Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-09-13
Buyer: GEANT Limited
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive dialogue
CPV classification: 72416000: Application service providers
Estimated value: 1 EUR
Submission deadline: 2016-10-21
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 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 for up to 4 years from the signing of the contract.
GEANT is seeking to establish Framework Agreements with organisations that can deliver 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. The scope any Frameworks will also include complementary services such as professional client side support services in respect of video and web conferencing as well as multi user web-casts 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 considered appropriate.
No specific legal form is required but if a contract is awarded to a consortium, GEANT Ltd may require the consortium to form a separate legal entity before entering into any Contract.
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 1
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)
The Framework Agreement will be awarded for an initial term of 2 years with the option to extend for 2 further terms each of up to 12 months duration, to be exercised at the discretion of GEANT Ltd The terms of the proposed Framework Agreement will also permit GEANT Ltd's shareholder NRENs, awarding a contract under this Framework Agreement, to publish the text of that contract, subject to possible redactions at the discretion of the contracting body. GEANT Ltd expressly reserves the right: (i) not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice; and (ii) to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering competition; and in no circumstances will GEANT Ltd be liable for any costs incurred by the participants.
If GEANT Ltd decides to enter into a Framework Agreement with the successful Supplier(s), this does not mean that there is any guarantee of subsequent contracts being awarded. Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken prior to contract award is accordingly a matter solely for the commercial judgement of participants. Any orders placed under this Framework Agreement will form a separate contract under the scope of this Framework Agreement between the Supplier and the specific requesting other contracting body. GEANT Ltd and its associated NRENs utilising the Framework Agreement reserve the right to use any electronic portal during the life of the agreement.
National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) are specialised internet service providers dedicated to supporting the needs of their national research and education communities. The primary focus is to provide high-quality network connectivity and related services to higher education and research institutions within their countries. NRENs offer national backbones and international connectivity of exceptional quality. In most GEANT partner countries, the typical core capacity is now 10Gbps, and reaches 100Gbps in some NRENs.
Further information on NRENs may be found at: https://www.terena.org/publications/files/20090127-case-for-nrens.pdf
GEANT Ltd is putting in place a Framework Agreement which is accessible for use by the following NRENs and any future successors to following organisations, full details for which can be found at: http://www.geant.org/ About/Membership/Pages/MAandGAreps.aspx#NM

Eligibility requirements: 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 1 st 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)
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