Mobile Voice and Data Services

A Tender Notice
by SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT

Source
Find a Tender
Type
Framework (Services)
Duration
35.5 month
Value
£30M
Sector
TECHNOLOGY
Published
11 Nov 2022
Delivery
To 29 Nov 2025 (est.)
Deadline
15 Dec 2022 12:00

Concepts

Location

Scotland:

Geochart for 1 buyers and 0 suppliers

1 buyer

Description

Mobile Voice and Data Services

Total Quantity or Scope

The Scottish Ministers through the National Collaborative Procurement Division of the Scottish Government are seeking to establish a single supplier national framework agreement for the provision of Mobile Voice and Data Services and associated value-added services across all geographical areas of Scotland. The framework agreement will be available for use by the Scottish Ministers (including Agencies), Scottish Non-Departmental Public Bodies, offices in the Scottish Administration which are not ministerial offices, cross-border public authorities within the meaning of section 88(5) of the Scotland Act 1998, The Office for the Secretary of State for Scotland, the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body, councils constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, bodies registered as social landlords under the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001, Student Loans Company Limited, the Commissioner of Northern Lighthouse operating as the Northern Lighthouse Board, Scottish Futures Trust, Equality and Human Rights Commission, Business Stream Ltd, the Business Gateway National Unit at the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, further or higher education institutions being fundable bodies within the meaning of section 6 of the further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005, any public body established by or under the Scotland Act 1998 or any Act of the Scottish Parliament, any association of or formed by one or more of the foregoing, bodies financed wholly or mainly by one or more of the foregoing, bodies subject to management supervision by one or more of the foregoing and bodies more than half of the board of directors or members of which, or, in the case of a group of individuals, more than half of those individuals, being appointed by one or more of the foregoing. In addition to the contracting authorities listed, the framework agreement will be available to charities entered on the Scottish Charity Register and voluntary organisations entered on the Membership Database of the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations. Information about agencies of the Scottish Ministers, Scottish Non-Departmental Public Bodies and offices in the Scottish Administration which are not ministerial offices are listed at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Government/public-bodies/about/Bodies Overview of the governance structure of public procurement for Scotland, including the Public Procurement Group. https://www.gov.scot/publications/public-procurement-governance/

Renewal Options

There is an option to extend the framework for a further 12 months.

Award Criteria

Quality 40%
price 60%

CPV Codes

  • 64212000 - Mobile-telephone services
  • 31712112 - SIM cards
  • 32250000 - Mobile telephones
  • 32429000 - Telephone network equipment
  • 64227000 - Integrated telecommunications services
  • 32510000 - Wireless telecommunications system
  • 32520000 - Telecommunications cable and equipment
  • 64216110 - Electronic data exchange services

Indicators

  • This is a recurring contract.
  • Renewals are available.
  • Financial restrictions apply.
  • Technical restrictions apply.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** A previous notice relating to this procurement exercise can be located at https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/015098-2022?origin=SearchResults&a... The framework agreement is for a maximum period of 48 months and call-off contracts can be for up to 48 months duration. The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 21379. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 A sub-contract clause has been included in this contract. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2363 Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-pr... A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: The Scottish Government is committed to contributing to the social economic and environmental wellbeing of the people of Scotland, in order to create a more successful country, with opportunities for all of Scotland to flourish through increasing sustainable economic growth. Accordingly, while the community benefit objectives will not be evaluated as part of the tender process, tenderers will be asked to respond to the community benefit question as part of their technical response. The successful tenderer is expected to work with the Authority to achieve, through the Contractor's performance of the Framework Agreement and its call-off contracts, sustainable procurement goals deriving from the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (the Act), the Scottish Government's Procurement Strategy and, as relevant, the Procurement Strategies of other Public Bodies using the Framework. The successful tenderer will be expected to work with the Authority and Framework public bodies to develop a social tariff structure for the benefit of Framework public bodies providing assistance to support wider social initiatives during the lifetime of the framework agreement. (SC Ref:712054)

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