Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Arden & GEM CSU
Cardinal Square, 10 Nottingham Road
Derby
DE13QT
Contact
Mark Didcock
Telephone
+44 7970633382
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKF - East Midlands (England)
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.ardengemcsu.nhs.uk/
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Other type
Healthcare - NHS
one.5) Main activity
Health
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Corporate Wide Area Network for AGCSU
Reference number
AGEMCSU/TRANS/20/913
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 72720000 - Wide area network services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
A Wide Area Network (WAN) connecting NHS AGEM CSU corporate sites & Data Centres.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £812,000.01
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKF - East Midlands (England)
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
A Wide Area Network (WAN) connecting NHS AGEM CSU corporate sites & Data Centres, consisting of 31 circuits across 17 site locations.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: 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 services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
- absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation:
Technical aspects; interoperability and economic reasons made competitively tendering for only part of the WAN an unrealistic option.
Unnecessary duplication of equipment, circuits and technical resource costs in the order of between £150k to £200k to achieve a workable technical solution of a split provider WAN network, meant that this was not a value for money (VfM) proposition and service/issue/escalation management of two suppliers would also be an added risk.
The CSU having assessed technical reasons, economic reasons (VfM) and compliance aspects considered that the only reasonable course of action was to direct award expiring circuits within its current WAN estates so as to co-term with other in-contract circuits by 31st March 2024. This will enable the CSU to tender for all WAN services in their entirety during 2023 and mobilise before March 2024 contract end date.
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
Section five. Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
1 February 2021
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Virgin Media Business Limited
Reading
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKF - East Midlands (England)
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £812,000.01
Total value of the contract/lot: £812,000.01
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
NHS Arden & GEM CSU
Derby
Country
United Kingdom