CONTRACT NOTICE – OFFICIAL JOURNAL
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Section I: Contracting Authority
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I.1)
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Name, Address and Contact Point(s)
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University of Wolverhampton |
MX Building, Camp Street |
Wolverhampton |
WV1 1AD |
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Bains Sharn |
+44 1902321521 |
sharn.bains@wlv.ac.uk |
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http://www.wlv.ac.uk/business-services/university-procurement/
http://www.wlv.bravosolution.co.uk
http://www.wlv.bravosolution.co.uk
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I.2)
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Type of contracting Authority and Main Activity or Activities
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Section II: Object of the Contract
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II.1)
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Description
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II.1.1)
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Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authorityVirtual Learning Environment. |
II.1.2(a))
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Type of works contract
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Type of supplies contract
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Type of service contract7 |
II.1.2)
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Main site or location of works, place of delivery or performance
University of Wolverhampton.
UKG |
II.1.3)
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This notice involves
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II.1.4)
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Information on framework agreement (if applicable)
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Number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged
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Duration of the framework agreement
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Justification for a framework agreement the duration of which exceeds four years
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Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement
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Frequency and value of the contracts to be awarded |
II.1.5)
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Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
The Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) is the University's primary means of making learning and teaching materials, resources and associated tools available to students. The VLE provides an integrated learning and teaching environment which can enhance engagement with the University's learning, teaching and assessment processes.
In 2013, the University of Wolverhampton undertook a periodic review of its VLE and concluded that a change of VLE was required. In March 2015, the Corporate Management Team (CMT) approved a project to implement a new VLE as part of an Information and Communications Technology (ICT) transformation programme known as Digital Campus.
The University is now approaching the market to determine available solutions and services; functionality to meet its user requirements for replacing its VLE.
Actively supported and directly assisted by the successful VLE supplier, the University will:
— Establish a new VLE for the University of Wolverhampton by:
1. Making available the new VLE software by Spring 2016 to enable familiarisation and early staff development activities to commence;
2. Implementing the new VLE software with appropriate custom configuration and functional adjustment to be ready for use by a small group of early adopters during Spring/Summer 2016;
3. Appropriately migrating and going live with early adopters delivering whole courses (to be selected) to their students from September 2016;
4. Progressively migrating all other courses/module, materials and users to the new VLE throughout the academic year from September 2016 to September 2017;
5. Decommissioning our old VLE following completion of all migration activities.
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II.1.6)
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Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
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48190000 |
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II.1.7)
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Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) |
II.1.8)
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Division into lots No |
II.1.9)
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Will variants be accepted
No |
II.2)
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Quantity or Scope of the Contract
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II.2.1)
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Total quantity or scopeThe University of Wolverhampton's new VLE must:
— Provide the required tool sets and functionality to enhance the learning and teaching experience across the University's curriculum;
— Provide tools to enable further development of collaborative, engaging and interactive learning and teaching activities and opportunities;
— Provide demonstrable capability to integrate with other systems, e.g. administrative, student management systems, email, learning, library, research and social media systems, etc.
— The preference is to provide a VLE platform, either managed hosting or Software as a Service solution. It should be a ‘Service’ that is adaptable, safe, secure and can evolve within an agile ICT environment that will be transforming over the next 5 years through a structured programme of work (The Digital Campus — Schedule 1 provides further detail on this programme);
— Provide a platform that enables the University to remain responsive to, and be in step with, sector and global technology trends;
— Enable access to, by enrolment and non-enrolment means, course/module-based learning materials and/or other types of structured content;
— Enable access to content across the University's provision, both on campus and at a distance, through its international/transnational education (TNE) and collaborative activities;
— Have good usability, clearly demonstrated by positive experience of the solution's users in both HE and other sectors;
— Be accessible, enabling the University to meet its inclusion principles and legislative obligations;
— Enable staff and students to engage with content on corporate and personal devices, and with the use of assistive technology as appropriate to their needs;
— Be ‘Fit for Purpose’ by being reliable, scalable and able to integrate seamlessly with relevant University systems (present and future), and enabling compliance with relevant standards and legislative responsibilities;
— Be financially sustainable, offering value for money, affordability, scalability, flexibility and security.
Please see Schedule 1 for full details of the specification. |
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1 900 0001 960 000 GBP |
II.2.2)
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Options |
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Provisional timetable for recourse to these options
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Number of possible renewals1 |
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In the case of renewable supplies or service contracts, estimated time frame for subsequent contracts36 |
II.3)
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Duration of the contract or limit for completion60 |
Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial and Technical Information
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III.2)
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Conditions for Participation
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III.2.1)
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Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
Suppliers Instructions:
How to Express Interest in this Tender:
1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once):
— Browse to the eSourcing Portal: https://wlv.bravosolution.co.uk and click the link to ‘Register’;
— Accept the terms and conditions and click ‘Continue’;
— Enter your correct business and user details;
— Note the username you chose and click ‘Save’ when complete;
— You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure).
2. Express an Interest in the Tender:
— Login to the portal with the username/password;
— Click the ‘PQQs/ITTs Open To All Suppliers’ link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires or Invitations to Tender open to any registered supplier);
— Click on the relevant PQQ/ITT to access the content;
— Click the ‘Express Interest’ button at the top of the page;
— This will move the PQQ/ITT into your ‘My PQQs/My ITTs’ page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only);
— You can now access any attachments by clicking ‘Buyer Attachments’ in the ‘PQQ/ITT Details’ box.
3. Responding to the Tender:
— Click ‘My Response’ under ‘PQQ/ITT Details’, you can choose to ‘Create Response’ or to ‘Decline to Respond’ (please give a reason, if declining);
— You can now use the ‘Messages’ function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification;
— Note the deadline for completion, then follow the on-screen instructions to complete the PQQ/ITT;
— There may be a mixture of online and offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available);
— You must then submit your reply using the ‘Submit Response’ button at the top of the page.
If you require any further assistance, please consult the online help or contact the eTendering help desk.
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III.2.2)
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Economic and financial capacity
Please see the full ITT documentation.
Please see the full ITT documentation.
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III.2.3)
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Technical capacity
Please see the full ITT documentation.
Please see the full ITT documentation.
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III.2.4)
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Reserved contracts
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Section IV: Procedure
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IV.1)
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Type of Procedure
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Justification for the choice of accelerated procedure
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IV.1.1)
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Have candidates already been selected? No |
IV.1.2)
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Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate |
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Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates
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IV.1.3)
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Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue
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IV.2)
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Award Criteria
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No
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Yes
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No
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IV.2.2)
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An electronic auction will be used No
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IV.3 Administrative Information
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IV.3.1)
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Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority
15-21
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IV.3.2)
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Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
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Other previous publications
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IV.3.3)
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Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents 14-12-2015
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IV.3.4)
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Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate 14-12-2015 |
IV.3.5)
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Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
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IV.3.6)
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Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up
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IV.3.7)
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Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender 14-12-2015 |
IV.3.8)
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Conditions for opening tenders
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14-12-2015
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Section VI: Other Information
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VI.1)
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Indicate whether this procurement is a recurrent one and the Estimated timing for further notices to be published 5-7 years. |
VI.2)
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Does the contract relate to a Project/Programme financed by Community Funds? No
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VI.3)
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Additional Information
The Contracting Authority intends to use an eTendering system in this procurement exercise and reserves the right to use a reverse auction.
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VI.4)
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Procedures for appeal
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VI.4.1)
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Body responsible for appeal procedures
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Body responsible for mediation procedures
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VI.4.2)
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Lodging of appeals
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VI.4.3)
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Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
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VI.5)
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Dispatch date of this Notice 02-11-2015 |