Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-02-25
Buyer: Education Scotland
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 48730000: Security software package | 72222300: Information technology services
Submission deadline: 2019-03-25
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: To enhance the existing safety and security of Glow, Education Scotland has a requirement to place a contract with an external service provider for the creation and ongoing support of a bespoke safeguarding product and services to function within Scotland's national digital learning platform known as Glow.
Education Scotland wishes to further strengthen the safety and security of Scotland's national digital learning platform known as Glow and has a requirement to place a contract with an external service provider for the creation and ongoing support of a bespoke safeguarding product and service to function within Glow.
The safeguarding product and service will be used to monitor and alert on the activity, interaction and behaviour of users within this environment.
The Glow environment’s core components are Office 365, G Suite and WordPress. The Glow environment is accessed via corporate and personal devices, as such the product should have the capability to monitor these environments and not be device specific (not require software to be loaded on the users’ endpoint).
Education Scotland would welcome an initial proposal for the creation and ongoing support of a safeguarding product and service including but not limited to the following capabilities within the Office 365, G Suite and WordPress environment:
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) 2015.
Education Scotland requires a copy of the service provider's audited accounts for the last 3 years. There must be no qualification or contra-indication from any evidence provided in support of the bidder's economic and financial standing.
For Question 4B4 of the ESPD, bidders will be required to state the value(s) for the following financial ratio(s): Net current assets ratio (current assets/current liabilities).
For Question 4B.b of the ESPD, bidders will be required to have an average yearly turnover of a minimum of 150 000 GBP in the business area covered by the contract for the last 3 years.
For Question 4B.5 of the ESPD, it is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold or can commit to obtain prior to the commencement of any subsequently awarded contract, the types of insurance indicated below:
Q4C.1.2 of the ESPD (Weighting 60 %)- Bidders will be required to provide examples that demonstrate that they have the relevant experience to deliver the services/supplies as described in part II.2.4 of the OJEU Contract Notice.
Q4c.3a of the ESPD (Weighting 40 %): please provide details of the technical facilites and measures for ensuring quality used,
Q4C.6 of the ESPD (Weighting Pass/Fail): the following educational and professional qualifications are held by the service provider, the contractor itself or its managerial staff,
Q4C.10 of the ESPD (Weighting Pass/Fail): please provide details of the proportion (i.e. percentage) of the contract that you intend to subcontract.
Q4c.1.2: Bidders will need to provide examples of work carried out in the last 5 years that demonstrates relevant experience in delivering a safeguarding or similar product and service, for example, in the education sector or for children. References should be provided where appropriate.

Eligibility requirements: Not applicable