Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-03-14
Buyer: Cambridgeshire County Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 48000000 | 72000000
Estimated value: 460000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2019-04-11
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Υπηρεσίες τεχνολογίας των πληροφοριών: παροχή συμβουλών, ανάπτυξη λογισμικού, Διαδίκτυο και υποστήριξη
A solution is required to filter and track the usage of web content for Cambridgeshire Schools to form part of the WAN infrastructure delivering Internet access to schools.
The proposed solution primary function is for Cambridgeshire Schools connected to the WAN infrastructure delivering Internet access to schools.
The proposed solution will also be scalable to schools outside of Cambridgeshire but still connected to the WAN infrastructure delivering Internet access.
The ICT Service (Education) is a traded service wholly owned by Cambridgeshire County Council. Our customers, schools in Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and surrounding counties, pay us for a variety of services based around ICT and technology in general. We provide technical services and solutions remote and onsite technical support, cloud hosting, service desk and application support, classroom and school management training and consultancy to over 260 schools in the East of England.
A solution is required to filter and track the usage of web content for Cambridgeshire Schools to form part of the WAN infrastructure delivering Internet access to schools. It should facilitate the blocking and reporting of inappropriate web content, without solely relying on URL blocklists which can quickly become outdated. It should also provide the ability to easily block content based on who is attempting to access the content as well as robust reporting capabilities.
The ICT Service technical staff will be involved as part of the design, and installation of the proposed solution with regards to its integration into the existing data centre environment. A dedicated project management resource will be identified to act as the single point of contact and escalation point during the delivery of the project.
Service review meetings are required quarterly in the first year of the contract reducing to every 6 months in years 2 and 3. Contract Review meeting required prior to further 3-year extension.
— any school, academy, university or other educational establishment within the counties of any LGSS partner authority, and
— any Public Body outlined in either Part I or Part II of the local authorities (goods and services) (Public Bodies) Order 1972. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1972/853/made.
The Council will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the Contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the Contracting Authority before the Contract is entered into. Such additional information should be requested from (refer to address in Part I.1). If an appeal regarding the award of contract has not been successfully resolved the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Chapter 6) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules, to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Any such action must be brought promptly. Where a Contract has not been entered into
The Court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order the Authority to amend any document and may award damages. If the contract has been entered into the Court may order the ineffectiveness of a contract where serious breach has occurred in addition to any fine, the Court may instead provide for alternative penalties, either contract shortening, fines or both.


Award value: 460000