Contract

Provision of Data Centre Services

  • Birmingham City Council

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2021/S 000-004122

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-02977f

Published 2 March 2021, 11:56am



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Birmingham City Council

10 Woodcock Street

BIRMINGHAM

B47WB

Contact

Corporate Procurement Services

Email

etendering@birmingham.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 1214648000

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKG - West Midlands (England)

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.finditinbirmingham.com

Buyer's address

www.in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

one.5) Main activity

General public services


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Provision of Data Centre Services

Reference number

P0638

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 72300000 - Data services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

A combination of flexibility and value for money in their contracting of the two new data centre colocation facilities over a period of 5 years with the option to extend for a further two 12 month period subject to the Council's discretion.

The tender will be split into two lots:

• Lot 1: Local Data Centre (maximum 2ms response time)

• Lot 2: Non-Local data centre (maximum 7ms response time)

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: Yes

two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Value excluding VAT: £1,606,000

two.2) Description

two.2.1) Title

Local Data Centre (maximum 2ms response time)

Lot No

1

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 72300000 - Data services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UK - United Kingdom

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Local Data Centre (maximum 2 millisecond response time) Due the physical nature of the services only one supplier will be appointed for the local data centre.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Quality and Social Value / Weighting: 55% and 15%

Price - Weighting: 30%

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: Yes

Description of options

with an option to extend for a further 2 years subject to budget availability and satisfactory performance.

two.2) Description

two.2.1) Title

Non-Local data centre (maximum 7ms response time)

Lot No

2

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 72300000 - Data services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UK - United Kingdom

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Non Local data centre (maximum 7 millisecond response time) Due to the physical nature of the services only one supplier will be appointed for the non-local data centre.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Quality and Social Value / Weighting: 55% and 15%

Price - Weighting: 30%

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: Yes

Description of options

with an option to extend for a further 2 years subject to budget availability and satisfactory performance


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Open procedure

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: 2019/S 235-575938


Section five. Award of contract

Lot No

1

Title

Local Data Centre

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

22 May 2020

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 2

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0

Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Six Degrees Technology Group Limited

Commodity Quay, St Katharine Docks

London

E1W 1AZ

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKI - London
Internet address

https://www.6dg.co.uk/

The contractor is an SME

No

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot: £838,800


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

Lot 2 - Non-Local Data Centre - no recommendation for award

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

High Court England and Wales

Royal Courts of Justice, Strand

London

WC2A 2LL

Country

United Kingdom