CONTRACT NOTICE – OFFICIAL JOURNAL

Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1)

Name, Address and Contact Point(s)

I.2)

Type of contracting Authority and Main Activity or Activities

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions National or federal agency/Office Regional or local Authority Regional or local Agency/Office Body governed by public law European Institution/Agency or International Organisation

General public services Defence Public order and safety Environment Economic and financial affairs Health Housing and community amenities Social protection Recreation, culture and religion Education

Section II: Object of the Contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

II.1.2(a))

Type of works contract

II.1.2(b))

Type of supplies contract

Purchase		Rent		Lease
Hire-purchase		Combination of these

II.1.2(c))

Type of service contract

II.1.2)

Main site or location of works, place of delivery or performance

Cardiff

II.1.3)

This notice involves

A public contract
The setting up of a Dynamic Purchasing System
The establishment of a framework agreement

II.1.4)

Information on framework agreement (if applicable)

Framework agreement with a single operators
Framework agreement with several operators

Number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged

Duration of the framework agreement

Justification for a framework agreement the duration of which exceeds four years

Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement

Frequency and value of the contracts to be awarded

II.1.5)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

Cardiff Metropolitan University needs to replace its current data storage with a modern, innovative, robust and cost effective suite of storage services for use with its corporate IT systems. The solution must also incorporate data centre networking, backup and disaster recovery requirements and other associated infrastructure. Please see further details of each requirement below.

- 60TB of usable production storage and 60TB of usable storage for development and disaster recovery.

- A means of backing up Cardiff Met’s data and virtual servers must be incorporated. Any physical servers will continue to utilize the current backup system.

- The backup process mentioned above must be able to meet the RTO and RPO requirements of university’s services. These are 4 hours (RTO) and 1hour (RPO) for the university’s most critical systems.

- Data Centre networking to provide connectivity for the above.

- A large proportion of Cardiff Met’s servers are already virtualized however some additional servers are required to complete the virtualization of key systems.

- Additional services such as support, training, documentation and professional services.

This tender will be conducted fully electronically.

To access the documents you will need to register and express an interest in the IT Infrastructure Provision project on the Cardiff Metropolitan University Intend etendering portal. This registration is free of charge. You will then be able to access the pre-qualification questionnaire document.

The website address is detailed below,please copy and paste this address into a browser.

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

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at http://www.sell2wales.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=19473.

II.1.6)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.1.7)

Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

II.1.8)

Division into lots

one lot only

one or more lots

all lots

II.1.9)

Will variants be accepted

II.2)

Quantity or Scope of the Contract

II.2.1)

Total quantity or scope

II.2.2)

Options

Provisional timetable for recourse to these options

Number of possible renewals

In the case of renewable supplies or service contracts, estimated time frame for subsequent contracts

Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial and Technical Information

III.1)

Conditions Relating to the Contract

III.1.1)

Deposits and guarantees required

III.1.2)

Main Terms of financing and payment and/or reference to the relevant provisions

III.1.3)

Legal form to be taken by the grouping of suppliers, contractors or service providers to whom the contract is to be awarded

III.1.4)

Other particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject

III.2)

Conditions for Participation

III.2.1)

Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

III.2.2)

Economic and financial capacity

III.2.3)

Technical capacity

III.2.4)

Reserved contracts

The contract is restricted to sheltered workshops
The execution of the contract is restricted to the framework of sheltered employment programmes

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Type of Procedure

Open		Restricted
Accelerated restricted		Negotiated
Accelerated negotiated		Competitive dialogue

Justification for the choice of accelerated procedure

IV.1.1)

Have candidates already been selected?

IV.1.2)

Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate

Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates

IV.1.3)

Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue

Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated

IV.2)

Award Criteria

IV.2.2)

An electronic auction will be used

IV.3 Administrative Information

IV.3.1)

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

ITT/14/045

IV.3.2)

Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Prior Information Notice
Notice on a Buyer Profile

Other previous publications

IV.3.3)

Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents

IV.3.4)

Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

IV.3.5)

Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

IV.3.6)

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

IV.3.7)

Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender 

IV.3.8)

Conditions for opening tenders

Section VI: Other Information

VI.1)

Indicate whether this procurement is a recurrent one and the Estimated timing for further notices to be published

VI.2)

Does the contract relate to a Project/Programme financed by Community Funds?

VI.3)

Additional Information

(WA Ref:19473)

VI.4)

Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures

Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.4.2)

Lodging of appeals
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals:

VI.4.3)

Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.5)

Dispatch date of this Notice

ANNEX A

Additional Addresses and Contact Points

I)

Address and contact points from which further information can be obtained

II)

Address and contact points from which specifications and additional documentation may be obtained

III)

Address and contact points to which Tenders/Requests to Participate must be sent

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

60TB of usable production storage and 60TB of usable storage for development and disaster recovery.

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

60TB of usable production storage and 60TB of usable storage for development and disaster recovery.

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

A means of backing up Cardiff Met’s data and virtual servers must be incorporated. Any physical servers will continue to utilize the current backup system.

The backup process mentioned above must be able to meet the RTO and RPO requirements of university’s services. These are 4 hours (RTO) and 1hour (RPO) for the university’s most critical systems.

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

A means of backing up Cardiff Met’s data and virtual servers must be incorporated. Any physical servers will continue to utilize the current backup system.

The backup process mentioned above must be able to meet the RTO and RPO requirements of university’s services. These are 4 hours (RTO) and 1hour (RPO) for the university’s most critical systems.

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

A large proportion of Cardiff Met’s servers are already virtualized however some additional servers are required to complete the virtualization of key systems.

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

A large proportion of Cardiff Met’s servers are already virtualized however some additional servers are required to complete the virtualization of key systems.

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

Data centre networking to provide connectivity for the above.

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

Data centre networking to provide connectivity for the above.

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots