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Contract Award

General Information
Country:   United Kingdom
City/Locality:   BELFAST
Notice/Contract Number:   eu:10314-2010
Publication Date:   Jan 14, 2010
Buyer:   DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND PERSONNEL (CENTRAL PROCUREMENT DIRECTORATE) FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT FOR ENTERPRISE, TRADE AND INVESTMENT (THE DETI)
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND PERSONNEL (CENTRAL PROCUREMENT DIRECTORATE) FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT FOR ENTERPRISE, TRADE AND INVESTMENT (THE DETI)
BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND
United Kingdom
Web Site:   www.cpdni.gov.uk

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Notice Type: 2280 - Contract award
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 9/2010, #10314-2010
Referenced Document Number: 103380-2009
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Competitive dialogue
Type of Bid Required: Not applicable
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender
Successful Bidder: NAME AND ADDRESS OF ECONOMIC OPERATOR IN FAVOUR OF WHOM A CONTRACT AWARD
DECISION HAS BEEN TAKEN: British Telecommunication plc, Enterprise House,
201 Airport Road West, Belfast BT3 9ED, UNITED KINGDOM. E-mail:
neil.nugent@bt.com. Tel. +44 2890214275.

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CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE
Services
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): Department of Finance and
Personnel (Central Procurement Directorate) for and on behalf of the
Department for Enterprise, Trade and Investment (the DETI), Clare House,
30 Airport Road West, Attn: Diarmuid McLaughlin, Belfast BT3 9ED, UNITED
KINGDOM. Tel. +44 2890816515. E-mail: Diarmuid.mclaughlin@dfpni.gov.uk.
Fax +44 2890816964.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.cpdni.gov.uk.
Address of the buyer profile: www.detini.gov.uk.
I.2) TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their
regional or local sub-divisions.
General public services.
Other: Public Procurement.
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting
authorities: yes.
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
II.1) DESCRIPTION
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract: Next Generation Broadband.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Services.
Service category No 5.
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance:
Northern Ireland.
NUTS code UKN.
II.1.4) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): The Executive
in Northern Ireland has put together a plan published in The Programme for
Government 2008 – 2011 and Investment Strategy 2008 – 2018 to ensure the
development of modern, efficient infrastructure which is essential for
economic and social development. One of the Department of Enterprise,
Trade and Investment's ("DETI") targets in this regard is to "increase the
availability of next generation broadband speeds to 85 % of businesses by
2011".
In line with these objectives and targets, the DETI sought applications
for capital grant funding from suitably qualified candidates or consortia
of candidates to invest in the delivery of high-speed broadband services
and infrastructure, subject to certain conditions.
Capital grant funding of 18 000 000 GBP is to be used as gap funding, as
necessary, to maximise coverage throughout Northern Ireland.
The contract will not be to provide services to the contracting authority.
By way of indicative summary only, the selected service provider(BT) will
be required to provide high-speed broadband services in Northern Ireland
to the rural and urban business community, in particular, in specified
areas within a defined timeframe. The selected service provider will be
required to ensure that the services it provides are affordable,
sustainable and scalable with a view to ensuring that end users are
provided with a broadband service to a specification which is an
improvement to the current broadband services typically available to end
users in various areas of Northern Ireland. There will be a requirement
for the selected service provider to provide a wholesale service, at an
appropriate wholesale price, which will be available to other service
providers in the market.
It is intended for the grant funding to only support the provision of
improved broadband services in areas not served, or unlikely to be served
by the market with a particular focus on business end users.
The selected service provider will own, lease or otherwise have access to
all necessary network infrastructure and be responsible for the roll out
of the network and the operation and maintenance of the network.
The contract will expire and terminate five (5) years after the date of
completion of successful rollout/implementation of
infrastructure/services.
Information and publicity will be in line with Article 69 of the Council
Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006.
II.1.5) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 64200000, 72410000,
72315000, 64100000, 50334400, 50330000, 45232300, 32571000, 32562200,
32510000, 32412100, 32425000, 32420000, 32424000, 32412000, 32412110,
32500000, 32570000, 45000000, 45231600, 45232332, 50332000, 51300000,
64227000, 72400000.
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: 18 000 000 GBP.
SECTION IV: PROCEDURE
IV.1) TYPE OF PROCEDURE
IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Competitive dialogue.
IV.2) AWARD CRITERIA
IV.2.1) Award criteria: The most economically advantageous tender in
terms of
1. End user service&wholesale offering. Weighting: 30.
2. Coverage & rollout. Weighting: 20.
3. Price control. Weighting: 15.
4. End user service-customer service. Weighting: 10.
5. Financial arrangements. Weighting: 10.
6. Marketing. Weighting: 10.
7. Contract management. Weighting: 5.
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:
project_821(DFP,Central Procurement Directorate)
project 195 (DETI).
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: Contract
notice
Notice number in the OJEU: 103380 of 11.4.2009.
SECTION V: AWARD OF CONTRACT
CONTRACT NO: Project_821
TITLE: DETI- Next Generation Broadband.
V.1) Date of contract award decision: 2.12.2009.
V.2) NUMBER OF OFFERS RECEIVED: 1.
V.3) NAME AND ADDRESS OF ECONOMIC OPERATOR IN FAVOUR OF WHOM A CONTRACT
AWARD DECISION HAS BEEN TAKEN: British Telecommunication plc, Enterprise
House, 201 Airport Road West, Belfast BT3 9ED, UNITED KINGDOM. E-mail:
neil.nugent@bt.com. Tel. +44 2890214275.
V.4) INFORMATION ON VALUE OF CONTRACT Total final value of the contract:
Value: 18 000 000 GBP.
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: Yes.
Reference to project(s) and/or programme(s): This project is part-financed
by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) under the European
Sustainable Competitiveness Programme. This programme supports regional
strategy by promoting investment and technological development and by
encouraging enterprise in an overall context of sustainable development.
VI.4) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 12.1.2010.
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