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DFP IT Assist - Public Services Telephone Network (PSTN).

Contract award notice

Services

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

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

Department of Finance and Personnel Northern Ireland
Clare House, 303 Airport Road West
For the attention of: Gavin Grogan
BT3 9ED Belfast
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail:

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: www.dfpni.gov.uk/cpd

I.2)Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
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: yes

Department of Finance & Personnel - IT Assist
Craigantlet Buildings, Stoney Road
BT4 3SX Belfast
UNITED KINGDOM

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)Description
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract
DFP IT Assist - Public Services Telephone Network (PSTN).
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 Ireland

NUTS code UK

II.1.3)Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
II.1.4)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
DFP IT Assist established a call off contract for the provision of telephone call traffic generated from within the Northern Ireland Civil Service private telephony network.
II.1.5)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

64211000, 64211100, 64211200, 64212000

II.1.6)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes
II.2)Total final value of contract(s)
II.2.1)Total final value of contract(s)
Value: 813 579,12 GBP
Excluding VAT

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
Open
IV.2)Award criteria
IV.2.1)Award criteria
Lowest price
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction
An electronic auction has been used: no
IV.3)Administrative information
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority
P_4486
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Contract notice

Notice number in the OJEU: 2013/S 161-281174 of 21.8.2013

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: P_4486 Lot title: Local Calls
V.1)Date of contract award decision:
17.12.2013
V.2)Information about offers
Number of offers received: 9
Number of offers received by electronic means: 9
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken

Rainbow Communications
Rainbow House, 286 Ballygowan Rd
BT23 6BL Belfast
UNITED KINGDOM
Internet address: www.rainbowcomms.com

V.4)Information on value of contract
Total final value of the contract:
Value: 513 816 GBP
Excluding VAT
If annual or monthly value:
Number of years: 4
V.5)Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be sub-contracted: no
Contract No: P_4486 Lot title: National Calls
V.1)Date of contract award decision:
17.12.2013
V.2)Information about offers
Number of offers received: 9
Number of offers received by electronic means: 9
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken

Rainbow Communications
Rainbow House, 286 Ballygowan Rd
BT23 6BL Belfast
UNITED KINGDOM
Internet address: www.rainbowcomms.com

V.4)Information on value of contract
Total final value of the contract:
Value: 230 932,80 GBP
Excluding VAT
If annual or monthly value:
Number of years: 4
V.5)Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be sub-contracted: no
Contract No: P_4486 Lot title: RoI Calls
V.1)Date of contract award decision:
17.12.2013
V.2)Information about offers
Number of offers received: 9
Number of offers received by electronic means: 9
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken

Rainbow Communications
Rainbow House, 286 Ballygowan Rd
BT23 6BL Belfast
UNITED KINGDOM
Internet address: www.rainbowcomms.com

V.4)Information on value of contract
Total final value of the contract:
Value: 19 225,44 GBP
Excluding VAT
If annual or monthly value:
Number of years: 4
V.5)Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be sub-contracted: no
Contract No: P_4486 Lot title: International Calls
V.1)Date of contract award decision:
17.12.2013
V.2)Information about offers
Number of offers received: 9
Number of offers received by electronic means: 9
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken

Vodafone Ltd
Cable House, Buckingham Road
MK3 5JL Buckinghamshire
UNITED KINGDOM
Internet address: www.vodafone.com

V.4)Information on value of contract
Total final value of the contract:
Value: 129 777,60 GBP
Excluding VAT
If annual or monthly value:
Number of years: 4
V.5)Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be sub-contracted: no
Contract No: P_4486 Lot title: Mobile Calls
V.1)Date of contract award decision:
17.12.2013
V.2)Information about offers
Number of offers received: 9
Number of offers received by electronic means: 9
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken

Rainbow Communications
Rainbow House, 286 Ballygowan Rd
BT23 6BL Belfast
UNITED KINGDOM
Internet address: www.rainbowcomms.com

V.4)Information on value of contract
Total final value of the contract:
Value: 733 406,40 GBP
Excluding VAT
If annual or monthly value:
Number of years: 4
V.5)Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be sub-contracted: no

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about European Union funds
The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
VI.2)Additional information:
The successful contractor's performance on the contract will be regularly monitored. Contractors not delivering on contract requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If a contractor fails to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified time, they still fail to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance, the matter will be escalated to senior management in CPD for further action. If this occurs and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, it may be regarded as an act of grave professional misconduct and they may be issued with a Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance and the contract may be terminated. The issue of a Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance will result in the contractor being excluded from all procurement competitions being undertaken by Centres of Procurement Expertise on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Procurement Policy for a period of twelve months from the date of issue of the certificate.
VI.3)Procedures for appeal
VI.3.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures

Central Procurement Directorate
Clare House, 303 Airport Road West
BT3 9ED Belfast
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail:
Internet address: http://www.dfpni.gov.uk/cpd

VI.3.2)Lodging of appeals
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: CPD incorporated a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract was communicated to tenderers. That notification provided full information on the award decision. The standstill period, was for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provided time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract was entered into. The Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 No 5) provide 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, Wales and Northern Ireland).
VI.3.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

Central Procurement Directorate
Clare House, 303 Airport Road West
BT3 9ED Belfast
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail:
Internet address: http://www.dfpni.gov.uk/cpd

VI.4)Date of dispatch of this notice:
27.2.2014