Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-11-03
Buyer: Dumfries & Galloway Housing Partnership Ltd.
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 48800000 | 48810000: Information systems
Estimated value: 300000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-11-30
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: 1.5.1 DGHP seeks to appoint Suppliers to provide and support its IT and communications infrastructure, including core infrastructure, networks and end-user device hardware and provisioning.
1.6.1 The Solution shall cover every aspect of IT Infrastructure and Service Delivery, including but not limited to:
— Core servers and storage devices together with the associated operational software (e.g. Microsoft operating systems, hypervisors, etc.);
— Internet connectivity including resilient breakouts to support connectivity to remote sites, cloud and other hosted services;
— End-user device desktop provisioning including desktop and mobile devices with a solution such as thin-client deployed as required to support legacy business applications and to optimise network bandwidth; and
For the avoidance of doubt, the provision of Microsoft Licenses is out of scope of the Tender except where Microsoft have determined that these must be provided by the Supplier, e.g. Data Centre SPLA and Cloud licensing model. However, the Supplier shall implement all Microsoft software and services, as required by the Solution and licensed by DGHP.
At DGHP's discretion, extension of one year at the end of year 4 and of one year at the end of year 5.
From the Commencement Date the Contractor shall maintain in force (at its own expense) the following insurance policies for the duration of the Agreement:
— Ability to deliver solutions with ‘elasticity’ which allows customers to move incrementally from hosted to SaaS delivery during the lifetime of an IT infrastructure contact.
— Assisted customers with innovation in IT service delivery which has delivered both technical and business-related efficiencies and savings.
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Eligibility requirements: From the Commencement Date the Contractor shall maintain in force (at its own expense) the following insurance policies for the duration of the Agreement: — professional indemnity cover in a sum of not less than 10 000 000 GBP; — public and products liability cover in a sum of not less than 10 000 000 GBP; — employer's liability insurance in a sum of not less than 10 000 000 GBP; — cyber liability insurance in a sum of not less than 2 000 000 GBP. Suppliers must be able to demonstrate the following skills: — Project management of a project of this size and technical complexity. — Risk management of a project of this size and technical complexity. — Experience of transition to cloud-based and externally hosted IT systems. — Ability to deliver solutions with ‘elasticity’ which allows customers to move incrementally from hosted to SaaS delivery during the lifetime of an IT infrastructure contact. — Designed wide area networks to support agile working and cloud service delivery. — Assisted customers with the transition to the ‘Digital Office’. — Assisted customers with innovation in IT service delivery which has delivered both technical and business-related efficiencies and savings.

Award value: 300000