Contract notice

The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS")

Gyle Square (NSS Head Office), 1 South Gyle Crescent

Edinburgh

EH12 9EB

UK

Contact person: Billy Hislop

Telephone: +44 7971460577

E-mail: [email protected]

NUTS: UKM

Internet address(es)

Main address: http://www.nss.nhs.scot/browse/procurement-and-logistics

Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA11883

II.1.1) Title

SWAN Re-procurement

Reference number: NP502423

II.1.2) Main CPV code

72000000

II.1.3) Type of contract

Services

II.1.4) Short description

The Scottish Wide-Area network (SWAN) Replacement Procurement is an initiative supported by over 90 public sector organisations within Scotland that procure services under the existing SWAN framework agreement. There are now around 6,020 sites connected to the single broadband network. The framework now needs to be replaced before March 2023 to ensure continuity of networking services.

II.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: 350 000 000.00 GBP

II.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

III.1.2) Economic and financial standing

List and brief description of selection criteria:

SPD(S) Q.4B.1.1: Bidders are required to provide statement of accounts or extracts relating to their business for the previous 3 years.

Where any are risks identified by NSS as part of the due diligence carried out on the above information NSS may require bidders to provide additional information to demonstrate financial standing. Additional information can include but not be limited to:

- parent company accounts (if applicable)

- deeds of guarantee

- bankers statements and references

- accountants’ references

- management accounts

- financial projections, including cash flow forecasts

- details and evidence of previous contracts, including contract values

- capital availability.

Guarantees may be required from parent companies and from banks.

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Bidders who cannot provide suitable evidence of a secure financial standing may be excluded from the procurement.

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Q.4B.5.1 and Q.4B.5.2: It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commence of any

subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below:

Employers (compulsory) liability insurance: 5 000 000 GBP;

Public liability insurance: 10 000 000 GBP;

Professional indemnity insurance: 5 000 000 GBP;

Product liability insurance: 10 million GBP;

Product liability insurance in not less than the sum of GBP 1 million in respect of any one incident.

Minimum level(s) of standards required:

The turnover of the economic operator in respect of its most recent two full financial years must have been equal to or more than GBP 25 000 000 per annum.

Turnover in the business area covered by the contract GBP 25 000 000 per annum.

SPD(S) 4B.5

III.1.3) Technical and professional ability

List and brief description of selection criteria:

Bidders must demonstrate that they have a sufficient and appropriate general and relevant experience to perform the services and the extent of experience necessary to deliver the services all as described in this Contract Notice and additional documents.

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Refer to section 4C of the SPD(S) and table 2 in the SWAN - SPD scoring instructions for selection criteria and completion instructions

IV.1.1) Type of procedure

Competitive procedure with negotiation

IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system

The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement with a single operator.

Justification for any framework agreement duration exceeding 4 years: Call offs to be made over a 6 year period to allow Scottish Public Sector Organisations to use the framework at the end of any current Wide Area Network contract they may have. This will allow as many Public Sector organisations as possible to aggregate their demand for Wide Area Network services thereby helping to achieve the economic and strategic benefits the project is designed to deliver.

IV.1.4) Information about reduction of the number of solutions or tenders during negotiation or dialogue

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

IV.1.5) Information about negotiation

The contracting authority reserves the right to award the contract on the basis of the initial tenders without conducting negotiations

IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date: 22/10/2021

Local time: 12:00

IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

Date: 22/11/2021

IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

EN

VI.4.1) Review body

VI.4.3) Review procedure

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:

Economic operators should approach the contracting authority in the first instance. However, the only formal remedy is to apply to the courts:

An economic operator that suffers, or is at risk of suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts

(Scotland) Regulations 2015 or the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014, may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session.