United Kingdom-Hillingdon: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

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Title United Kingdom-Hillingdon: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
OJEU (High Value) 615666-2020
Type Invitation to tender
Date Published 2020-12-18
Deadline 2021-01-27 12:00:00
Nature Of Contract Service contract
Awarding Authority
Procedure Open procedure

Description :
CONTRACT NOTICE


Section I: Contracting authority

I.1) Name and addresses:
Official name: London Borough of Hillingdon
Postal address: London
Town: Hillingdon
Country: UK
Contact person: Jo Allen
E-mail: jallen4@hillingdon.gov.uk
NUTS code: UKI7
Main address: www.hillingdon.gov.uk

Communication
I.3) Procurement documents
(URL):www.capitalesourcing.com

Additional Information
I.3.4) Additional information can be obtained from:
I.3.6)Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via:
www.capitalesourcing.com
I.3.8) to the above mentioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority: REGIONAL AUTHORITY

Main Activity
I.5.1) Main Activity: GENERAL PUBLIC SERVICES

Section II: Object of Contract


Title:
5,000,000


II.1.4) Short description
The London Borough of Hillingdon are migrating its users from G-Suite to Office 365 (Exchange Online, E3) alongside an end-user-device refresh to windows 10. Core business applications that were previously hosted at the Civic Centre have moved or will move to Microsoft Azure.

The contract/s in the following tender is/are for the support, maintenance and transformation of:

The tender will be conducted in 5 (five) lots:

Lot 1: The Council’s main IP Telephony and Contact Centre functionality;

Lot 2: Local Area Network including Wireless LAN;

Lot 3: Wide Area Network (WAN);

Lot 4: Provision and support of internet security/proxy service;

Lot 5: All in one (Lots 1 to 4).

II.01) Estimated value excluding VAT:
GBP 5000000

Information about lots
II.1.6) This contract is divided into lots: yes


II.1.6.7) The contracting authority reserves the right to award concessions combining the following lots or groups of lots -
Lot 1: The Council’s main IP Telephony and Contact Centre functionality;

Lot 2: Local Area Network including Wireless LAN;

Lot 3: Wide Area Network (WAN);

Lot 4: Provision and Support of Internet Security/Proxy Service;

Lot 5: All in one (Lots 1 to 4).


Description: Item/Lot 1
II.2.1) Lot No: Lot 1 - The Council’s main IP Telephony and Contact Centre functionality.
NUTS code: UKI74
II.1.4) Short description
The IP telephony system has five call managers in total and these are spread across three different communications rooms, based on Cisco’s UCS platform and VMWare for subsidiary systems.

II.2.5) Award criteria:

II.02.07) Duration in months 72
II.2.7.5) This contract is subject to renewal: yes
II.2.7.6) Description of renewals:
Contract is for a 3 + 2 + 1 years.

II.2.10) Variants will be accepted: yes II.2.10.1) Variants will be accepted: yes

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds): no

Description: Item/Lot 2
II.2.1) Lot No: Lot 2: Local Area Network including Wifi Provision
NUTS code: UKI74
II.1.4) Short description
LBH require:

Transition from legacy equipment for Civic Centre and Remote sites to a fully supported environment.

Maintain all existing during transition.

Utilise existing supported devices where appropriate.

II.2.5) Award criteria:

II.02.07) Duration in months 72
II.2.7.5) This contract is subject to renewal: yes
II.2.7.6) Description of renewals:
Contract term 3 + 2 + 1.

II.2.10) Variants will be accepted: yes II.2.10.1) Variants will be accepted: yes

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds): no

Description: Item/Lot 3
II.2.1) Lot No: Lot 3: Wide Area Network (WAN)
NUTS code: UKI74
II.1.4) Short description
LBH provides network connections for 70 sites located throughout the Borough.

All connectivity is routed to or via the Civic Centre.

A number of services are used:

— Virgin Media Ethernet Extension over fibre;

— Point-to-Point fibre;

— Virgin Media IPVPN;

— ADSL Broadband.

II.2.5) Award criteria:

II.02.07) Duration in months 72
II.2.7.5) This contract is subject to renewal: yes
II.2.7.6) Description of renewals:
Contact term 3 + 2 + 1.

II.2.10) Variants will be accepted: yes II.2.10.1) Variants will be accepted: yes

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds): no

Description: Item/Lot 4
II.2.1) Lot No: Lot 4: Internet Security / Proxy Services
NUTS code: UKI74
II.1.4) Short description
The London Borough of Hillingdon currently utilisies a number of locally hosted load-balanced Sophos web proxy appliances to control web browsing and security for both client and server corporate devices. Public Internet access is currently filtered by a number of locally hosted Lightspeed Rocket appliances.

Following the move to reduce reliance on the Civic centre by making use of cloud services such as Azure and Office 365, the on-premise solution now represents a reliance on the Civic Centre for internet security, and has presented a number of issues integrating with the new infrastructure.

Modern Cloud Security products offer the ability to proxy traffic without the need to backhaul it through the corporate network and use local breakouts for Office 365, also allowing always-on protection for mobile and home users.

II.2.5) Award criteria:

II.02.07) Duration in months 72
II.2.7.5) This contract is subject to renewal: yes
II.2.7.6) Description of renewals:
Contract 3 + 2 + 1.

II.2.10) Variants will be accepted: yes II.2.10.1) Variants will be accepted: yes

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds): no

Description: Item/Lot 5
II.2.1) Lot No: Lot 5: All in one of Lot 1 + Lot 2 + Lot 3 + Lot 4
NUTS code: UKI74
II.1.4) Short description
Lot 5 enables the awarding of combinations of contracts for lots 1, 2, 3 and 4 to none, one or more suppliers as deemed appropriate by the Council.

II.2.5) Award criteria:

II.02.07) Duration in months 72
II.2.7.5) This contract is subject to renewal: yes
II.2.7.6) Description of renewals:
Contract term 3 + 2 + 1.

II.2.10) Variants will be accepted: yes II.2.10.1) Variants will be accepted: yes

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds): no

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
III.1.2.2) Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
III.1.3.1.2) Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Open

IV.2.1) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
IV.2.2) Date 2021-01-27
IV.2.2) Local time 12:00


IV.2.6) Duration in months (from the date stated for receipt of tender): 6
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
IV.2.7) Date 2021-01-27
IV.2.7) Local time 13:00

Section V: Complementary information


VI.2.1) Electonic ordering will be used
VI.2.2) Electronic invoicing will be accepted
VI.2.3) Electronic payment will be used

Additional Information:

Full tender documents are available, free of charge, via www.capitalesourcing.com


Review body:
Official name: London Borough of Hillingdon
Postal address: 2E/06 Civic Centre, High Street
Town: Uxbridge
Postal code: UB8 1UW
Country: UK

Body responsible for mediation procedures
Official name: High Court of England and Wales Postal
Postal address: Royal Courts of Justice, Strand
Town: London
Postal code: WC1A 2LL
Country: UK

Section VI

Date of dispatch of this notice : 2020-12-15

CPV Codes
72000000; IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support;

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