Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
University of Ulster
Block X Room X031, Cromore Road
Coleraine
BT52 1SA
Telephone
+44 2870123609
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKN - Northern Ireland
Internet address(es)
Main address
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
SSSNA Lot 2 Infrastructure Technology Refresh Award Notice
Reference number
Project_26449, ITT_35810
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
SSSNA Lot 2 Infrastructure Technology Refresh
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: £1,600,000
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 72300000 - Data services
- 72317000 - Data storage services
- 72322000 - Data management services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKN - Northern Ireland
Main site or place of performance
Coleraine and Magee campuses.
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The University currently utilises Dell EMC data protection products for the backup and recovery of data. Located at the two main data centres in the Coleraine and Magee campuses are Avamar for Control Tier software and NDMP acceleration, and Data Domain as the target for Avamar backups.
The University has also purchased 150 CPU licences of Data Protection Suite for VMware to provide licences for the data protection software and additional RecoverPoint capabilities.
The Data Domain units, DD4200 (Coleraine) and DD2500 (Magee) are nearing end of warranty and the University is undertaking a project to refresh and replace these architectures with equivalent and enhanced capabilities.
The new architectures will be used to replicate between sites for resiliency and data protection. The Avamar nodes, for metadata (M1200) and NDMP acceleration are not being refreshed as part of this project.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Technical and After Sales / Weighting: 25%
Quality criterion - Name: Value Add and Alignment / Weighting: 25%
Cost criterion - Name: Cost / Weighting: 50%
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
Initial term 2 years with provision to extend for any periods up to and including 24 months.
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 estimated total value stated above in Section II.1.7 includes the initial 2 year contract period and the option to extend the contract for any periods up to and including 24 months.
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 procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations
Explanation:
This call-off contract was awarded via a further competition under the Servers, Storage and Solutions National Agreement (SSSNA) Framework Agreement Framework reference: 2016/2.
four.1.6) Information about electronic auction
An electronic auction will be used
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
Project_26449, ITT_35810
Title
SSSNA Lot 2 Infrastructure Technology Refresh
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
8 September 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
Dell Corporation Limited
Dell House, The Boulevard, Cain Road,
Bracknell
RG12 1LF
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKJ11 - Berkshire
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £1,600,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
The Services shall commence on 27th September 2021 for an initial period of two (2) years with the option to extend for any periods up to and including 24 months.
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland
Royal Courts of Justice, Chichester Street
Belfast
BT1 3JY
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures
The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 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 (Northern Ireland).