Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-09-09
Buyer: Scottish Futures Trust
Country: UK
Region: Edinburgh, City of
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 72222300: Information technology services
Estimated value: 250000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-10-07
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Scottish Futures Trust (hereafter ‘SFT’) is seeking to appoint a single provider to manage its information, communication and technology services.
The Services are to be provided for a period of 3 years, unless terminated earlier in accordance with the Contract Documents. SFT retains the right at its sole discretion to extend the contract period for a further year.
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. (See part III of ESPD).
If required by the member state, bidders are required to be enrolled in the relevant professional or trade registers within the country which they are established. (See question 4 of ESPD).
Where it is required within a bidder's country of establishment they must confirm which authorisation or memberships of the relevant organisation(s) are required in order to perform this service. Bidders must confirm if they hold the particular authorisation or memberships. (See question 4 of ESPD).
Bidders will be required to have an average yearly turnover of a minimum of 250 000 GBP in the business area covered by the contract for the previous 3 years. (See question 4 of ESPD).
Where turnover information is not available for the time period requested, the bidder will be required to state the date which they were set up/started trading.
It is a requirement that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commencement of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below:
A public liability insurance policy (including coverage for damage to SFT's property on any SFT premises for which the bidder is liable) with a limit of at least 10 000 000 GBP per claim;
Property damage insurance (covering the bidder's property and damage to any SFT property permanently located on a bidders site) with a limit of at least 2 000 000 GBP per claim;
It shall be a requirement of the contract that the successful economic operator confirms that they are a member of the Microsoft Partner Network, holding 1 or more of the following competencies: Small and Mid-Market Cloud Solutions; Cloud Productivity; Collaboration and Content; Cloud Platform; and Mid-Market Solution provider.
SFT requires separate ESPD responses from subcontractors upon whose capability and capacity the main bidder relies in order to meet the selection criteria. If the ESPD verifies that there are mandatory grounds for exclusion of any such subcontractor, SFT will require the bidder to replace that subcontractor. SFT reserves the right to require the replacement of such a subcontractor to which any of the discretionary grounds for exclusion apply.
SFT reserves the right to request a separate ESPD response from subcontractors on whose capability and capacity the main bidder does not rely on in order to meet the selection criteria.
SFT requires a separate ESPD response from each member of a consortium to ensure that no members are included that should be excluded, and that they all meet the relevant selection criteria.
SFT shall not be liable for any costs (including, without prejudice to the generality, any third party costs, fees or expenses) incurred by those expressing an interest in or tendering for this contract opportunity.

Eligibility requirements: If required by the member state, bidders are required to be enrolled in the relevant professional or trade registers within the country which they are established. (See question 4 of ESPD). Where it is required within a bidder's country of establishment they must confirm which authorisation or memberships of the relevant organisation(s) are required in order to perform this service. Bidders must confirm if they hold the particular authorisation or memberships. (See question 4 of ESPD).

Award value: 250000