SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1)
NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S)
NYnet Limited
Douris House Roecliffe Business Park Roecliffe
Attn: Jenny Swainson
YO51 9NE Boroughbridge
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel. +44 1609533447
E-mail:
[email protected]
Internet address(es)
General address of the contracting authority
www.nynet.co.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
Other local authority controlled private company
General public services
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
Contract for NYnet Internet access.
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 Yorkshire and the Humber Region.
NUTS code UKE
II.1.3)
The notice involves
A public contract
II.1.4)
Information on framework agreement
II.1.5)
Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
Background information: NYnet.
NYnet is a private company wholly owned by North Yorkshire County
Council. The company manages a high speed MPLS fibre network, which
supplies WAN solutions to the public sector. Within 2 years of being
set up in 2007, its customer base has grown rapidly to include the
County Council, District Councils, North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue
Authority and higher education colleges. At the end of 2009 there were
around 600 sites on the network, all served by high speed, QoS enabled
links, which reach over 50 000 people. The customer base is expected to
continue to expand into other public sector markets.
Further information about NYnet is available on its website
www.nynet.co.uk.
Scope of the contract.
NYnet wishes to award a contract for 2 years with two options to
extend for a further 12 months each for the provision of an Internet
feed. NYnet plans to expand its existing Internet capacity by
connecting Internet feeds to its Core MPLS network at no more than 2
PoPs. The tender is divided in to a core requirement and an optional
requirement:
Core requirement: a managed solution for a single Internet link.
Optional requirement: managed solution for a resilient Internet feed.
The optional requirement may or may not be awarded depending on
costs tendered and the budget NYnet has available. Tenderers must offer
the core requirement, but the optional requirement is not compulsory.
The contract will be awarded on the basis of the core requirement. The
optional requirement may then be taken up with the successful supplier,
depending upon the solution’s suitability and affordability.
II.1.6)
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
II.1.7)
Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
No
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
Excluding VAT
Range between 100 000 and 160 000 GBP
II.2.2)
Options
Yes
description of these options: There will be 2 options to extend
the contract for a period of 12 months each, subject to satisfactory
performance and at the discretion of NYnet.
provisional timetable for recourse to these options: in months: 24 (from the award of the contract)
Number of possible renewals 2
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
III.1.2)
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions regulating them
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: Please refer to the PQQ document.
III.2.2)
Economic and financial capacity
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: Please refer to the PQQ document.
III.2.3)
Technical capacity
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
Please refer to the PQQ document.
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
Accelerated restricted
Justification for the choice of accelerated procedure: To release public funds in to the economy as quickly as possible.
IV.1.2)
Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate
Envisaged minimum number 5 maximum number 10
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: As stated in the PQQ documents.
IV.1.3)
Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue
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
NYNETOJEU002
IV.3.2)
Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
No
IV.3.3)
Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents
Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents 9.4.2010 - 12:00
Payable documents No
IV.3.4)
Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
14.4.2010 - 12:00
IV.3.5)
Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
IV.3.6)
Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up
English.
IV.3.7)
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
IV.3.8)
Conditions for opening tenders
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.3)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
VI.4)
PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.1)
Body responsible for appeal procedures
VI.4.2)
Lodging of appeals
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: NYnet
Limited will incorporate a minimum 10 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 the notification of
the award decision to request additional debriefing and that
information has to be provided a minimum of 3 working days before the
expiry of the standstill period. Should such additional information be
required, please contact the person cited in paragraph 1.1 of this
form.
If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been
successfully resolved the Public Contracts Regulations (SI 2006 no 5)
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 (within 3 months).
Where a contract has not been entered into the court may order
the setting aside of the award decision, or order the Contracting
Authority to amend any document and may award damages. If the contract
has been entered into the court may only award damages. The purpose of
the standstill period referred to above is to allow parties to apply to
the courts to set aside the award decision before the contract is
entered into.
VI.4.3)
Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
VI.5)
DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE:
25.3.2010