Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)Delivery of Advanced Network Technology to Europe Limited
City House, 126-130 Hills Road
For the attention of: Procurement Manager
CB2 1PQ Cambridge
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1223371300
E-mail:
Fax: +44 1223371371
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.dante.net
I.2)Type of the contracting authorityOther: UK Limited Company
I.3)Main activityOther: Research & Education Networks
I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authoritiesThe 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
Global IP Transit Services.
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performanceServices
Service category No 5: Telecommunications services
NUTS code
II.1.3)Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
II.1.4)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
DANTE required services to exchange IP traffic between National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) and the Internet. The current contracts expire mid 2014.
II.1.5)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV) II.1.6)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes
II.2)Total final value of contract(s)
II.2.1)Total final value of contract(s)
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedurecompetitive dialogue
IV.2)Award criteria
IV.2.1)Award criteriaThe most economically advantageous tender in terms of
1. Commercial - Total Cost of Onwerhsip over the life of the Contract. Weighting 55
2. Technical aspects of the Outline Solution. Weighting 30
3. Quality aspects of the Outline Solution. Weighting 10
4. Contractual. Weighting 5
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auctionAn electronic auction has been used: no
IV.3)Administrative information
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract Section V: Award of contract
V.1)Date of contract award decision:7.4.2014
V.2)Information about offersNumber of offers received: 7
Number of offers received by electronic means: 7
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been takenCogent Communications France SAS
77 boulevard de la République
92250 L Garenne-Colombes
FRANCE
E-mail:
Telephone: +33 149031800
Internet address: www.cogentco.com
Fax: +33 149031803
V.4)Information on value of contract
V.5)Information about subcontractingThe contract is likely to be sub-contracted: no
V.1)Date of contract award decision:7.4.2014
V.2)Information about offersNumber of offers received: 10
Number of offers received by electronic means: 10
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been takenLevel 3 Communications Limited
7th Floor, 10 Fleet Place
EC4M 7RB London
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail:
Telephone: +44 8450001000
Internet address: www.level3.com
Fax: +44 2079542385
V.4)Information on value of contract
V.5)Information about subcontractingThe contract is likely to be sub-contracted: no
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about European Union fundsThe contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
VI.2)Additional information:
VI.3)Procedures for appeal
VI.3.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures
VI.3.2)Lodging of appealsPrecise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: DANTE incorporated a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract was communicated to tenderers. That notification provided full information on the award decision. The standstill period, was for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provided time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract was entered into.
The Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 No 5) 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.3.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
VI.4)Date of dispatch of this notice:17.7.2014