Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-01-19
Buyer: Durham County Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 66114000
Estimated value: 500000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-02-23
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Lot 1 is for operating lease facilities for cars, light commercial vehicles, heavy goods vehicles, specialist vehicles, IT, copiers, multi-functional devices, plant, general equipment and any other asset-type the Council or any eligible bodies may require.
It is envisaged that a maximum of 25 economic operators (the Contractors) will be awarded a position on the agreement for Lot 1.
Lot 2 is for finance lease facilities for cars, light commercial vehicles, heavy goods vehicles, specialist vehicles, IT, copiers, multi-functional devices, plant, general equipment and any other asset-type the Council or an eligible body may require.
It is envisaged that a maximum of 25 economic operators (the Contractors) will be awarded a position on the agreement for Lot 2.
Lot 4 is for finance lease facilities and instalment plan agreements for Microsoft® licenses, other relevant software or IT-related products provided by Microsoft® (and approved Microsoft® partners and third parties) and Microsoft® Premier/consulting services (and other relevant services provided by Microsoft® (and approved Microsoft® partners and third parties).
It is envisaged that a maximum of 2 economic operators (the Contractors) will be awarded a position on the agreement for Lot 4.
It is envisaged that a maximum of 15 economic operators (the Contractors) will be awarded a position on the agreement for Lot 5.
Lot 6 is for operating lease and finance lease facilities and payment plan agreements for Cisco solutions including hardware, software, licenses and ongoing support.
It is envisaged that a maximum of 1 economic operator (the Contractor) will be awarded a position on the agreement for Lot 6.
Lot 3 is for operating lease facilities for reprographic equipment and operating lease facilities for ICT-based equipment for educational establishments.
It is anticipated that the combined requirement from all eligible bodies accessing the agreement will result in between 500 and 1,000 leases being procured during the life of the agreement. It is envisaged that a maximum of 1 economic operator (the Contractor) will be awarded a position on the agreement for Lot 3.
The estimated value of purchases that will be made using Lot 3 of the agreement during the 48-month period is between GBP 15,000,000 and GBP 20,000,000 excluding VAT. This estimate of framework expenditure is for information only, and no guarantees are given, nor are implied as to the value of business that will be placed with successful contractor participating in the resulting framework agreement.
The value provided in Section(s) II.I.5 is an estimate. We cannot guarantee any business through the framework agreement. As part of this contract notice, the following can be accessed at: https://procurementsolutions.esourcingportal.com/current_opportunities.cfm (contract notice — authorised customer list).


Award value: 500000000