Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2020-08-26
Buyer: Heriot Watt University
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 72222300: Information technology services
Estimated value: 3000000 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Heriot-Watt University will be vacating its current campus in Academic City at the end of 2020 and moving to a new campus and building in Knowledge Park. The building is a new build consisting of 7 floors and covering 218,109 Sq.ft. The new campus will accommodate 3 000 existing students and 300 Heriot-Watt staff, but it is envisaged that this will need to provide adequate provision, facilities and infrastructure to accommodate up to 5 000 students by 2025. Teaching is scheduled to start at the new campus on 13 January 2021.
Heriot-Watt University seeks to appoint a strategic IT and AV partner/system integrator to design, procure, install, test and provide ongoing support for the IT and AV infrastructure at the new Dubai campus. The IT and AV requirements cover six key areas:
Successful applicants will be invited to propose one or more IT and AV design options including optional extras (as an alternative option if required) at stage two as part of the invitation to tender (ITT) process.
Heriot-Watt University shall includes the option to extend the initial 3-year term of the contract by a further 2 years in single year extensions. Heriot-Watt University will also consider options presented for additional value added activity which may increase the scope of the services to be provided under this contract not otherwise included in the scope of requirements within the Invitation to Participate (ItP) document.
Applicants must be ISO27001, CE+, PCI-DSS security accredited. The applicants must have a regularly reviewed and documented policy for Health and Safety (H&S) management, endorsed by the Chief Executive Officer, or equivalent.
Applicants must comply with current UK legislation and regulations or the equivalent legislation in their country including but not restricted to:
Where capability and capacity of a subcontractor, members of a consortia or any other body is being relied upon, separate stage one applications are required from each party being relied upon.
Where subcontractors are to be used but their capability is not being relied upon the University may choose to request separate stage one submissions. Applicants are requested to contact the University for guidance in the first instance.
Where appropriate an undertaking from the Parent Company of the successful contractor in the form of a Guarantee will be required. The University may require a bank guarantee or performance bond as an additional form of guarantee where appropriate.
Applicants invited to participate in stage two will be required to complete a confidentiality agreement at stage two of this project.
The buyer is using PCS to conduct this exercise. The Project code is ?????. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?
The successful tenderer will be required to deliver community benefits. Contract performance conditions may relate to social and environmental considerations for example training, recruitment, subcontracting opportunities. Further details will be included in the stage two documentation.


Winner: CDW MEA FZ LLC
Award value: 3000000
Number of bids: 3