the consortium to sort out their respective duties and liabilities amongst each other. For administrative purposes, any associated documentation will be sent to the nominated lead organisation.

The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: no

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: (1) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have not been convicted of a criminal offence relating to the conduct of their business or profession.
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: As per the tender documentation. Candidates may be excluded in accordance with Regulation 23 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2012.

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: (1) All candidates will be required to provide evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance.
(2) All candidates will be required to provide statements of accounts or extracts from those accounts relating to their business.

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:
1) An indication of the proportion of the contract which the services provider intends possibly to subcontract.
As per the tender documentation.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
As per the tender documentation

Open

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

An electronic auction will be used: no

SP-14-001

23.6.2014 – 15:00

English.

Duration in months: 6 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)

Date: 23.6.2014 – 15:00

Place:

E Spur, Saughton House, Broomhouse Drive, Edinburgh, EH11 3XD

 

(SC Ref:290514)

Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: An economic operator that suffers or risks suffering loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2012 may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or Court of Session.

9.5.2014