Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-03-24
Buyer: Dudley MBC
Country: UK
Region: Dudley and Sandwell
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 72600000
Submission deadline: 2016-04-22
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Dudley MBC requires the supply of Cisco hardware, provision of hardware and software support and professional services (when required).
Contractors must be recognised as a Cisco Gold Public Sector Partner and accredited by the Cisco Public Sector Partner Programme (PSPP). The accreditation must be maintained for the duration of the Contract.
Contractors must be a recognised Cisco Advanced Technology Partner (ATP) within the following areas Cisco Voice and Unified Communications, Data Centres, Routing and Switching. The accreditation must be maintained for the duration of the Contract.
Contractors must be recognised as a Cisco Gold Public Sector Partner and accredited by the Cisco Public Sector Partner Programme (PSPP). The accreditation must be maintained for the duration of the Contract.
Contractors must be a recognised Cisco Advanced Technology Partner (ATP) within the following areas Cisco Voice and Unified Communications, Data Centres, Routing and Switching. The accreditation must be maintained for the duration of the Contract.
The successful Contractor is required to take account of sustainable development, e.g. environmental, social and economic impacts of delivery and to actively participate in the protection of the environment. Accordingly contract performance and conditions may relate in particular to social and environmental considerations.
Dudley MBC will be utilising its e-procurement portal In-Tend for this procurement exercise. The Tender should be received no later than 22.4.2016 at (noon) and will be available for download until 12:00 (noon) on 21.4.2016. URL: www.blackcountrybusiness.co.uk
To access documents bidders are required to register with the website. This may be done in 2 ways: 1) Use the Register/Sign In button located on the Home screen; or 2) Find the project under the All Opportunities link and use the Express Interest button. Companies who have previously registered with the website will be invited to input their login detail.
New Users will be invited to go through the Registration wizard. New Users, upon registration will receive an automatic notification of their unique login details. Once an expression of interest has been accepted by the system, Users Must log back into the system to access documents. Now they will appear under the My Tenders tab. Further assistance with the system may be obtained by contacting the System Administrator on 01384 814862 or contracts@dudley.gov.uk Guidance documents are also published under the Help screen which can be found on the home screen at www.blackcountrybusiness.co.uk
i) Not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice;
iv) To award contract(s) in stages and in no circumstances will the Council be liable for any costs incurred by candidates.

Eligibility requirements: Contractors must be recognised as a Cisco Gold Public Sector Partner and accredited by the Cisco Public Sector Partner Programme (PSPP). The accreditation must be maintained for the duration of the Contract. Contractors must be a recognised Cisco Advanced Technology Partner (ATP) within the following areas Cisco Voice and Unified Communications, Data Centres, Routing and Switching. The accreditation must be maintained for the duration of the Contract.