Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-12-19
Buyer: Department of Finance
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 48000000 | 72000000
Estimated value: 994395 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-01-26
Award criteria: Lowest price

Technical requirements: IT Assist and IT Assist Confidential (ITAC) wish to put in place a support and maintenance contract for their existing Service Management Tools (SMT), for a period of 5 years beginning in April 2018 to April 2023 with the option of renewing for two separate years running to April 2024 and April 2025.
IT Assist and ITAC is seeking to put in place a new support and maintenance contract for their existing SMT Ivanti.
The contract should provide the ability for ITAssist and ITAC to upgrade their own instances to the latest version of the software with no additional costs.
IT Assist and IT Assist Confidential (ITAC) wish to put in place a support and maintenance contract for their existing Service Management Tools (SMT), for a period of 5 years beginning in April 2018 to April 2023 with the option of renewing for 2 separate years running to April 2024 and April 2025.
IT Assist and ITAC seeks to put in place a new support and maintenance contract for their existing SMT Ivanti.
The contract should provide the ability for ITAssist and ITAC to upgrade their own instances to the latest version of the software with no additional costs.
This reflects the potential scale of the contract and takes into account such changes to the scope and/or scale which may result from future operational requirements.
The pricing strategy applied and the setting of cost/profit margins are a commercial decision for economic operators when submitting a bid for this competition. In addition, neither CPD nor the Authority can provide any guarantee as to the level of business under this contract.
The service will be focused on progression and promoting people’s independence and helping them lives their lives in a person-centered way. We are looking for organizations that are outward looking, eager to be part of the positive change in the way that care is commissioned in Somerset and keen to showcase their skills. Both schemes have up to date assistive technology and design principals as part of the development, helping providers to be flexible and responsive to meet a variety of needs, this is one of the key tenants of the scheme in having a health and well-balanced client group that has the best outcomes delivered. They are due to be open in summer 2018 and we would welcome submissions from organizations able to deliver either Extra Care, Learning Disability care or both together. The successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored. A Contractor not delivering on contract requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If a contractor fails to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance they will be given a specified time to improve. If this occurs and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, it may be regarded as an act of grave professional misconduct and they may be issued with a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance and the contract may be terminated. The effect of the notice will be to enable any department, at its discretion, to exclude the supplier from future procurement competitions being undertaken for a period of three years.
CPD will comply with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and, where appropriate, will incorporate a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to Tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision.


Award value: 994395