Storage and Backup Services Framework
Enterprise Storage Services and Enterprise Backup, Recovery and Archive Services.
United Kingdom-Bath: Data storage services
2017/S 068-129578
Contract notice – utilities
Services
Directive 2004/17/EC
Section I: Contracting entity
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Wessex Water Services Limited
Operations Centre, Claverton Down Road
Contact point(s): Purchasing
For the attention of: David.Kitchener
BA2 7WW Bath
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 12256393
E-mail: david.kitchener@wessexwater.co.uk
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting entity: www.wessexwater.co.uk
Address of the buyer profile: www.wessexwater.co.uk
Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for 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)
I.2)Main activity
I.3)Contract award on behalf of other contracting entities
Section II: Object of the contract
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting entity:
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Service category No 7: Computer and related services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Wessex Water Operating Region.
NUTS code UKK
II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
II.1.4)Information on framework agreement
Framework agreement with several operators
Duration of the framework agreement
Duration in years: 6
Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 500 000 GBP
II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s):
The current storage and backup services are based on a number of technologies distributed across key sites within the YTL Utilities (UK) estate. This includes NetApp, IBM, HP and Brocade technologies that provide various Storage Area Network and Direct Attached Storage services and backup and recovery capabilities.
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
72317000
II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
II.1.8)Information about lots
Tenders may be submitted for one or more lots
II.1.9)Information about variants
II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
II.2.2)Information about options
II.2.3)Information about renewals
II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion
Information about lots
Lot No: 1 Lot title: Enterprises Storage Services
1)Short description:
Online tiered storage,
Shared network drives,
Locally provisioned storage.
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
72317000
3)Quantity or scope:
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
Lot No: 2 Lot title: Enterprise Backup, Recovery and Archive Services
1)Short description:
Remote backup and recovery,
Remote replication,
Long term archive.
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
72317000
3)Quantity or scope:
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:
III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
III.1.4)Other particular conditions:
Description of particular conditions: Wessex Water Services Ltd Goods and Services May 2016 and subject to Service Specifications.
III.2.2)Economic and financial ability
III.2.3)Technical capacity
III.3.1)Information about a particular profession
III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
Some candidates have already been selected (if appropriate under certain types of negotiated procedures): no
IV.2.1)Award criteria
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting entity:
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents(except for a DPS)
Payable documents: no
IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
IV.3.7)Conditions for opening of tenders
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrence
VI.2)Information about European Union funds
VI.3)Additional information:
Economic operators must express their interest by requesting a Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ). The PQQ should be requested by email to david.kitchener@wessexwater.co.uk
VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures
As per Section 1.1)
Body responsible for mediation procedures
As per Section 1.1)
VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals
Any request by tenderers for further information during the standstill period must be sent in writing to the address stated in section I.1) of this notice.
The Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (SI 2016 No 274) as amended apply, provision is made for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England).
VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
As per Section 1.1).
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:
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