Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-12-07
Buyer: Geant Limited
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive dialogue
CPV classification: 72416000: Application service providers
Estimated value: 1 EUR
Submission deadline: 2017-01-19
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: It is the intention that the conclusion of this procurement process will result in a number of Framework Agreements for ON PREMISE Video and Web Conferencing Solutions awarded to Providers that will result in simplified access to a portfolio of services for GEANT's National Research and Education Network (NREN) stakeholders to access, with commonality in respect of commercial and contractual terms for all, reducing the local overhead for technical, commercial or legal activities typically required when engaging new Providers.
GEANT expects to award Framework Agreements to providers that own the IP of the solutions they are offering, as well as to Authorised partners of said solution IP owners who can evidence their ability to support the widest range of NRENs and Institutions within the GEANT community. Awards will be made for up to four years from the signing of the contract.
The procurement is being run on behalf the European Research and Education Sector and includes the National Research and Education entities in each country and the entities which receive network services from them (10,000 institutions with over 50 000 000 users). On their behalf, GEANT is seeking to establish Framework Agreements with organisations that can deliver on premise Video and Web Conferencing services in the most efficient way.
These may include Economic Operators that are directly offering Video and Web Conferencing services referred to as Original Video and Web Conference Providers as well as Original Video and Web Conference Providers indirectly offering Video and Web Conferencing Services through nominated Authorised Resellers. In addition, Authorised Resellers, in close collaboration with the IP owners of VC applications, are also invited to respond and will be assessed on their ability to support a wide range of research and education customers across the GEANT community including our stakeholder NRENs and all their associate or connected Institutions.
The scope any Framework Agreements will also include complementary services such as professional client side support services in respect of on premise video and web conferencing as well as multi user webcasts and webinar "massive open online course (mooc) services.
Participants will be advised if this is necessary during the procurement. Parent company and/or other
guarantees of performance and financial stability may be required by GEANT Ltd or proposed by participants if
No specific legal form is required but if a contract is awarded to a consortium, GEANT Ltd may require the
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Candidates' personal situation
will be assessed on the basis of information provided in response to the Invitation to Tender (ITT) or other
tender documentation as referred to within this notice. This procurement will be managed electronically via
GEANT's eProcurement platform where all tender documents can be found. To participate in this procurement,
Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS numbers (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the
organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so. Full instructions for

Eligibility requirements: Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Candidates' personal situation will be assessed on the basis of information provided in response to the Invitation to Tender (ITT) or other tender documentation as referred to within this notice. This procurement will be managed electronically via GEANT's eProcurement platform where all tender documents can be found. To participate in this procurement, participants must first be registered on www.geant-procurement.net Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS numbers (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so. Full instructions for registration and use of the system can be found at www.geant-procurement.net Once you have registered at www.geant-procurement.net a registered user can express an interest for a specific procurement. Candidates' economic and financial capacity will be assessed according to the criteria set out within the ITT or other tender documentation as referred to within this notice. The ITT can be accessed at www.geant-procurement.net using the instructions detailed in III.2.1. Candidates' economic and financial capacity will be assessed according to the criteria set out within the ITT or other tender documentation as referred to within this notice. The ITT can be accessed at www.geant-procurement.net using the instructions detailed in III.2.1.
Candidates' economic and financial capacity will be assessed according to the criteria set out within the ITT or other tender documentation as referred to within this notice. The ITT can be accessed at www.geant-procurement.net using the instructions detailed in III.2.1.

Award value: 1