Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-01-30
Buyer: Northern Regional College
Country: UK
Region: NORTHERN IRELAND
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 30000000 | 30200000 | 72000000
Estimated value: 100000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-03-01
Award criteria: Lowest price

Technical requirements: The College has a requirement, detailed in the Specification Document, for the provision of a Cyber Forensic solution that includes:
The College anticipates that the initial purchase of the hardware and software will cost approximately 48 000 GBP exclusive of VAT. Support and maintenance will commence with effect from the date of installation and configuration and may be extended in line with the uptake of any optional extension periods. Following this, additional services as outlined in the Mandatory Requirements within the Specification Document may be required including support and maintenance, software, hardware, training and module development to accommodate possible roll out across the College. Charges in respect of additional services will be in line with the current Terms and Conditions of contract and agreed Pricing Schedule and will only be increased using the price indexation after the initial contract period.
This contract is for an initial period of 2 years with the option to extend for a further 2 year period followed by 3 optional periods of 1 year each i.e. 2 + 2 + 1+ 1 +1.
Following this, additional services as outlined in the Mandatory Requirements within the Specification Document may be required including support and maintenance, software, hardware, training and module development to accommodate possible roll out across the College.
Charges in respect of additional services will be in line with the current Terms and Conditions of contract and agreed Pricing Schedule and will only be increased using the price indexation after the initial contract period.
This contract is for an initial period of 2 years with the option to extend for a further 2 year period followed by 3 optional periods of 1 year each i.e. 2 + 2 + 1+ 1 +1.
Support and maintenance will commence with effect from the date of installation and configuration and may be extended in line with the uptake of any optional extension periods.
In addition further services may be required to develop additional functionality and training materials including data sets.
Charges in respect of additional services will be in line with the current Terms and Conditions of contract and agreed Pricing Schedule and will only be increased using the price indexation after the initial contract period.
Suppliers Interested in tendering for this competition must register and submit their tender through eTenders at the following link: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps.
This contract will not be divided into lots as the Authority requires a single contractor (or consortia) to manage the entire Service.
The Authority requires a consistent and expert approach in the delivery and management of the service.
CPD will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers.
That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10
calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into