SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1)
NAME, ADDRESSES AND
CONTACT POINT(S)
UCAS
Rosehill, New Barn Lane
GL52 3LZ Cheltenham
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel. +44 1242222444
E-mail:
[email protected]
Fax +44 1242544932
Internet address(es)
General address of the contracting authority
www.ucas.com
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
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
UK-Cheltenham: UCAS it harware maintenance services for sun and
dell servers.
II.1.2)
Type of contract and
location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Services
Service category: No 7
II.1.3)
The notice involves
II.1.4)
Information on framework
agreement
II.1.5)
Short description of the
contract or purchase(s)
The pre qualifying questionnaire can be downloaded from
www.tenders.ac.uk.
UCAS is the central organisation through which applicants apply
for higher education courses in the UK. It is a limited company by
guarantee and registered as a charity. Its commercial subsidiary is
involved in publishing, event management and the marketing of data and
media.
UCAS operates from its one site at Rosehill in
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire and employs over 400 people. You can find
more information on our website:
http://www.ucas.com/.
UCAS has standardized it's hardware estate to incorporate two main
suppliers. Dell for x86 Wintel platforms and SUN for UNIX
infrastructure. Our estate consists of some 250 servers across both of
these platforms, with roughly a 50/50 split in numbers between them
both.
This contract will need to cover the 'break/fix' elements of this
hardware estate, but will also need to incorporate a very high standard
of OS knowledge across all windows server operating systems and Solaris,
as the successful supplier will be expected to be able to assist in OS
related and hardware related faults and issues.
SLA adherence is also key and we will be looking for less tha 4hr.
fix by 24 by 7 on large portions of our estate, through to next
business day on less important systems.
Maintenance of mainframe computers. Computer servers.
II.1.6)
Common procurement
vocabulary (CPV)
II.1.7)
Contract covered by the
Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
II.1.8)
Division into lots
II.1.9)
Variants will be
accepted
II.2)
QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE
CONTRACT
II.2.1)
Total quantity or scope
II.2.2)
Options
II.3)
DURATION OF THE CONTRACT
OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION
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
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: (b) is the subject of proceedings for a
declaration of bankruptcy, for an order for compulsory winding up or
administration by the court or of an arrangement with creditors or of
any other similar proceedings under national laws and regulations;
III.2.2)
Economic and financial
capacity
III.2.3)
Technical capacity
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
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 number of operators 8
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
By evaluation.
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
IV.3)
ADMINISTRATIVE
INFORMATION
IV.3.1)
File reference number
attributed by the contracting authority
IV.3.2)
Previous publication(s)
concerning the same contract
IV.3.3)
Conditions for obtaining
specifications and additional documents
Payable documents No
IV.3.4)
Time-limit for receipt
of tenders or requests to participate
7.5.2010 - 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
VI.2)
CONTRACT RELATED TO A
PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU FUNDS
VI.3)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
GO reference: GO 10040127/01.
VI.4)
PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.1)
Body responsible for
appeal procedures
VI.4.2)
Lodging of appeals
VI.4.3)
Service from which
information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
VI.5)
DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS
NOTICE:
1.4.2010