Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-05-11
Buyer: Heriot Watt University
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 72222300: Information technology services
Estimated value: 3000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2020-05-20
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Heriot-Watt University will be vacating its current campus in Academic City at the end of 2020 and moving to a new campus and building in Knowledge Park. The building is a new build consisting of seven floors and covering 218 109 ft
Heriot-Watt University seeks to appoint a strategic IT and AV partner/system integrator to design, procure, install, test and provide ongoing support for the IT and AV infrastructure at the new Dubai campus. The IT and AV requirements cover six key areas:
Successful applicants will be invited to propose one or more IT and AV design options including optional extras (as an alternative option if required) at stage two as part of the invitation to tender (ITT) process.
This procurement will be conducted through the use of the competitive procedure with negotiation. Bidders must meet the minimum requirements as stipulated in the Invitation to participate document (ItP). An initial selection stage limiting the minimum number of candidates to three (3) shall be applied.
Statements including specific requirements can be found in section III.1.2) economic and financial standing and III.1.3) technical and professional ability of this notice.
Selection stage questionnaire Part 4 Section B: Economic and financial standing will be scored on a pass/fail basis.
Selection stage questionnaire Part 4 Section C: Technical and professional ability will be scored as follows:
0 = Nil or inadequate response. Fails to demonstrate previous experience/capacity/capability to meet the requirement.
25 = Response is partially relevant but generally poor. The response shows some elements of relevance to criterion but contains insufficient/limited detail or explanation to demonstrate previous relevant experience/capacity/capability.
50 = Response is relevant and acceptable. Response demonstrates broad previous experience, knowledge and skills/capacity/capability but may lack in some aspects of similarity e.g. previous experience, knowledge and skills may not be of a similar nature.
75 = Response is relevant and good. The response is sufficiently detailed enough to demonstrate a good amount of experience, knowledge and skills/capacity/capability relevant to providing similar services to similar clients.
100 = Response is completely relevant and excellent overall. The response is comprehensive, unambiguous and demonstrates thorough experience, knowledge or skills/capacity/capability relevant to providing similar services to similar clients.
It is envisaged that the top three applicants will be invited to submit a tender at the second stage. Responses must be received no later than the date and time detailed within Public Contracts Scotland. All queries about this procurement must be made via the Public Contracts Scotland website.
Heriot-Watt University shall includes the option to extend the initial 3 year term of the contract by a further 2 years in single year extensions. Heriot-Watt University will also consider options presented for additional value added activity which may increase the scope of the services to be provided under this contract not otherwise included in the scope of requirements within the invitation to participate (ItP) document.
If required by the state, bidders are required to be enrolled in the relevant professional or trade register within the country in which they are established.

Eligibility requirements: If required by the state, bidders are required to be enrolled in the relevant professional or trade register within the country in which they are established.

Award value: 3000000