Telecommunications and Local Area Network Tender

a) A Unified Communications architecture supporting converged voice and data environments (real time communication including voice, video, instant messaging).

United Kingdom-Leeds: Local area network

2013/S 230-399616

Contract notice

Services

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

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

Northern Gas Networks Limited
1100 Century Way, Thorpe Park Business Park Colton
For the attention of: James Walton
LS15 8TU Leeds
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1133975432
E-mail: nesprocurement@northerngas.co.uk

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: www.northerngasnetworks.co.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)

I.2)Type of the contracting authority

Other: Utilities Industry

I.3)Main activity

Other: Gas Distribution, Repair,Maintainence & Asset Replacement

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:

Telephony and Communication Upgrade.

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

Services
Service category No 5: Telecommunications services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Northern England.
NUTS code UKC,UKD1,UKE

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)

Following a review of current telephony across the NGN estate, the scope has been extended to implement a strategic Communications solution to provide the following key business benefits:
a) A Unified Communications architecture supporting converged voice and data environments (real time communication including voice, video, instant messaging);
b) Enterprise solution to support mobility of users / services, between locations;
c) Shared services across the network, e.g. Contact Centre / Call Recording;
d) Cost reduction through routing of internal calls over the WAN;
e) Ability to transfer calls between locations;
f) Least Cost Routing for local breakout of national calls;
g) Hotdesking between sites, to support staff mobility;
h) Voicemail available at all locations;
i) Improved Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery;
j) Call overflow between sites;
k) Teleworking & home working support;
l) Global Address book available at all locations;
m) Teleconference facilities at all locations;
n) New call features – hold / transfer / park etc;
o) Call plans developed to support the business process, regardless of location;
p) Single vendor product deployed at all locations;
q) Single Support provider;
r) Reduction in carbon footprint through replacement of ageing hardware;
s) Reduction in carbon footprint due to improved internal communications;
t) Improved technology and topology to reduce the number of lines e.g. ISDN and a standardisation of call charges;
u) The inclusion of CIP Trucking and rationalisation of the existing lines.

II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

32410000, 32420000, 32441000, 32441200, 32550000, 72700000, 72410000, 72511000

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

The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): no

II.1.8)Lots

This contract is divided into lots: no

II.1.9)Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: no

II.2)Quantity or scope of the contract

II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:

II.2.2)Information about options

Options: no

II.2.3)Information about renewals

This contract is subject to renewal: no

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

Starting 1.3.2014. Completion 28.2.2019

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

III.2.3)Technical capacity

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

Negotiated

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

An electronic auction will be used: no

IV.3)Administrative information

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

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: 4.12.2013

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

12.12.2013 – 10:00

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

IV.3.8)Conditions for opening of tenders

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: no

VI.2)Information about European Union funds

The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

VI.3)Additional information

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:25.11.2013