LUV00676 - Research Data Management and publications repository System for the University.
Contract notice
Services
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)
University of Leicester
Procurement Unit, University Road
Contact point(s): https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofleicester/
For the attention of: Naomi Nortey
LE1 7RH Leicester
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1162522452
E-mail:
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: http://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/purchasing
Address of the buyer profile: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofleicester/aspx/home
Electronic access to information: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofleicester/aspx/home
Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofleicester/aspx/home
Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: The above mentioned contact point(s)
I.2)Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.3)Main activity
Education
I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no
Section II: Object of the contract
II.1)Description
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
LUV00676 - Research Data Management and publications repository System for the University.
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Services
Service category No 7: Computer and related services
Service category No 7: Computer and related services
NUTS code UKF
II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
The notice involves a public contract
II.1.4)Information on framework agreement
II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
The University of Leicester wishes to engage publications and research data management system suppliers and developers (from commercial providers, academic institutions, non-commercial organisations etc.) with previous experience within the Higher Education Sector, to develop a repository platform/service to enable our research community to comply with funder, publishers, and institutional requirements and drivers around open access and discoverability of research outputs (both publications and research data).
The solution should integrate components to ingest, store, publish, disseminate, preserve and report on final research outputs. The final product should include a repository with a user interface to be used by researchers to deposit, publish and discover both publications and data.
The solution offered must be SAAS/ Cloud based, as the University does not have the capacity or resources to support an on-prem solution.
A Competitive dialogue with be entered into with shortlisted suppliers, an indicative timeline of the tender process can be found within the published tender documentation.
The solution should integrate components to ingest, store, publish, disseminate, preserve and report on final research outputs. The final product should include a repository with a user interface to be used by researchers to deposit, publish and discover both publications and data.
The solution offered must be SAAS/ Cloud based, as the University does not have the capacity or resources to support an on-prem solution.
A Competitive dialogue with be entered into with shortlisted suppliers, an indicative timeline of the tender process can be found within the published tender documentation.
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
48613000, 72322000, 48000000
II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes
II.1.8)Lots
This contract is divided into lots: no
II.1.9)Information about variants
II.2)Quantity or scope of the contract
II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
II.2.2)Information about options
Options: yes
II.2.3)Information about renewals
This contract is subject to renewal: no
II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion
Duration in months: 120 (from the award of the contract)
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1)Conditions relating to the contract
III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:
Any supplier may be disqualified who: a) is bankrupt or is being wound up, whose affairs are being administered by the court, who has entered into an arrangement with creditors or who is in any analogous situation arising from a similar procedure under national laws and regulations;b) is the subject of proceedings for a declaration of bankruptcy, for an order for compulsory winding-up or administration by the court for an arrangement with creditors or is the subject of any other similar proceedings under national laws or regulations; c) has been convicted of an offence concerning his professional conduct by a judgement which has the force of res judicata; d) has been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means which the contracting authorities can justify; e) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or those of the country of the contracting authority; f) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or those of the country of the contracting authority; g) is guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the information required under the provisions of the Directive on the criteria for qualitative selection.
III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
Joint and several liability.
III.1.4)Other particular conditions
The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: yes
Description of particular conditions:
Description of particular conditions:
III.2)Conditions for participation
III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
III.2.2)Economic and financial ability
III.2.3)Technical capacity
III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts
III.3)Conditions specific to services contracts
III.3.1)Information about a particular profession
Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: no
III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service
Legal persons should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service: no
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
competitive dialogue
IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate
Envisaged minimum number 3
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: Selection criteria specified within tender documentation.
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: Selection criteria specified within tender documentation.
IV.1.3)Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue
Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated no
IV.2)Award criteria
IV.2.1)Award criteria
The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction
An electronic auction will be used: no
IV.3)Administrative information
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
LUV00676
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
Prior information notice
Notice number in the OJEU: 2016/S 179-321526 of 16.9.2016
IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document
Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 22.11.2016 - 11:59
Payable documents: no
Payable documents: no
IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
22.11.2016 - 12:00
IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
19.12.2016
IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up
English.
IV.3.7)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
IV.3.8)Conditions for opening of tenders
Date: 27.3.2017 - 12:00
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: no
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: no
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: no
VI.2)Information about European Union funds
The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
VI.3)Additional information
VI.4)Procedures for appeal
VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures
University of Leicester
United Kingdom
Body responsible for mediation procedures
See below
United Kingdom
VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: In accordance with Regulation 86 and 87 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, this contracting authority will incorporate a minimum of 10 calendar day standstill period starting from the day information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. The Public Contracts Regulations provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).
VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
University of Leicester
United Kingdom
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:
20.10.2016