UK-Nottingham: office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies

Country:

United Kingdom

City/Locality:

NOTIGCHAM

Notice/Contract Number:

eu:176105-2008

Publication Date:

Jul 10, 2008

Deadline:

Aug 7, 2008

Buyer:

NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY

Original Language:

English

Address:

NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY
NOTTINGHAM , Nottingham
United Kingdom

Web Site:

www.ntu.ac.uk

Notice Type: 21M0
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Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 132/2008
, #
176105-2008
Contract Nature: Supply contract
Procedure Type: Competitive dialogue
Type of Bid Required: Global tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender

Summary:
CONTRACT NOTICE
Supplies
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): Nottingham Trent University,
1st Floor, Victoria House, c/o Burton Street, Contact: Alex McFarlane,
UK-Nottingham NG1 4BU. Tel. (44) 11 58 48 87 48. E-mail:
alex.mcfarlane@ntu.ac.uk. Fax (44) 11 58 48 87 69.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.ntu.ac.uk.
Further information can be obtained at: As in above-mentioned contact
point(s).
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for
competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at:
As in above-mentioned contact point(s).
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: As in above-mentioned
contact point(s).
I.2) TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:
Body governed by public law.
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 by the contracting authority:
ICT strategic partnership.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Supplies.
A combination of purchase, lease, rental and hire purchase.
Main place of delivery: NTU campuses, in and around Nottingham, United
Kingdom.
NUTS code: UKF14.
II.1.3) The notice involves: The establishment of a framework agreement.
II.1.4) Information on framework agreement: Framework agreement with a
single operator.
Duration of the framework agreement: Duration in year(s): 4
Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the
framework agreement:
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 8 000 000 and 10 000 000 GBP.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): ICT strategic
partnership to include sharing of benefits with the University and
students, including but not limited to, purchase or lease of all forms of
IT, AV, telephony, IT-based teaching aids and communications-related
equipment and software with associated training, maintenance, pilot and
trial schemes, student exchange and support, technological advancements
and developments, infrastructure, potential sponsorship and any other
added value benefits proposed by the supplier partnership.
The University is seeking a partnership arrangement, fronted by 1 supplier
on behalf of the partner organisations.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 30000000, 30200000,
50000000, 50300000, 50960000, 72000000, 72100000, 72300000, 72500000.
II.1.7) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
Yes.
II.1.8) Division into lots: No.
II.1.9) Variants will be accepted: Yes.
II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope: All IT, telephony and teaching aids
infrastructure and services for an institution of 25 000 students and 2
500 staff, as described at II.1.5 and II.1.6.
II.2.2) Options: No.
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION: Duration in
months: 48 (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: To be discussed during
dialogue process.
III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or
reference to the relevant provisions regulating them: To be discussed and
agreed during dialogue process and included in tender documents.
III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to
whom the contract is to be awarded: To be discussed, depending on optimum
arrangement.
III.1.4) Other particular conditions to which the performance of the
contract is subject: Yes.
All supplier members of a proposed partnership must confirm that they are
neither bankrupt or involved in criminal activity. Partnership members
must have a combined turnover of at least 20 000 000 GBP.
III.2) CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION
III.2.1) Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements
relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers: Information and
formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: Applicants
must complete a pre-qualifying questionnaire which will be available from
the university's e-tendering web site - https://in-tendhost.co.uk/ntu/.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: See PQQ - last 3 year's
accounts will be required.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: See PQQ.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met: See PQQ - statement of facilities and
technical resources, quality assurance procedures, experience in providing
similar arrangements, environmental and social aspects relating to
products and services, list of similar contracts and references.
III.2.4) Reserved contracts: No.
III.3) CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO SERVICES CONTRACTS
III.3.2) Legal entities should indicate the names and professional
qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service:
No.
SECTION IV: PROCEDURE
IV.1) TYPE OF PROCEDURE
IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Competitive dialogue.
IV.1.2) Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to
tender or to participate: Envisaged minimum number: 3. Maximum number: 5
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: The
ability and experience of supplying a wide range of IT and associated
requirements, telephony, student services etc., and working within or
controlling a partnership approach. See PQQ for more detailed criteria.
IV.1.3) Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or
dialogue: Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of
solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated yes.
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) An electronic auction will be used: No.
IV.3) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
NTU/08/454/AMCF.
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: No.
IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents
or descriptive documentTime limit for receipt of requests for documents or
for accessing documents: 7.8.2008 - 10:00.
Payable documents: no.
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
7.8.2008 - 10:00.
IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to
selected candidates: 7.8.2008.
IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be
drawn up: English.
IV.3.8) Conditions for opening tenders: Date: 27.10.2008 - 13:00.
Place: University Purchasing Department.
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: yes.
Authorised officers of the University.
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.1) THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT: Yes.
Estimated timing for further notices to be published: Every 4 years.
VI.2) CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU
FUNDS: No.
VI.4) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures: Body responsible for
mediation procedures:
VI.4.3) Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may
be obtained:
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 8.7.2008.

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