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UK-Durham: disaster recovery services

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General Information
Country:   United Kingdom
City/Locality:   DURHAM
Notice/Contract Number:   eu:244375-2009
Publication Date:   Sep 12, 2009
Deadline:   Oct 5, 2009
Buyer:   UNIVERSITY OF DURHAM
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   UNIVERSITY OF DURHAM
DURHAM, Tees Valley and Durham
United Kingdom
Email:   Click here

Goods, Works and Services

 

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Notice Type: 2220 - Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 169/2009, #244375-2009
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Restricted procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender


Update: Sept 12, 2009


Notice Type: 8098 - Additional information
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 176/2009, #252903-2009
Referenced Document Number: 244375-2009
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Restricted procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender

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CONTRACT NOTICE
Services
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): University of Durham,
Procurement Service, Mountjoy Block 4, Stockton Road, Attn: Lyndsay Keane,
UK-Durham DH1 3UZ. Tel. +44 1913344530. E-mail: l.v.keane@durham.ac.uk.
Fax +44 1913344540.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.durham.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.
Other: Research.
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:
090805 Disaster Recovery.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Services.
Service category: No 7.
Main place of performance: Durham.
NUTS code: UKC1.
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: 2 800 000 GBP.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): Durham
University is seeking to implement an IT disaster recovery solution with
an external supplier. The proposed contract will encompass ICT recovery
for those business critical IT services supplied by the IT Services
department of the University. The University has implemented an interim,
tape-based, recovery solution for its IT services. The interim solution is
a syndicated contract that does not meet the University's recovery
requirements for IT services, but does mitigate potential losses. The
proposed contract from this tender will enable the University to implement
a 'full' solution to replace the interim solution.
To apply you must go to the following website
http://events.transaxions.com/service.aspx?event=5960.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 72251000.
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: 2 800 000.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 2 800 000 GBP.
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: Requested in Pre-Qualification
Questionnaire.
III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to
whom the contract is to be awarded: Joint and Several Liability.
III.1.4) Other particular conditions to which the performance of the
contract is subject: No.
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: Requested in
Pre-Qualification Questionnaire. In order to access this document please
follow the link below and register an interest:
http://events.transaxions.com/service.aspx?event=5960.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: Requested in
Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met:
No.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
No.
III.2.4) Reserved contracts: No.
III.3) CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO SERVICES CONTRACTS
III.3.1) Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession:
No.
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: Restricted.
IV.1.2) Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to
tender or to participate: Envisaged minimum number: 5.
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 no.
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:
090805.
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: No.
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: 5.10.2009 - 12:00.
Payable documents: no.
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
5.10.2009 - 12:00.
IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to
selected candidates: 26.10.2009.
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: 30.11.2009 - 12:00.
Place: As in I above.
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: yes.
Authorised University personnel.
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.1) THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT: No.
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: As in section V1.4.2
below.
VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals: Precise information on deadline(s) for
lodging appeals: This authority will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day
standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is
communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to
seek further debriefing from the contracting authority before the contract
is entered into. Applicants have 2 working days from notification of the
award decision to request additional debriefing and that information has
to be provided a minimum of 3 working days before expiry of the standstill
period. Such additional information should be requested from the address
in section I.1.
If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully
resolved the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 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). Where a contract has not been entered into the court may order
the settling aside of the award decision or order the authority to amend
any document and may award damages. If the contract has been entered into
the court may only award damages.
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 1.9.2009.


University of Durham, Procurement Service, Mountjoy Block 4, Stockton
Road, attn: Lyndsay Keane, UK-DH1 3UZ Durham. Tel. +44 1913344530. E-mail:
l.v.keane@durham.ac.uk. Fax +44 1913344540.
(Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, 3.9.2009,
2009/S 169-244375)
RE: CPV: 72251000.
Disaster recovery services.
Incomplete procedureThe awarding procedure has been discontinued.The
contract may be the object of a re-publication.
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