ID 3227665 - DoF — IT Assist Provision of Internet Service

A Contract Award Notice
by DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE

Source
OJEU
Type
Contract (Services)
Duration
5 year (est.)
Value
£450K
Sector
TECHNOLOGY
Published
12 Mar 2021
Delivery
To 11 Jun 2026 (est.)
Deadline
n/a

Concepts

Location

Belfast

Geochart for 2 buyers and 1 suppliers

2 buyers

1 supplier

Description

Department of Finance wishes to procure a contract for a high capacity, highly resilient, flexible internet service which is used to support the existing and growing range of data services for NICS. This must be provisioned via a minimum of two 10 Gb bearer circuits with network terminating equipment also sized for up to 10 Gb throughput, one to each leased Data Centre initially sized to allow combined throughput of 10 Gbps across both data centres (i.e. each circuit should be initially configured to carry 5G bps load balanced across both centres in an active/active configuration). The maximum combined throughput should be able to increase incrementally to the full combined throughput of both circuits of 20 Gb. Current demand for Internet services within the NICS is expanding rapidly. It is essential that we balance the flexibility and responsiveness of meeting the growing demand yet minimising the total cost of ownership to the NICS. It is expected that the demand will not exceed 20 Gb.

Award Detail

1 Virgin Media Business (Hook)
  • Contract
  • Reference: 1
  • Num offers: 4
  • Value: £450,000

Renewal Options

After the initial contract period, there are 2 optional extension of up to 1 year each.

Award Criteria

Award criteria 40.0
PRICE 60.0

CPV Codes

  • 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
  • 72400000 - Internet services
  • 72410000 - Provider services
  • 72420000 - Internet development services

Indicators

  • Options are available.
  • Award on basis of price and quality.

Other Information

The successful contractor’s performance on this contract will be managed as per the specification and regularly monitored (see Procurement Guidance Note 01/12 — Contract Management — Procedures and Principles). Contractors 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, after the specified time, they still fail to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance, the matter will be escalated to senior management in CPD for further action. 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 this contract may be terminated. A central register of such notices for supplies and services contracts will be maintained and published on the CPD website. Any contractor in receipt of a notice of unsatisfactory performance will be required to declare this in future tender submissions for a period of 3 years from the date of issue of the notice. It may also result in the contractor being excluded from all procurement competitions being undertaken by Centres of Procurement Expertise on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Procurement Policy.

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