Supply and Install Hybrid Cloud Data Centre

Computer equipment and supplies; Networks; Information systems and servers; Computer storage units.

United Kingdom-Southend-on-Sea: Computer equipment and supplies

2015/S 246-446698

Contract notice

Supplies

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)

Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
Civic Centre, Victoria Avenue
SS2 6ER Southend-on-Sea
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail: procurement@southend.gov.uk

Internet address(es):

Electronic access to information: https://procurement.southend.gov.uk/southend/portal.nsf/index.htm

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)

I.2)Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

I.3)Main activity

General public services

I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities

The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)Description

II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:

Hybrid Cloud Data Centre.

II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

Supplies
Purchase

NUTS code UKH31

II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)

The notice involves a public contract

II.1.4)Information on framework agreement

II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

— Computer equipment and supplies;
— Networks;
— Information systems and servers;
— Computer storage units;
— Wireless telecommunications system.
Southend-on-Sea Borouh Council (SBC) wishes to appoint a provider to supply, install, commission and test a Hybrid Cloud Data Centre capability. The provider will be responsible for specifying the design and components to be used and warrant the operation of the solution once it is implemented. Note that the Council will make separate arrangements for the running of the Hybrid Cloud Data Centre, however should these involve outsourced services, the provider of this contract will be eligible to tender for such services.
Through the concept of the Hybrid Cloud Data Centre SBC wishes its infrastructure to serve as a catalyst for contributing to its Digital Strategy which aims to deliver real benefits to communities and businesses across the Borough of Southend-on-Sea. These benefits are expected to include the agility to rapidly provide additional and/or cheaper services to citizens, public sector services and businesses. In a similar way the provider is expected to show how its approach will return Social Value as a result of this contract.

II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

30200000, 32400000, 48800000, 30233100, 32510000

II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

II.1.8)Lots

This contract is divided into lots: no

II.1.9)Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: yes

II.2)Quantity or scope of the contract

II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:

Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 500 000 GBP

II.2.2)Information about options

II.2.3)Information about renewals

This contract is subject to renewal: no

II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion

Duration in months: 36 (from the award of the contract)

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1)Conditions relating to the contract

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

III.2)Conditions for participation

III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

III.2.2)Economic and financial ability

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Detailed in tender documents.

III.2.3)Technical capacity

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:
Detailed in tender documents.

III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts

III.3)Conditions specific to services contracts

III.3.1)Information about a particular profession

III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Type of procedure

IV.1.1)Type of procedure

Open

IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate

IV.1.3)Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue

IV.2)Award criteria

IV.2.1)Award criteria

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

IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction

IV.3)Administrative information

IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:

A57F-VHHCEP

IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document

Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 12.1.2016 – 14:00
Payable documents: no

IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

21.1.2016 – 12:00

IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up

English.

IV.3.7)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

in days: 90 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)

IV.3.8)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

To view this notice, please click here:

https://www.paessex.gov.uk/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=178486992

GO Reference: GO-20151216-PRO-7465733.

VI.4)Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures

VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals

VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:

16.12.2015