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

Execution		Design and execution
Execution, by whatever means

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 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)

It is expected that the current Superfast Cymru contract with BT will not provide Superfast Broadband services to 100% of premises in Wales by 30th June 2016 due to combinations of the following BT-reported issues in some locations:

a)Legacy network architecture, such as “exchange-only lines” preventing standard product deployment

b)Relatively low forecast revenue density for standard product development, such as business parks where investment may be more involved than in residential areas

c)Relatively high-cost of deploying non-standard products, some of which may exceed cost per premise expectations.

The Welsh Government accepts these issues are real and to address the resulting gaps in service provision. To this end, the Welsh Government has decided to establish a project to procure a service/s that:

a)Provides Superfast Broadband services to these areas (as identified by the latest Open Market Review)

b)Meets the necessary and sufficient requirements for compliance with the EC State Aid Decision as interpreted by latest BDUK Guidance

c)May use additional grant aid funding over and above that secured for Superfast Cymru

d)Promotes maximum possible competition from across the market and the various technical solutions.

This procurement will cover infill requirements for business and industrial parks (not residential) only and will be divided into 2 by geography (South Wales and North Wales).

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.

NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. Please note this is a separate website and if you are not already registered, registration will be required.

To access eTenderwales, express your interest in this notice and access the tender documentation please visit https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.shtml and search for PQQ/ITT code 44567 within the appropriate area.

NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at http://www.sell2wales.gov.uk/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=22430

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

II.3)

Duration of the contract or limit for completion

Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial and Technical Information

III.1)

Conditions Relating to the Contract

III.1.1)

Deposits and guarantees required

As set out in the invitation to tender documents.

The awarding authority reserves the right to request parent company and/or other guarantees of performance and financial liability

III.1.2)

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

As set out in the invitation to tender documents. Payment terms will be indicated in the contract documents. Tenders to be priced in Sterling. Payment to be made in Sterling only.

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

None specified, save that in the case of a partnership or consortium or other group of more than one legal entity bidding together, the contract will be with either (1) all bidders on the basis of joint and several liability, or (2) with one or more of the parties acting as 'prime contractor' (and where more than one, on a joint and several liability basis). Where the contract is with a special purpose company with separate legal personality established for the project, the contracting authority will require sufficient guarantees to be given by participants in that company or their parents.

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

Please see information contained in the technical envelope of the etender at www.etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk. The references for this contract are: Project_28941 and ITT_44567

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

C298/2014/2015

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

E-Tender information:

— Go to https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk

— The first person from your Organisation to use the Platform will be required to register on behalf of theOrganisation.

— Registration involves accepting a User Agreement, and providing basic information about your Organisationand about the User performing the Registration.

— The User who performs the Registration becomes the Super User for the Organisation.

— On registering on the Platform the Super User will select a Username and will receive a password.

— The Password will be sent by e-mail to the email address that was specified in the User Details section of theRegistration page.

— In order to log-in to the Platform please enter your Username and Password.

— Note: If you forget your Password then visit the homepage and click “Forgot your password?”

— Registration should only be performed once for each Organisation.

— If you think that someone in your Organisation may have already registered on this Platform then you mustnot register again.

— Please contact the person who Registered (i.e. the Super User) in order to arrange access to the Platform.

— Contact the Helpdesk immediately if you are unable to contact the Super User (for example if they have leftyour Organisation).

— Note: If your Organisation is already registered on the Platform then you must not make any additionalregistration. Please contact the Helpdesk to gain access to the Platform.

— Tenders must be uploaded to the BravoSolution portal by 12 noon.

How to find thE ITT:

— Once logged in you must click on ‘ITTs Open to all Suppliers'

— The etender references for this contract are: Project_28941 and ITT_44567. Click on the title to accesssummary details of the contract. If you are still interested in expressing an interest, click the ‘Express an Interestbutton'. This will move the ITT from the ‘Open to all Suppliers' area to the ‘My PQQ's' on the home page.

— You will then see the full details of the ITT in the qualification, technical and commercial envelopes along withany relevant documents in the ‘Attachments' area.

— Should you have any questions on the ITT, please use the ‘Messages' area to contact the buyer directly.

(WA Ref:Superfast Cymru Infill Project).

Under the terms of this contract the successful supplier(s) will be required to deliver Community Benefits in support of the authority's economic and social objectives. Accordingly, contract performance conditions may relate in particular to social and environmental considerations. The Community Benefits included in this contract are:

The Welsh Government is committed to contributing to the social, economic and environmental well-being of the wider community. Accordingly, the successful supplier will be expected to consider opportunities to recruit and train apprentices and long term economically inactive persons as part of their workforce to deliver this project and pursue initiatives to ensure the potential benefits to the community are realised by the project.

The Welsh Government will require any direct or indirect community benefit associated with the project to be recorded.

(WA Ref:22430)

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 B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

Please refer to tender documentation

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

Please refer to tender documentation

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

Please refer to tender documents

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

Please refer to tender documents

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots