Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-03-02
Buyer: Viridian Group Limited
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 72514000: Computer facilities management services
Estimated value:  GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-05-14
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: To appoint a contractor to provide an IT Managed Service to Viridian Group and its subsidiary businesses. Applicants will be assessed in accordance with the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 as amended, on the basis of information provided in response to a pre-qualification questionnaire ("PQQ") in line with those instructions outlined in the Project Information Memorandum (PIM). Copies of the PIM and PQQ are available on request to msprocurement@viridiangroup.co.uk which will issue login details for electronic access. Completed PQQs must be returned to Viridian electronically at the address above before the deadline specified
Please see PIM and PQQ re additional services which Viridian Group will be entitled, but not obliged, to bring with the scope of the services.
Viridian Group Limited is procuring the contract on behalf of itself, Power NI and Energia Group and their affiliated subsidiaries and trading entities ("Participating Organisations") that are wholly owned by Viridian Group Limited and Viridian Power and Energy Holdings limited.
1) Not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice;
2) To make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering competition;
3) To award 1 or more contract(s) in relation to part only of the requirements covered by this notice;
4) To award a contract(s) in stages and in no circumstances will Viridian be liable for any costs incurred by candidates.
Variants may bid at the discretion of Viridian, be permissible within parameters to be set out within the invitation to negotiate documentation.
Viridian is carrying out this procurement on behalf of itself as principle and also as an agent of Viridian Group Holdings Ltd. (Viridian) and Viridian Subsidiaries. Any contract(s) awarded as a result of this procurement may be entered into by or for the benefit of any one or more of these bodies.
Viridian will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. Applicants which are unsuccessful shall be informed by Viridian as soon as possible after the decision has been made as to the reasons why the Applicant was unsuccessful. If an appeal regarding the award of the contract has not been successfully resolved, the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 provide for Aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Any such action must generally be brought within 30 days. If a declaration of ineffectiveness is sought, any such action must be brought within 30 days where Viridian has communicated the award of the contract and a summary of reasons to tenderers, or otherwise within 6 months of the contract being entered into. Where a contract has not been entered into, the Court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order Viridian to amend any documents and may award damages. If the contract has ben entered into the Court may, depending ion the circumstances, award damages, make a declaration of ineffectiveness, order Viridian to pay a fine, and /or order that the duration of the contract/s be shortened. The purpose of the standstill period referred to above is to allow the parties to apply to the Courts to set aside the award decision before the contract is entered into.