Video Conferencing Equipment & Support.We seek to appoint a competent supplier of large scale corporate tele-presence solutions to partner within the establishment and maintenance of the next technology generation of our service. The University is ...
CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE
Supplies
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1)NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S)
University of Ulster
Room X032, Co Londonderry
Contact: www.ulster.ac.uk/etendering/
Attn: Lynn Mc Neill
BT52 1SA Coleraine
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel. +44 2870123051
E-mail:
Fax +44 2870124933
Internet address(es)
General address of the contracting authority www.ulster.ac.uk
Address of the buyer profile www.ulster.ac.uk/etendering/
I.2)TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES
Other Higher Education
Education
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities No
Education
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
Video Conferencing Equipment and Support.
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Supplies
Purchase
Purchase
NUTS code UKN0
II.1.3)The notice involves
II.1.4)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
Video Conferencing Equipment & Support.
We seek to appoint a competent supplier of large scale corporate tele-presence solutions to partner within the establishment and maintenance of the next technology generation of our service. The University is aware of the emergence of the tele-presence era and has identified a requirement to ensure its next technological solution has a capability to integrate with its future telephony service and also to fully embrace mobile user requirements as well as maintaining and developing its fixed and roving location services across each of its four campuses.
We seek to appoint a competent supplier of large scale corporate tele-presence solutions to partner within the establishment and maintenance of the next technology generation of our service. The University is aware of the emergence of the tele-presence era and has identified a requirement to ensure its next technological solution has a capability to integrate with its future telephony service and also to fully embrace mobile user requirements as well as maintaining and developing its fixed and roving location services across each of its four campuses.
II.1.5)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
72212515
II.1.6)Contract 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 416 000 GBP
Excluding VAT
Excluding VAT
IV.1)TYPE OF PROCEDURE
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
Restricted
IV.2)AWARD CRITERIA
IV.2.1)Award criteria
The most economically advantageous tender in terms of
1. Support & equipment costs. Weighting 25
2. Equipment. Weighting 25
3. Support service. Weighting 30
4. Service level. Weighting 10
5. Technical resolution times. Weighting 10
1. Support & equipment costs. Weighting 25
2. Equipment. Weighting 25
3. Support service. Weighting 30
4. Service level. Weighting 10
5. Technical resolution times. Weighting 10
IV.2.2)An electronic auction has been used
No
IV.3)ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority
ISD/100494-2011
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
No
CONTRACT NO: 1TITLE Video Conferencing Equipment & Support.
V.1)Date of contract award decision:
16.8.2011
V.2)NUMBER OF OFFERS RECEIVED:
2
V.3)NAME AND ADDRESS OF ECONOMIC OPERATOR IN FAVOUR OF WHOM A CONTRACT AWARD DECISION HAS BEEN TAKEN
First Connections
59 Tempus Business Centre, Kingsclere Rd, Hampshire
RG21 6XG Basingstoke
UNITED KINGDOM
V.4)INFORMATION ON VALUE OF CONTRACT
V.5)THE CONTRACT IS LIKELY TO BE SUB-CONTRACTED
No
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.1)CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY COMMUNITY FUNDS
No
VI.2)ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Please note that the date inserted in (iv.3.5- Date of Despatch of Invitations to Tender) is only a rough estimate.
VI.3)PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.3.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures
VI.3.2)Lodging of appeals
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: This authority will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period (or 15 days if non-electronic or fax methods used) at the point that information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully resolved then the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) 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). Any such action must be brought promptly (generally within 3 months).
VI.3.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
VI.4)DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE:
6.9.2011