Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2023-02-10
Buyer: APUC Limited
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 39155100 | 48160000 | 72212160
Estimated value: 5000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2023-03-10
Award criteria: The most economic tender
EU fund: EU Fund

Technical requirements: 4.1.1	The purpose of this procurement exercise is to appoint a range of capable best value Contractors for the supply of Library Equipment, Software & Maintenance as detailed within this Invitation to Tender (ITT). The scope of this procurement covers the supply of Library security, self-service Equipment (RFID and EM), self service lockers, library occupancy monitoring solutions, self service laptop charging lockers including maintenance and self-service software including support and maintenance.
This Lot covers a range of RFID Library Equipment and Materials, including installation, maintenance and training. Successful Contractors will be required to supply, install, commission, service, support and maintain equipment for Customer Self Service Terminals.
Also included are added value products of library occupancy monitoring solutions and library access control to enable 24 hour operation.
The initial contract period is for two years commencing May 2023.  Thereafter 2 annual options to extend the
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.
The scope of this Lot will include Library equipment that operates with the use of Electromagnetic security and/or a hybrid with EM/RFID technology capability. This product Lot will include security gates, workstations and self-check units or kiosks.
The Authority reserves the right to extend the Framework Agreement for a further 2 periods of 12 months, subject to satisfactory performance and continued Institution requirements.
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.
The scope of this lot includes the supply and maintenance of Laptop lending lockers.  The demand is growing for these lockers within the HE/FE sector, to assist with access to digital equipment and lifecycle extension of laptops.
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.
The HE/FE institutions may require to purchase an commercial off the shelf (COTS) cloud based, self-checkout application to allow the automation of their check-out process.
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.
Tenderers must complete the questions on financial accounts and supporting information. Successful Tenderers will be required to provide two years of audited accounts or equivalent prior to award to the Framework Agreement. This information will be used to assess the Tenderers economic and financial standing and is deemed a minimum standard and is mandatory. A fail will result in elimination from the procurement exercise.
It is a requirement that all Tenderers must have or commit to have the required insurance levels at commencement of the Framework Agreement as indicated below and in PCS-T.
Section 4C.1.2 of the SPD requests a relevant example of previous experience of supplier and/or services carried out within the last three years, as this procurement exercise is not a software development project. PASS/FAIL


Award value: 5000000