Supply of Desktop and Mobile Computer Hardware
Manchester City Council is looking for a new desktop device supplier from November 2014. Starting December 2014 the council will embark on an aggressive roll-out of new desktop devices across the entire estate.
United Kingdom-Manchester: Computer equipment and supplies
2014/S 194-342411
Contract notice
Supplies
Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Manchester City Council
Corporate Procurement Service, Room 407, Town Hall
For the attention of: Mr Chris Johnson
M60 2JR Manchester
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1612343085
E-mail: c.johnson1@manchester.gov.uk
Fax: +44 1612740013
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.manchester.gov.uk
Further information can be obtained from: www.the-chest.org.uk
The Council is using the e-business portal known as The Chest. Once registered, instructions and details for accessing /returning documents can be found on this website www.the-chest.org.uk
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: www.the-chest.org.uk
The Council is using the e-business portal known as The Chest. Once registered, instructions and details for accessing /returning documents can be found on this website www.the-chest.org.uk
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: www.the-chest.org.uk
The Council is using the e-business portal known as The Chest. Once registered, instructions and details for accessing /returning documents can be found on this website www.the-chest.org.uk
I.2)Type of the contracting authority
I.3)Main activity
I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities
Section II: Object of the contract
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Purchase
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Greater Manchester Area.
NUTS code UKD3
II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
II.1.4)Information on framework agreement
Duration of the framework agreement
Duration in months: 5
II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
The standard desktop device for the Council user is a thin client device. There are currently circa 4500 thin clients. Other devices today include desktop PC’s and Laptops with an approximate equal split If successful, the supplier will be required to supply circa 7 500 devices, of an agreed specification, in alignment with a programme of work between December 2014 and March 2015.
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
30200000, 30230000
II.1.8)Lots
II.1.9)Information about variants
II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
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
III.2.3)Technical capacity
As stated in the pre qualification questionnaire.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
Justification for the choice of accelerated procedure: The procurement will meet the fundamental aim of boosting the economy through rapid execution of the contract.
IV.2.1)Award criteria
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up
IV.3.8)Conditions for opening of tenders
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrence
VI.3)Additional information
The Council is using the e-business portal known as The Chest www.the-chest.org.uk to conduct the procurement exercise. To gain access to the pre-qualification questionnaire, tenderers will need to register their company details at the above web site.
Once registered, tenderers will be emailed a log-in and password which will allow them to gain access to the invitation to tender documents.
Tenderers will need to electronically submit their completed pre-qualification questionnaire and accompanying documentation via the CHEST on-line portal by 19:00 hours on the 17.10.2014, as referred to in IV.3.4. Any supplier questions queries will also need to be submitted via The Chest website.
The Council welcomes applications from small or medium enterprises.
Under the agreement the provider will be required to support the Council’s economic and social regeneration objectives. Therefore selection and award criteria, specification requirements and contract performance conditions may relate in particular to social and environmental considerations.
The contract will be for five months commencing November/December 2014.
The Council reserves the right not to award a contract as a result of the procurement process initiated by this notice and will not be liable for any costs incurred by candidates.
VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice: