Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-07-11
Buyer: University Of Edinburgh
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 30200000 | 72222300: Information technology services
Estimated value: 234180 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-08-13
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The purpose of this Tender is to seek the provision of an integrated Assistive Technology (AT) Solution by a soul external provider who will offer the following outcomes and benefits:
This procurement will be conducted via the Public Contracts Scotland — Tender portal (PCS-T). We will apply a one stage Open procedure. Bidders must self-certify their adherence to the conditions of participation via the ESPD (Scotland) in PSC-T, and may be required to submit Means of Proof before contract award. Bidders must refer to the specific requirements listed in the Section III in this OJEU Contract Notice when completing the ESPD in PCS-T.
The University of Edinburgh is Tendering for the Provision of Assistive Technology Goods and Services on behalf of Student Disability Service (SDS)
SDS provides a wide range of loan equipment to students, such as laptops, digital voice recorders and Livescribe pens. In addition to the hardware provided, there are a number of software programmes designed to assist students in their Learning Experience including, but not limited to:
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if there are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Where it is required within a bidder’s country of establishment they must confirm which authorisation or memberships of the relevant Organisation(s) are required in order to perform this service.
Bidders will be required to have a “general” yearly turnover threshold value of 1.5 times the value of the contract (351 270 GBP) for the last three years prior to the date of proposed contract award.
Where turnover information is not available for the time period requested, the bidder will be required to state the date which they were set up/started trading.
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 and levels of insurance indicated below, as a minimum:
Note: In PCS-T, responses to [4C.1.2] should be given as clearly labelled attachments to this question. Responses for the remaining 4C questions (if applicable) should be clearly labelled and attached to the General Attachments area in the PCS-T. Suppliers must have regard for all statements when submitting responses.
ESPD 4C.1.2 Statement: Bidders will be required to provide 2 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. This must be within the past 3 years.
Bidders will be required to confirm whether they intend to subcontract and, if so, for what proportion of the contract.
The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS EN ISO 9001 (or equivalent).
If the bidder does not hold UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS EN ISO 9001 (or equivalent), then the bidder must have the following:
Equivalent, documented policy and procedures regarding quality management, endorsed by the Chief Executive Officer, or equivalent.

Eligibility requirements: ESPD 4A.2 Statement Where it is required within a bidder’s country of establishment they must confirm which authorisation or memberships of the relevant Organisation(s) are required in order to perform this service. Bidders must confirm if they hold the particular authorisation or memberships. III.1.2) as detailed below: Bidders must evidence that they are DSA-QAG certified.

Award value: 234180