Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-02-04
Buyer: The City of Edinburgh Council, acting as the Administering Authority of the Lothian Pension Fund
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 30000000 | 32400000 | 32412000 | 32412100 | 32430000
Submission deadline: 2020-03-06
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Servicios de planificación y revisión estratégica de sistemas de información o de tecnología de la información
Információs rendszer és technológia stratégiai felülvizsgálatával és tervezésével kapcsolatos szolgáltatások
Usługi w zakresie systemów informacji lub strategicznej analizy technologicznej oraz usługi w zakresie planowania
Serviços de planeamento e de análise estratégica em matéria de sistemas ou de tecnologias da informação
Lothian Pension Fund (‘LPF’) is the organisation responsible for administering the Local Government Pension Scheme in the Lothian area. The organisation currently comprises of 69 employees and manages a multi-employer scheme with more than 8 000 000 000 GBP assets as at 30.6.2019 with 84 000 members.
To meet LPF’s service plan objectives, including increasing resilience, complying with Financial Conduct Authority (‘FCA’) standards for systems and controls, and adopting new technologies for its users and members, a solution from a new managed service provider (‘MSP’) is being sought.
This service will include Transition from the existing MSP, service design, operational services, support services, professional services and contract management services.
It is the intention of Lothian Pension Fund that any contract resulting from this ITT will commence in autumn 2020 for a period of 5 years with the option to extend for up to a further 24 months undertaken at the sole discretion of Lothian Pension Fund.
Based on the evaluation panel’s assessment of the ESPD response the 7 highest scoring suitable tenderers will be shortlisted for invitation to tender.
Tenderers are required to have a minimum ‘general’ annual turnover of 500 000 GBP for the last 2 financial years. Where a tenderer does not have an annual turnover of this value, Lothian Pension Fund may exclude the tenderer from the competition or may apply discretion seeking supporting evidence to determine the tenderer’s suitability to proceed in the competition.
Tenderers are required to hold, or commit to obtaining prior to the commencement of any subsequently awarded contract.
The formula for calculating a tenderer’s current ratio is current assets divided by current liabilities. The acceptable range for each financial ratio is greater than 1.15. Where a tenderer’s current ratio is less than the acceptable value, Lothian Pension Fund may exclude the tenderer from the competition or may apply discretion seeking supporting evidence to determine the tenderer’s suitability to proceed in the competition.
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