Contract

Provision of a fully comprehensive maintenance service for a Building and Energy Management System (“BEMS”) (inclusive of hardware and software)

  • University of Strathclyde

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2021/S 000-016452

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-02ac72

Published 14 July 2021, 10:45am



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

University of Strathclyde

40 George Street, Procurement Department

Glasgow

G1 1QE

Contact

Lauren Leitch

Email

lauren.leitch@strath.ac.uk

Telephone

+44 1415484310

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKM82 - Glasgow City

Internet address(es)

Main address

http://www.strath.ac.uk/

Buyer's address

https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00113

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

Provision of a fully comprehensive maintenance service for a Building and Energy Management System (“BEMS”) (inclusive of hardware and software)

Reference number

UOS-17049-2020

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 79993000 - Building and facilities management services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

The University has in place a Honeywell Building Solutions (a division of Honeywell Control Systems Limited), hardware and software system delivering automation control to both standard and more complex building services, and includes process control over modern complex academic research equipment with an estimated value exceeding 100,000,000 GBP.

The service that is required is a fully comprehensive maintenance provision for all building services automation hardware and software currently installed. This will include spares, repairs, engineering time and any project management requirements. The service provision requires a fully staffed 24/7 service centre with dedicated alarm monitoring for fault handling and dispatching of service engineering staff on a 24/7 basis. The service provision includes both a dedicated service manager and account manager as well as fully trained Honeywell certified service engineers

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: £3,820,550

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 50710000 - Repair and maintenance services of electrical and mechanical building installations
  • 50711000 - Repair and maintenance services of electrical building installations

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKM82 - Glasgow City

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

The University has in place a Honeywell Building Solutions (a division of Honeywell Control Systems Limited), hardware and software system delivering automation control to both standard and more complex building services, and includes process control over modern complex academic research equipment with an estimated value exceeding 100,000,000.

The service contracted is a fully comprehensive maintenance provision for all building services automation hardware and software currently installed. This include spares, repairs, engineering time and any project management requirements. The service provision requires a fully staffed 24/7 service centre with dedicated alarm monitoring for fault handling and dispatching of service engineering staff on a 24/7 basis. The service provision includes both a dedicated service manager and account manager as well as fully trained Honeywell certified service engineers.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 50

Price - Weighting: 50

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: Yes

Description of options

The University has reserved the option for additional purchases under this contract, this includes but is not limited to the following:

- system hardware/ software upgrades

- maintenance within additional buildings

- ad hoc requirements related to BEMS

two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No

two.2.14) Additional information

The contract commenced on 16th June 2021 for an initial period of five (5) years with the option to extend for an additional five (5), twelve (12) month extension periods.


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:

Please refer to the additional information section for full details.

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: 2021/S 000-009473


Section five. Award of contract

Contract No

UOS-17049-2020

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

15 June 2021

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 1

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0

Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 1

Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0

Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1

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

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Honeywell Control Systems Ltd

Newhouse industrial Estate

Motherwell

ML1 5SB

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME

No

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

Total value of the contract/lot: £3,820,550


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

A Prior Information Notice (PIN) was published via Public Contracts Scotland (PCS) on 3 February 2020 and the Official Journal of the European Union on 3 February 2020, with a request to respond with notes of interest by 14 February 2020, by this closing date ten suppliers noted an interest.

A questionnaire was published to those suppliers who noted an interest on 24 February 2020. Two suppliers responded to the request for completion of a market engagement questionnaire, one, the incumbent supplier and manufacturer of the building and energy management system Honeywell Control Systems Limited and one other who noted they were unable to respond to the questionnaire as they could not provide responses to specific questions around the support of the EBI product and the incumbent would be the only supplier able to respond.

Following receipt of the questionnaire it was deemed that the appropriate route to market for this requirement was the use of the negotiated procedure without prior publication in accordance with The Public Contract (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (PCSR 2015), Regulation 33 (1)(b)(ii);

33.—(1) A contracting authority may award a public contract following negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice or prior information notice in any of the following cases—

b)where the works, supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator for any of the following reasons—

(ii)competition is absent for technical reasons;

Following conclusion of negotiations the University published a VEAT notice on 30/04/2021.

The University awarded the contract on 15 June 2021, the contract commenced on 16 June 2021.

(SC Ref:660541)

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Glasgow Sheriff Court

1 Carlton Pl

Glasgow

G5 9TW

Country

United Kingdom

six.4.3) Review procedure

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures

An economic operator that suffers, or risks suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland)

Regulations 2015 (SSI 2015/446) (as amended) may bring proceedings to the Sheriff Court of the Court of Session.