Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2018-06-07
Buyer: Salix Homes Limited
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 72222300: Information technology services | 72251000: Disaster recovery services | 72253200: Computer systems support services | 72263000: Software implementation services | 72510000: Computer-related management services
Estimated value: 2260000 GBP
Award criteria: Lowest price

Technical requirements: Salix Homes is moving to a new phase in its use of technology to drive business improvements and now seeks to engage with a single supplier to supply and support its IT infrastructure requirements. This will enable the business to become technically agile and use the best of breed from today’s IT technologies to support both its staff and its customers.
Salix is adopting a “Cloud First” strategy and this will see most applications delivered through SaaS clouds in the medium to longer term. In the interim, Salix will require infrastructure (storage and server capacity and associated backup and disaster recovery services) to host its non-SaaS applications, which will include Finance, Asset Management and Dynamics CRM. Salix does not have a data centre or server room and therefore all equipment will be hosted in enterprise-quality data centres by the successful Bidder.
Salix Homes is moving to a new phase in its use of technology to drive business improvements and now seeks to engage with a single supplier to supply and support its IT infrastructure requirements. This will enable the business to become technically agile and use the best of breed from today’s IT technologies to support both its staff and its customers.
Salix is adopting a “Cloud First” strategy and this will see most applications delivered through SaaS clouds in the medium to longer term. In the interim, Salix will require infrastructure (storage and server capacity and associated backup and disaster recovery services) to host its non-SaaS applications, which will include Finance, Asset Management and Dynamics CRM. Salix does not have a data centre or server room and therefore all equipment will be hosted in enterprise-quality data centres by the successful Bidder.
It is envisaged that the Contract with the successful Bidder shall last for an initial period of [four (4) years], with an option to extend at Salix Homes’ sole discretion for a further three (3) periods of one (1) year each, giving a total potential term of up to seven (7) years.
The Contracting Authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are Small or Medium Enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.This tender opportunity is being administered on behalf of Salix Homes Homes by Clarity Procurement.
The Contracting Authority will enter into this contract following a minimum 10 calendar days standstill period starting on the day after the notification of the result. The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/102) (as amended) (the Regulations) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or who are at risk of harm by a breach of the Regulations to bring proceedings in the High Court. Any such proceedings must be brought within the limitation period specified by the Regulations according to the remedy sought.


Winner: ANS Group Limited
Award value: 2260000
Number of bids: 3