Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2018-02-27
Buyer: Heriot Watt University
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 72000000
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Υπηρεσίες τεχνολογίας των πληροφοριών: παροχή συμβουλών, ανάπτυξη λογισμικού, Διαδίκτυο και υποστήριξη
The University now wishes to appoint a supplier to assist with the implementation of its voice and UC including:
— Provision of a replacement voice and associated applications and services on bidder provided hardware to support approximately 2 000 users,
The University now wishes to appoint a supplier to assist with the implementation of its voice and UC including:
— Provision of a replacement voice and associated applications and services on bidder provided hardware to support approximately 2000 users,
(i) Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015;
100 — Value Add: The Tenderer has provided a strong methodology addressing all the key points requested and has also provided detail of relevant value add that they can provide.
75 — Good: The Tenderer response is relevant and good. The response is sufficiently detailed to demonstrate a good understanding and provide details on how the requirements will be fulfilled.
50 — Acceptable: The Tenderer has provided an acceptable methodology addressing most of the key points listed above in detail OR the Tenderer has provided all the key points listed above but lacks detail in answering the question fully. The response provides confidence that the requirements can be met.
25 — Minor Concerns: The Tenderer has provided a methodology addressing some of the key points listed above in detail OR the Tenderer has provided most of the key points listed above but lacks detail. The response provided does not provide confidence fully that the requirements can be met.
0 — Major Concerns: The Tenderer has failed to address the question, submitted a nil response or any element of the response gives cause for major concern.
(v) Tenderers will be asked to complete the following forms in the Technical Questionnaire in PCS-Tender: Form of Tender, Bona Fide of Tender, Freedom of Information, Supply Chain Code of Conduct, Parent Company Guarantee (if applicable);
(vii) Where the capability & capacity of a subcontractor, members of a consortia or any other body will be relied on to meet the selection criteria, separate ESPD are required from each of those other parties relied on. Where subcontractors are to be used but their capability & capacity are not relied on, University may choose to request separate ESPD;
(viii) Bidders are not required to produce supporting documentary evidence at the time of submitting the ESPD. However, where it is necessary to ensure the integrity and proper conduct of the procurement process, the University can request the evidence any time during the procurement process, all or part of the supporting documents from bidders. It is a discretionary ground for exclusion for a bidder not to be able to provide the ESPD supporting documents, or to withhold or misrepresent such information. More details on this can be found in the exclusion stage;
(ix) The successful Contractor will be required to provide three years audited accounts, or equivalent prior to awarded to the Contract, or confirm in their tender submission the publicly accessible, free, online location of accounts if available in such a format. There must be no qualification or contra-indication from any evidence provided in support of the Contractor’s economic and financial standing.


Winner: Maintel Europe Limited
Number of bids: 11