Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-11-04
Buyer: University of Abertay
Country: UK
Region: Angus and Dundee City
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 48000000
Estimated value: 160000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-12-01
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Aberay University wishes to procure an existing current research information system as detailed within the Specification of Requirements to address research application initiation and parallel approval workflows, research awards management, research profile and publication management and institutional repository. Also research activity business intelligence including REF assessment.
A variation may be allowed during the contract term for additional services not stated within the contract documents which are associated with the system requirements of this tender.
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Bidders should complete ESPD Section 4B.2.1 providing yearly (specific) turnover in the business area covered by the contract and specified in the relevant Contract Notice for the past 3 complete financial years. The Purchaser will satisfy itself that this is sufficient to allow delivery of the services for the full contract period.
Bidders should complete ESPD Section 4B.5.1 confirming they hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commencement of any subsequently awarded contract the types and levels of insurance indicated below:
Public / product liability insurance to the extent of at least GBP5m per claim and unlimited in total;
Bidders will be required to provide at least 2 examples that demonstrate they have the relevant experience to deliver the services as described below:
The examples relate to the proposed system and shall be based on an existing product which has been implemented within the Higher Education sector in the UK.
The successful bidder's account manager/consultant proposed to manage the project shall demonstrate prior experience of implementing the proposed system within multiple Universities within the UK.
It is expected this contract will include the 2 X 12 month extension periods therefore any further notices would be around October 2022.
The Supplier will be judged on the basis of the European Single Procurement Document (ESPD) response and any supplementary information obtained in Part II of the ESPD. This is normally for information only, however the Purchaser may choose not to select bidders that cannot provide basic company information.
The Supplier will also be judged on the basis of the ESPD response and any supplementary information obtained in Part III of the ESPD.
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
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Eligibility requirements: Not Applicable to this Tender.

Award value: 160000