Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-10-25
Buyer: Salix Homes Limited
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 72222300: Information technology services | 72251000: Disaster recovery services | 72253200: Computer systems support services | 72263000: Software implementation services | 72510000: Computer-related management services
Estimated value: 1400000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-11-22
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Salix Homes is moving to a new phase in its use of technology to drive business improvements and now seeks to engage with a single supplier to supply and support its IT infrastructure requirements. This will enable the business to become technically agile and use the best of breed from today's IT technologies to support both its staff and its customers.
Salix is adopting a ‘Cloud First’ strategy and this will see most applications delivered through SaaS clouds in the medium to longer term. In the interim, Salix will require infrastructure (storage and server capacity and associated backup and disaster recovery services) to host its non-SaaS applications, which will include Finance, Asset Management and Dynamics CRM. Salix does not have a data centre or server room and therefore all equipment will be hosted in enterprise-quality data centres by the successful Bidder.
Salix Homes is moving to a new phase in its use of technology to drive business improvements and now seeks to engage with a single supplier to supply and support its IT infrastructure requirements. This will enable the business to become technically agile and use the best of breed from today's IT technologies to support both its staff and its customers.
Salix is adopting a ‘Cloud First’ strategy and this will see most applications delivered through SaaS clouds in the medium to longer term. In the interim, Salix will require infrastructure (storage and server capacity and associated backup and disaster recovery services) to host its non-SaaS applications, which will include Finance, Asset Management and Dynamics CRM. Salix does not have a data centre or server room and therefore all equipment will be hosted in enterprise-quality data centres by the successful Bidder.
—Wide Area Network to connect Salix premises throughout Salford, provide Internet breakout and connectivity to cloud services, e.g. Microsoft data centres;
—Implementation including transfer of services from Salford Council's data centre, implementation of new Active Directory, implementation of new IP addressing scheme and implementation of Office 365; and
It is envisaged that the Contract with the successful Bidder shall last for an initial period of [four (4) years], with an option to extend at Salix Homes' sole discretion for a further three (3) periods of one (1) year each, giving a total potential term of up to seven (7) years.
The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.This tender opportunity is being administered on behalf of Salix Homes Homes by Clarity Procurement
Download and read the Invitation to Tender Document to familiarise yourselves with Salix Homes' requirements;
Submit a completed Selection Questionnaire Document in accordance with the SQ Instructions, noting the
The Contracting Authority will enter into this contract following a minimum 10 day calendar day standstill period
starting on the day after the notification of the result. The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/102) (as
amended) (the Regulations) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or who are at risk of harm
by a breach of the Regulations to bring proceedings in the High Court. Any such proceedings must be brought

Eligibility requirements: Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents.

Award value: 1400000