Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Cardiff University
Procurement Services, McKenzie House, 30-36 Newport Road
Cardiff
CF24 0DE
Contact
Darren Evans
Telephone
+44 2920879648
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKL - WALES
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
http://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0258
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
Education
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
HPE Mentor
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 72212190 - Educational software development services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Office 365 Desktop mentor/self-help product
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKL22 - Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Cardiff University requires a product to assist its staff and students to leverage the capabilities of the Microsoft Office 365 suite and associated products. As a minimum, this must include Office 2016 (Outlook, Word, Excel, Powerpoint), Skype for Business, One Drive, Mail, Calendar and Contacts. The product must already be in existence and already in use in a meaningful way in at least one other organisation of at least a similar size & scale (40,000). The Office 365 content must be regularly updated to keep reasonable pace with MIcrosofts development of Office 365 and associated products. The product must be available for deployment for the next academic year.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: as per procurement docs / Weighting: 100
Price - Weighting: 0
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations
Explanation:
Cardiff University has researched the market place and the product identified is believed to be the only product of its kind that covers the desired Microsoft Office 365 modules and is already in use by other organisations that are of a similar or larger scale than Cardiff University. Award Criteria This is the most economically advantageous in terms of the ability to comprehensively meet the specification.
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2017/S 126-257484
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
N/a
A contract/lot is awarded: No
five.1) Information on non-award
The contract/lot is not awarded
Other reasons (discontinuation of procedure)
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
(WA Ref:107444)
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Cardiff University
Procurement Services, McKenzie House, 30-36 Newport Road
Cardiff
CF24 0DE
Telephone
+44 2920879648
Country
United Kingdom