Telecommunications services (№5107893)

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1. Section I
   1. Name and addresses
      Highways England
      Lateral, 8 City Walk
      Leeds
      LS11 9AT
      United Kingdom
      E-mail: richard.o"[email protected]
      
   2. Type of the contracting authority:
      National or federal agency/office
      
   3. Main activity:
      General public services
      
2. Section II
   1. Scope of the procurement:
      1. Title:
         

         National Roads Telecommunications Service 2 (NRTS 2)

         
         
      2. Main CPV code:
         64200000, 32000000, 45000000, 48000000, 72000000
         
      3. Type of contract:
         Services
         
      4. Short description:
         

         As per the Contract Notice, this contract is for the provision, operation, and maintenance of telecommunications services between the roadside and various central locations for Highways England, the body responsible for England"s motorway and trunk road network.

         Whilst the authority for National Roads Telecommunications Service (NRTS2) project is Highways England Company Limited (and any future successor to this organisation), the Secretary of State for Transport will be a named beneficiary of the NRTS2 contract as some of the assets/contracts to which the NRTS2 services relate are in the name of the Secretary of State (e.g. those relating to the M6 toll motorway and the Severn River Crossing).

         The scope of the NRTS2 contract includes the maintenance, deployment and further development of the NRTS services which currently provide services to approximately 30,000 locations on 3,500km of motorways and trunk roads, which provide connectivity between control centers and roadside devices.

         
         
      5. Information about lots:
         This contract is divided into lots: no
      6. Total value of the procurement:
         Value excluding VAT: 475 552 629.00 GBP
   2. Description
      1. Title:
         
      2. Additional CPV code(s):
         32000000, 45000000, 48000000, 72000000
         
      3. Place of performance:
         Main site or place of performance:

         National - England"s Strategic Road Network and Control Rooms.

         
         
      4. Description of the procurement:
         

         A broad indication of the breakdown of the value of the contract by type of work (indicative only) is:

         — management, operations, and field maintenance workforce - 25 to 45 %,

         — supply, design, and installation of equipment and systems - 45 to 65 %,

         — others (cable installation, traffic management, and civil engineering works) - up to 10 %.

         
         
      5. Award criteria:
         Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 70
         Quality criterion - Name: Price / Weighting: 30
         Price - Weighting: 30
         
      6. Information about options:
         Options: no
      7. Information about European Union funds:
         The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
      8. Additional information:
         

         The value of the contract is the maximum value that the contract has been awarded for and includes the inital term and any possible extensions.

         
         
3. Section IV
   1. Description:
      1. Type of procedure:
         Competitive dialogue
      2. Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system:
         
      3. Information about electronic auction:
         
      4. Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
         The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: yes
   2. Administrative information:
      1. Previous publication concerning this procedure:
         Notice number in the OJ S: 2016/S 060-101548
         
      2. Information about termination of dynamic purchasing system:
         
      3. Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice:
         The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice
4. Section V
   2. Award of contract
      1. Date of conclusion of the contract: 2017-12-18
         
      2. Information about tenders:
         Number of tenders received: 3
         Number of tenders received by electronic means: 3
         The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: no
      3. Name and address of the contractor:
         telent Technology Services Limited
         Point 3, Haywood Road
         Warwick
         CV34 5AH
         United Kingdom
         The contractor is an SME: no
      4. Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT):
         
         Total value of the contract/lot: 475 552 629.00 GBP
         
      5. Information about subcontracting:
         
         
5. Section VI
   1. Additional information
      

      The value of the contract is the maximum value that the contract has been awarded for and includes the inital term and any possible extensions.

      
      
   2. Procedures for review
      1. Review body
         Highways England
         Lateral, 8 City Walk
         Leeds
         LS11 9AT
         United Kingdom
         
      2. Body responsible for mediation procedures
         
         
      3. Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
         

         Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging reviews: Highways England will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. Applicants who are unsuccessful shall be informed by Highways England as soon as possible after the decision has been made as to the reasons why the Applicant was unsuccessful.

         If a review regarding the award of the contract has not been successfully resolved, The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No. 102) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales, and Northern Ireland).

         Any such action must generally be brought within 30 days of the date on which the claimant became aware of a breach of the rules or ought to have done so. Where a contract has not been entered into, the Court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order the authority to amend any document and may award damages. If the contract has been entered into the Court may, depending on the circumstances, award damages, make a declaration of ineffectiveness, order the Authority to pay a fine, and/or order that the duration of the contract is shortened.

         The purpose of the standstill period referred to above is to allow the parties to apply to the Courts to set aside the award decision before the contract is entered into.

         
         
         
   3. Date of dispatch of this notice
      2017-12-22