Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-10-27
Buyer: Improvement Service
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive dialogue
CPV classification: 48000000 | 72000000
Estimated value: 5000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-12-15
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Υπηρεσίες τεχνολογίας των πληροφοριών: παροχή συμβουλών, ανάπτυξη λογισμικού, Διαδίκτυο και υποστήριξη
We envisage awarding a Contract for an initial period of 24 months with an option to extend for a further 36 months, subject to annual review and extension of 12 months (maximum Contract Term of 60 months).
As a mandatory minimum we require the hosting provider to be able to demonstrate that its security controls have been assured against a known standard (e.g. ISO27001:2005) and that these standards cover the services in scope.
We envisage awarding a Contract for an initial period of 24 months with the option to extend up to a further 36 months. This will be reviewed on an annual basis and extended for a period of 12 months (total maximum Contract Term of 60 months).
Also, as a mandatory minimum we require the hosting provider to be able to demonstrate that its security controls have been assured against a known standard (e.g. ISO 27001:2005) and that these standards cover the services in scope.
Bidders must provide evidence for the last 3 years of Turnover (Sales), Net Profit/ Loss, Total Assets, Total Liabilities, Current Assets, Liabilities falling due within 1 Year. Any other relevant information.
Mandatory requirement that Bidders must provide written confirmation they have Audited Accounts which have been prepared on a going concern basis. If they do not have Audited Accounts a statement from the directors stating that the business is financially solvent and likely to remain so.
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 of insurance indicated below:
4C.1.2: Bidders will be required to provide examples that demonstrate they have the relevant experience to deliver the services/supplies as described in the relevant section of the ‘IS Services Overview, Requirements and Outcomes’ procurement document.
4C.9 Bidders should interpret ‘tools’ to include Software and should respond to this using the Technical Response template provided.
4C.10: Bidders will be required to confirm whether they intend to subcontract and, if so, for what proportion of the contract.
No questions from Section D of Part IV of the ESPD (Scotland) (Quality assurance schemes and environmental management standards) will be used at this stage, however, Bidder's should note these may be required in the Dialogue phases. However, we do draw the Bidders attention to the Key Principles outlined in the ‘IS Services Overview, Requirements and Outcomes’ procurement document.
We have attempted to contain most of the information pertaining to this Procurement in the ‘IS Services Overview, Requirements and Desired Outcomes’ procurement document, including the assessment mechanism such as the criteria, weightings and scoring which is based on a Price/Quality Matrix.
In addition to responding to the ESPD, you are required to respond using the individual Technical and Commercial Response Templates. N.B. the only document that should contain any cost/pricing information is the Commercial Response Template.
The Price and Quality Scores will be combined and an overall weighting of 60 % for Quality and 40 % for Price will be applied. A Strengths, Weaknesses, Threats and Opportunities (SWOT) analysis will also be undertaken in order to further inform our selection of Bidders invited to the dialogue stage.

Eligibility requirements: III.1.1) of the notice is not applicable to this procurement exercise.

Award value: 5000000