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General Information
Country:   United Kingdom
City/Locality:   LONDON
Notice/Contract Number:   eu:321771-2009
Publication Date:   Nov 20, 2009
Deadline:   Dec 3, 2009
Buyer:   BANK OF ENGLAND
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   BANK OF ENGLAND
LONDON, LONDON
United Kingdom
Web Site:   www.bankofenglandtenders.co.uk

Goods, Works and Services

 

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Notice Type: 2230 - Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities
EU Official Journal Publication: 224/2009, #321771-2009
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Accelerated restricted procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global or partial tender
Awarding Criteria: Not defined

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CONTRACT NOTICE
Services
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): Bank of England, Threadneedle
Street, Attn: Mr John Gill, UK-London EC2R 8AH. E-mail:
john.gill@bankofengland.co.uk.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority:
www.bankofenglandtenders.co.uk.
I.2) TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:
Body governed by public law.
Economic and financial affairs.
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:
SWIFT messaging platform.
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: London.
NUTS code: UKI.
II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): The Bank of
England is seeking separate expressions of interest from suitably
qualified and experienced organisations who wish to be considered for a
restricted procedure tender to contract for:
1) A "Swift" platform that enables the Bank to process incoming/outgoing
SWIFT messages either manually or automatically to/from internal Bank
systems.
2) An experienced organisation to assist the Bank with implementation of
that system (with user training) using formal project management methods.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 48000000, 72000000.
II.1.7) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
No.
II.1.8) Division into lots: Yes.
Tenders should be submitted for: one or more lots.
II.1.9) Variants will be accepted: No.
II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope: 600 000 GBP
Estimated value excluding VAT: 600 000 GBP.
II.2.2) Options: No.
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION: Duration in
months: 60 (from the award of the contract).
INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS
LOT NO
TITLE: SWIFT platform
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: The application will run on one of the Bank’s
strategic operating system platforms; Microsoft Windows Server 2003 or
2008, HP-UXV3 or Red Hat Linux V5. The hardware platforms are standard x86
or x64 Blade architecture (if Windows) or HP Itanium Blade (if HP-UX). If
a database component is included it should be either Oracle 10g or SQL
Server 2005. The application must be able to provide all of the following
SWIFT interface services - SWIFT FIN messaging, FIN Copy, RMA, Inter Act,
File Act, Euroclear UK and Ireland CREST DEX and ISO15022/20022. The
application must be able to provide manual message entry, message routing
and message monitoring. The application must provide a continuous service
through a resilient, and preferably load-balancing, architecture based
upon the architecture components detailed above. Evidence of your answers
to this will be assessed at a future stage.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 48000000.
3) QUANTITY OR SCOPE: The application will run on one of the Bank’s
strategic operating system platforms; Microsoft Windows Server 2003 or
2008, HP-UXV3 or Red Hat Linux V5. The hardware platforms are standard x86
or x64 Blade architecture (if Windows) or HP Itanium Blade (if HP-UX). If
a database component is included it should be either Oracle 10g or SQL
Server 2005. The application must be able to provide all of the following
SWIFT interface services - SWIFT FIN messaging, FIN Copy, RMA, Inter Act,
File Act, Euroclear UK and Ireland CREST DEX and ISO15022/20022. The
application must be able to provide manual message entry, message routing
and message monitoring. The application must provide a continuous service
through a resilient, and preferably load-balancing, architecture based
upon the architecture components detailed above. Evidence of your answers
to this will be assessed at a future stage.
4) INDICATION ABOUT DIFFERENT DATE FOR DURATION OF CONTRACT OR
STARTING/COMPLETION: Duration in months: 60 (from the award of the
contract).
LOT NO
TITLE: Implementation organisation
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: Proven delivery pedigree in implementing SWIFT
messaging services. Proven track record in implementing resilient SWIFT
solutions. Provider of operational and technical training. Evidence of
your answers to this will be assessed at a future stage.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 72000000.
3) QUANTITY OR SCOPE: Proven delivery pedigree in implementing SWIFT
messaging services. Proven track record in implementing resilient SWIFT
solutions. Provider of operational and technical training. Evidence of
your answers to this will be assessed at a future stage.
4) INDICATION ABOUT DIFFERENT DATE FOR DURATION OF CONTRACT OR
STARTING/COMPLETION: Duration in months: 12 (from the award of the
contract).
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.4) Other particular conditions to which the performance of the
contract is subject: No.
III.3) CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO SERVICES CONTRACTS
III.3.1) Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession:
No.
SECTION IV: PROCEDURE
IV.1) TYPE OF PROCEDURE
IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Accelerated restricted.
Justification for the choice of accelerated procedure: An accelerated
process is required to ensure certain milestones are met supporting our
broader programme of technology change across the Bank.
IV.1.2) Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to
tender or to participate: Envisaged number of operators 5.
IV.2) AWARD CRITERIA
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:
JG/052.
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: No.
IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents
or descriptive document: Payable documents: no.
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
3.12.2009 - 12:00.
IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to
selected candidates: 18.12.2009.
IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be
drawn up: English.
IV.3.8) Conditions for opening tenders: Persons authorised to be present
at the opening of tenders: no.
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.1) THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT: Yes.
Estimated timing for further notices to be published: 2015.
VI.2) CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU
FUNDS: No.
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 18.11.2009.
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