Awarded contract

Network and Data Cabling Framework Agreement

  • Norfolk County Council

F03: Contract award notice

Notice reference: 2023/S 000-019582

Published 10 July 2023, 9:57am



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Norfolk County Council

County Hall, Martineau lane

Norwich

NR1 2DH

Email

sourcingteam@norfolk.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKH15 - Norwich and East Norfolk

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.norfolk.gov.uk

Buyer's address

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc/aspx/Home

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

Network and Data Cabling Framework Agreement

Reference number

NCCT42614

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Norfolk County Council has appointed network and data cabling specialists with experience of the following to a framework agreement:• working in education establishments, corporate and public environments• working to the DfE’s recommended specifications for education settings as detailed in their publication ‘Meeting digital and technology standards in schools and colleges’• working flexibly around the customer • working around vulnerable people And who can provide staff who have a DBS check

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: £600,000

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 32420000 - Network equipment
  • 32580000 - Data equipment
  • 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKH1 - East Anglia

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

ICT Solutions is a traded service, operated by Norfolk County Council, working within its IMT Department, supporting a number of education establishments with their ICT where requested.In order to ensure that education establishments, the Council and its corporate estate, and its partners have the opportunity to enter in to new arrangements when required, and that best meet their needs, we have let a framework agreement for network and data cabling requirements to ensure that the specialist nature of this work is able to be bought with assurance that the suppliers on the framework are able to meet their specific needs.Norfolk County Council has appointed network and data cabling specialists with experience of the following:• working in education establishments, corporate and public environments• working to the DfE’s recommended specifications for education settings as detailed in their publication ‘Meeting digital and technology standards in schools and colleges’• working flexibly around the customer • working around vulnerable people And who can provide staff who have a DBS check

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Quality / 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

two.2.14) Additional information

The value of the agreement above is the anticipated value of the Framework Agreement over its lifetime.Please note that there is no guarantee of work.


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Open procedure

four.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system

The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement

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: 2023/S 000-007863


Section five. Award of contract

Contract No

NCCT42614

Title

Network and Data Cabling Framework Agreement

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

7 July 2023

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 5

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 4

Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0

Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 5

Number of tenders received by electronic means: 5

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: Yes

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Comm-Tech Voice and Data Ltd

Norwich

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKH15 - Norwich and East Norfolk
The contractor is an SME

Yes

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Dutton Communications Ltd

Raveningham

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKH15 - Norwich and East Norfolk
The contractor is an SME

Yes

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Professional Cabling Solutions Ltd

King's Lynn

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKH16 - North and West Norfolk
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: £600,000

Total value of the contract/lot: £600,000


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Norfolk County Council

Norwich

Country

United Kingdom

six.4.3) Review procedure

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures

The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).Proceedings must be brought within 30 days from the date of knowledge (the date on which the economic operator first knew or ought to have known that grounds for starting the proceedings had arisen) unless the Court considers that there is good reason for extending the period within which proceedings may be brought, in which case the Court may extend that period up to a maximum of 3 months from the date of knowledge.