Notice Information
Notice Title
IT Infrastructure Support and Maintenance Service
Notice Description
Forest Research are seeking proposals for the services described in the attached document titled CR2023/24/020_Infrastructure_Support_and_Maintenance_Service_Procurement_Specification. Your proposal should include the following: A proposal to address each of the requirements in the document, a maximum of 15 pages in length. A presentation to explain how your service is the 'best fit' for this requirement, how you will deliver the service and how you will work with FR. A minimum of two case studies and references from other business, ideally similar in nature and/or scale to this requirement. A commercial spreadsheet to include (a) the costs for each of the service elements (including optional, clearly separated) and (b) a rate card for professional services. A service credit/penalty regime. Evidence of Cyber Essentials certification. The weightings below apply to this requirement and ensure the relative importance of each section is correctly reflected in the overall scores applied. 60% - non price criteria - relevance and appropriateness of the solution to our requirements and 'fit' of the bidders way of working and delivery, against FR's own objectives and operational needs. 40% price criteria. The price score and the non-price score will be combined to give the overall tender score for each tender. Additional information: Please express your interest in this tender in order to allow us to notify you of any questions we may receive and the answers given. Expressions of interest and/or any questions regarding this ITT should be made by email to lucy.penny@forestresearch.gov.uk no later than 14.00hrs on Friday 13 October 2023. All bidder's who confirm their interest by the above deadline will receive a Non-Disclosure Agreement ("NDA"), which they are to sign and return. The signing of this NDA will allow bidders to receive further technical information. If you do not express your interest by this date you will not receive the information required to complete the tender.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-442ee8c6-86a2-42a3-aa87-f8833af188e2
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e82588a8-3b4c-4190-b866-c9e00a3d09ba
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Competitive quotation (below threshold)
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
-
- CPV Codes
72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £60,000 Under £100K
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £85,000 Under £100K
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 11 Apr 20241 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 16 Nov 2023Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 9 Apr 20241 years ago
- Contract Period
- 30 Apr 2024 - 30 Apr 2025 6-12 months
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- FORESTRY COMMISSION
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BRISTOL
- Postcode
- BS16 1EJ
- Post Town
- Bristol
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLK South West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLK5 West of England
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLK52 Bath & North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Electoral Ward
- Stoke Park & Cheswick
- Westminster Constituency
- Filton and Bradley Stoke
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e82588a8-3b4c-4190-b866-c9e00a3d09ba
11th April 2024 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2613be91-d570-4a5f-a2cf-3b63f858d638
25th October 2023 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/92e716d1-5bbd-4c25-9f54-9707391cbb9a
Specification of required services. -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/43a7f667-0da1-4c92-9a99-a2aa1dfeaa95
Terms and Conditions of Contract.
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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