Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2018-03-08
Buyer: East of England Broadband Network (Regional Broadband Consortium)
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 09300000 | 30000000 | 31000000 | 32000000 | 32412000
Estimated value: 4000000 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Μηχανήματα γραφείου και υπολογιστές, εξοπλισμός και προμήθειες εκτός από έπιπλα και πακέτα λογισμικών
Irodai és számítástechnikai gépek, berendezések és kellékek, a bútorzat és a szoftvercsomagok kivételével
Macchine per ufficio ed elaboratori elettronici, attrezzature e forniture, esclusi i mobili e i pacchetti software
Biuro ir skaičiavimo mašinos, įrenginiai ir reikmenys, išskyrus baldus ir programinės įrangos paketus
Kantoormachines en gegevensverwerkende apparatuur, kantooruitrusting en -benodigdheden, uitgez. meubilair en softwarepakketten
Máquinas, equipamento e material de escritório e de informática, excepto mobiliário e pacotes de programas (software)
Kancelárske a počítacie stroje, vybavenie a spotrebný materiál s výnimkou nábytku a softvérových balíkov
E2BN as the Contracting Authority is putting in place a Framework Agreement for use by public sector bodies identified at II.2.4 (and any future successors to these organisations), which include Schools, Academies, Academy Trusts, Colleges, Universities, Central Government Departments and their Arm's Length Bodies and Agencies, Non Departmental Public Bodies, NHS bodies and Local Authorities, devolved administrations, Fire Service, buying consortiums and charities. The above Public Sector Bodies have a need for a compliant Procurement Vehicle to access a range of ICT, Cloud and related services including connectivity, equipment, software, services, consultancy, maintenance, support and infrastructure to meet the diverse needs of Education and other Public Sector and associated organisations. The successful bidder will be expected to manage, deliver, maintain and integrate competing sub-contractors to ensure choice in each category, best value and seamless inter-operability.
The East of England Broadband Network (E2BN), as the Contracting Authority, is putting in place a Framework Agreement for use by UK public sector bodies, identified in detail in the urls below (and any future successors to these organisations) but not limited to, which include Schools, Academies, Multi Academy Trusts, Colleges, Universities, Central Government Departments and their Arm's Length Bodies and Agencies, Non Departmental Public Bodies, NHS bodies and Local Authorities (County, Unitary, District, Borough, Parish, Town), Devolved Administrations, Fire Service, Transport services, buying consortiums and charities.
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The above Public Sector Bodies have a need for a compliant Procurement Vehicle to access a range of Information Communications Technology, Cloud and related services including connectivity, telecommunications, equipment, software, services, consultancy and change management, maintenance, support and infrastructure to meet the diverse needs of Education, Central and Local Government and other Public Sector and associated organisations.
This Framework will be a single Lot sole supplier Framework. The contract will be let on a 3 year term with a possible 1 year extension. The successful bidder will be expected to demonstrate they can control, manage and deliver against the full range of required areas within the ITT and to maintain and integrate such competing sub-contractors as necessary to ensure choice and flexibility in each category, best value and seamless interoperability. At all times choice, service and cost is paramount. Sustainability and continuity of supply is important as too is the need to ensure innovation of products and service as well as the need to manage both small enterprises and large corporations. Full instructions and all documents for this procurement and details that suppliers need to take can be found at: https://www.e2bn.org/cms/ict-cloud-support-related-services


Winner: WCL (UK) Ltd (Trading as Think IT)
Award value: 4000000
Number of bids: 1