Post Office IT Solutions Framework
Range: between 20 000 000,00 and 150 000 000,00 GBP.
UK-London: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
2012/S 21-034303
Contract notice
Services
Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
Post Office Ltd
148 Old Street
Contact point(s): Natasha Daly
For the attention of: Natasha Daly
EC1V 9HQ London
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail: it.sd.framework@postoffice.co.uk
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: http://www.postoffice.co.uk/
Electronic access to information: https://rmg.frictionless.com/fsguestvendor/vendordesktop/register?ui=ui2
Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate: https://rmg.frictionless.com/fsguestvendor/vendordesktop/register?ui=ui2
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)
Section II: Object of the contract
Service category No 7: Computer and related services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: UK.
NUTS code
maximum number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged: 6
Duration of the framework agreement
Duration in months: 24
Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 20 000 000,00 and 150 000 000,00 GBP
72000000, 72300000, 72500000, 30232100, 64000000, 72900000, 72400000, 72200000, 72600000, 72100000, 30200000, 51600000, 72700000, 79421000, 48151000, 79314000, 72800000, 48110000, 48170000, 48200000, 48330000, 48400000, 48500000, 48600000, 48700000, 48800000, 48900000, 51300000, 50300000
The spend range has been set between 20 000 000 GBP and 150 000 000 GBP, the level of spend that will actually go through the framework will be dependent on the timing of the release of OJEU notices by other Government departments and then the Post Office bidding for and winning the advertised contracts within the four years covered by the framework agreement.
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 20 000 000,00 and 150 000 000,00 GBP
Description of these options: Post Office reserve the right to extend the contract twice for a period of 12 months each. Therefore the total potential term of the framework agreement is 48 months (24 months +12 months +12 months).
Provisional timetable for recourse to these options:
in months: 24 (from the award of the contract)
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Please refer to the PQQ.
Section IV: Procedure
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: Please refer to the PQQ. The minimum and maximum relate to the number of operators who will be invited to participate in the ITT stage.
Payable documents: no
Section VI: Complementary information
To access the PQQ documents you must first register to obtain access to the Royal Mail Group eSourcing platform. To do this, please use the following url, https://rmg.frictionless.com/fsguestvendor/vendordesktop/register?ui=ui2 to access the registration form. You will receive your login details via email within two working days, which will be followed shortly by a second automated email inviting you to participate in the PQQ process and providing you with online access to the PQQ documentation.
Requests to participate must be made by supplying all of the information set out in section III.2 (above). This information must be supplied by the date and time listed in section IV.3.4 (above) allowing sufficient time for the registration process to be completed.
The Contracting Authority may require suppliers to supplement or clarify the information submitted under III.2 (above) and may also undertake it’s own audit of the suppliers to verify the information provided.
Tenders and all supporting documentation for the contract must be priced in sterling and written in English. Any agreement entered into will be considered a contract made in England according to English law and will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.
Post Office are not liable for any costs incurred by those expressing an interest in tendering for the contract opportunity. Post Office reserve the right to terminate the procurement process at any time, or to procure the contract by alternative means if it appears that the contract can be more advantageously procured by alternative means. The most economically advantageous or any tender will not be automatically accepted.
The spend range has been set between £20 million and £150 million, the level of spend that will actually go through the framework will be dependent on the timing of the release of OJEU notices by other Government departments and then the Post Office bidding for and winning the advertised contracts within the four years covered by the framework agreement.
Any appeal in relation to this procurement should be addressed to the contact point at 1.1 (above).
Body responsible for mediation procedures
N/A
Any appeal in relation to this procurement should be addressed to the contact point at 1.1 (above).
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:27.1.2012