Awarded contract

Secure File Transfer System for Schools

  • Norfolk County Council

F03: Contract award notice

Notice reference: 2023/S 000-022379

Published 1 August 2023, 5:05pm



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

Secure File Transfer System for Schools

Reference number

NCCT42681

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

ICT Solutions provides ICT Support to schools throughout Norfolk and parts of Suffolk and has reprocured its secure file transfer system for schools.Norfolk County Council has bought an online system for education establishments to securely transfer files between Norfolk County Council, other Schools and other departments as required.

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: £114,000

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 72300000 - Data services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKH1 - East Anglia

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

ICT Solutions provides ICT Support to schools throughout Norfolk and parts of Suffolk and has reprocured its secure file transfer system for schools.Norfolk County Council has bought an online system for education establishments to securely transfer files between Norfolk County Council, other Schools and other departments as required.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price

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 contract was let on a 3 + 1 years basis, and the estimated value above is for the whole potential life of the contract.


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: 2023/S 000-014939


Section five. Award of contract

Title

Secure File Transfer System for Schools

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

25 July 2023

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 6

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: 6

Number of tenders received by electronic means: 6

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

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

AVCO Systems Ltd

17 Bath Road

Slough

SL1 3UF

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKJ11 - Berkshire
National registration number

1976620

The contractor is an SME

Yes

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

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £114,000

Total value of the contract/lot: £114,000


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.