CONTRACT AWARD 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

Please see Section 5.2 of the Project Information Memorandum

Section II: Object of the Contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

Public Sector Broadband Aggregation for Wales

II.1.2(a))

Type of works contract

II.1.2(b))

Type of supplies contract

II.1.2(c))

Type of service contract

II.1.2)

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

Wales

II.1.3)

This notice involves a framework agreement

II.1.4)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

Expressions of interest are sought for commercial partner/s to provide a managed wide-area network and other managed IP services, referred to as PSBA, for public sector organisations in Wales and the immediate proximity.

The Contracting Authority is acting on behalf of a range of stakeholders as defined in Section 11.1.6 below. Not all public sector stakeholders commit to place an order for any or all services through the procurement process.

The provider will, inter alia:

- provide reliable managed wide area networking and associated services to public sector premises and potentially also, if required, to organisations affiliated to the public sector such as, but not limited to: dentists, charitable organisations, private sector partners, opticians or pharmacies and other organisations involved in public sector service delivery;

- sustainably maintain best value as the telecoms market, technology and requirements develop over the life of the contract either by sub-letting short term contracts to a number of network providers or through an alternative equivalent arrangement;

- maintain and implement operational procedures and standards to fulfil and satisfy the demands of the public sector and in response to public sector policy demands, including adherence to relevant UK Government PSN standards;

- evaluate and trial new networking technology for the life of the contract and maintain services in line with evolving business needs and technical opportunities, exploiting relevant opportunities to maximise value from the network infrastructure;

- provide technical, commercial, migration, training, support and other associated services;

- work alongside staff from the public sector who will provide specialist business and procedural expertise.

The Contracting Authority is seeking expressions of interest from integrators with a track record in providing integrated network solutions as well as telecommunications providers. Telecommunications providers will need to demonstrate interworking with other telecommunications providers to deliver a blended, best value, solution to all locations.

Further detail is included in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire which is available from bravosolutions etendring portal until the date specified in Section IV.3.4.

The Welsh Government, on behalf of the Welsh Ministers, will be conducting this procurement exercise through the etenderwales portal https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk Tender documents and other information must be downloaded from and returned through this portal. If you require any further assistance the BravoSolution helpdesk is available on:

Email: help@bravosolution.co.uk Phone: 0800 368 4850/ Fax: 020 7060 0480

Full information in accessing the portal is found in Section VI.3.

II.1.5)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.1.6)

Contract covered by the government procurement agreement (GPA)

II.2)

Total final value of the contract(s)

II.2.1)

Total final value of the contract(s)

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Type of procedure

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

IV.2)

Award criteria

IV.2.1)

Award criteria

IV.2.2)

An electronic auction has been used

IV.3)

Administrative information

IV.3.1)

File reference number attributed by the contracting authority

C005 2013 14

IV.3.2)

Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Other previous publications

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No:

V.1)

Date of contract award:

V.2)

Numbers of offers received:

V.3)

Name and address of economic operator to whom the contract has been awarded

V.4)

Information on value of contract

V.5)

The contract is likely to be subcontracted

Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be subcontracted

Section VI: Complementary Information

VI.1)

Contract related to a project and/or programme financed by community funds?

VI.2)

Additional Information

(WA Ref:19671)

VI.3)

Procedures for appeal

VI.3.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures

Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.3.2)

Lodging of appeals

VI.3.3)

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

VI.4)

Dispatch date of this Notice