Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)Gatwick Airport Limited
8th Floor Destinations Place, West Sussex
For the attention of: Joe Hunter
RH6 0NP Gatwick Airport
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 8456050774
E-mail:
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.gatwickairport.com
Electronic access to information: https://www.delta-esourcing.com
Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate: https://www.delta-esourcing.com
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 authorityOther: Civil aviation
I.3)Main activityEducation
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 by the contracting authority:Gatwick airport IT & telecoms services.
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performanceServices
Service category No 7: Computer and related services
NUTS code UKJ24
II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)The notice involves the establishment of a framework agreement
II.1.4)Information on framework agreementFramework agreement with several operators
maximum number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged: 10
Duration of the framework agreement
Duration in years: 4
Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 24 000 000 and 73 000 000 GBP
II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)Computer-related management services. Computer-related services. Computer-related professional services. Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment. Transmission apparatus for radiotelephony, radiotelegraphy, radio broadcasting and television. Television transmission apparatus without reception apparatus. Closed-circuit television apparatus. Closed-circuit television cameras. Radio telephones. Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages. Software package and information systems. Industry specific software package. Flight control software package. Air traffic control software package. Aviation ground support and test software package. Aviation ground support software package. Aviation test software package. Maintenance and repair of information technology equipment. Maintenance of information technology equipment. Information technology services. Information technology requirements review services. Maintenance of information technology software. Repair of information technology software. Computer equipment and supplies. Networks. Telecommunications equipment and supplies. Networking, Internet and intranet software package. Document creation, drawing, imaging, scheduling and productivity software package. Business transaction and personal business software package. Communication and multimedia software package. Database and operating software package. Software package utilities. Information systems and servers. Miscellaneous software package and computer systems. Maintenance and repair of computer equipment. Repair and maintenance services of personal computers. Maintenance services of telecommunications equipment. Network management software services. This Framework will be for one or more contracts covering: service desk, service management, applications management, telecoms services, end user computing, network management, infrastructure management and hosting, web services, cabling, ERP services and product supply.
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)72510000, 72500000, 72590000, 32000000, 32200000, 32220000, 32231000, 32234000, 32236000, 30000000, 48000000, 48100000, 48120000, 48121000, 48130000, 48131000, 48132000, 50312600, 50312610, 72222300, 72223000, 72267100, 72267200, 30200000, 32400000, 32500000, 48200000, 48300000, 48400000, 48500000, 48600000, 48700000, 48800000, 48900000, 50312000, 50320000, 50330000, 72511000
II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): no
II.1.8)LotsThis contract is divided into lots: yes
Tenders may be submitted for one or more lots
II.1.9)Information about variantsVariants will be accepted: yes
II.2)Quantity or scope of the contract
II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:Gatwick Airport Limited is seeking suppliers with proven experience and capability to supply a wide range of IT operational services. The scope will be split into the following lots:
Service desk.
Service management.
Applications management.
Telecoms services.
End user computing.
Network management.
Infrastructure management and hosting.
Web services.
Cabling.
ERP services.
Product supply.
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 24 000 000 and 73 000 000 GBP
II.2.2)Information about optionsOptions: no
II.2.3)Information about renewalsThis contract is subject to renewal: no
II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completionDuration in months: 48 (from the award of the contract)
Information about lots
Lot No: 1 Lot title: Service desk1)Short descriptionProvision of an IT service desk to act as a one stop shop for all GAL users, managing all demands for service; including the reporting and resolution of incidents, problems and requests.
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV) 3)Quantity or scopeService desk is required on a 24/7x 365 basis.
Current volumes:
- Contacts approx 3 000 per month,
- Incidents approx 1900 per month,
- Requests 500 + per month.
High level of first-time fix capability required.
Liaison/coordination with diverse resolver groups.
Airport critical calls require fast resolution.
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 1 000 000 and 2 000 000 GBP
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completionDuration in months: 48 (from the award of the contract)
5)Additional information about lotsDuration in months stated is purely an approximation.
The Supplier will provide services that are compliant, at all times, with UK law:
- Data Protection Act 1998.
The Supplier will provide services that are aligned to:
- ISO27001: information security management system,
- ISO/IEC 20000: IT service management,
- ISO14001: environmental management system,
- OHSAS 18001: occupational health and safety,
- PAS55: management of physical assets.
Lot No: 2 Lot title: Service management1)Short descriptionProvision of a comprehensive, fully ITIL aligned service management function to manage the provision of all IT services.
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV) 3)Quantity or scopeService management will be responsible for overseeing and assuring the service from all Lots within this tender:
- Service desk,
- Applications management,
- Telecoms services,
- End user computing,
- Network management,
- Infrastructure management and hosting,
- Web services,
- Cabling,
- ERP services,
- Product supply.
Required on a 24/7x 365 basis.
An on-site presence is expected for day-to-day management.
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 1 000 000 and 4 000 000 GBP
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completionDuration in months: 48 (from the award of the contract)
5)Additional information about lotsDuration in months stated is purely an approximation.
The Supplier will provide services that are compliant, at all times, with UK law:
- Data Protection Act 1998.
The Supplier will provide services that are aligned to:
- ISO27001: information security management system,
- ISO/IEC 20000: IT service management,
- ISO14001: environmental management system,
- OHSAS 18001: occupational health and safety,
- PAS55: management of physical assets.
Lot No: 3 Lot title: Applications management1)Short descriptionProvide maintenance, support and development for business applications.
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV) 3)Quantity or scopeManagement of 150+ applications serving Gatwick and its customers. Direct support, maintenance and configuration of some application software and databases, and management of 3rd party suppliers, who develop and maintain the remainder of the applications.
Required on a 24/7x 365 basis.
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 2 000 000 and 8 000 000 GBP
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completionDuration in months: 48 (from the award of the contract)
5)Additional information about lotsDuration in months stated is purely an approximation.
The Supplier will provide services that are compliant, at all times, with UK law:
- Data Protection Act 1998.
The Supplier will provide services that are aligned to:
- ISO27001: information security management system,
- ISO/IEC 20000: IT service management,
- ISO14001: environmental management system,
- OHSAS 18001: occupational health and safety,
- PAS55: management of physical assets.
Lot No: 4 Lot title: Telecoms services1)Short descriptionProvision, support and management of all telephony.
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV) 3)Quantity or scopeManagement of fixed-line, mobile and associated suppliers.
Approx 6500 lines and extensions combined. Also approx. 600+ mobile users.
Includes support of all handsets and other end devices, and central infrastructure.
Support and management of internal IVRs.
Support and management of on-billing, including tenant companies.
Required on a 24/7x 365 basis.
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 1 000 000 and 3 000 000 GBP
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completionDuration in months: 48 (from the award of the contract)
5)Additional information about lotsDuration in months stated is purely an approximation.
The Supplier will provide services that are compliant, at all times, with UK law:
- Data Protection Act 1998.
The Supplier will provide services that are aligned to:
- ISO27001: information security management system,
- ISO/IEC 20000: IT service management,
- ISO14001: environmental management system,
- OHSAS 18001: occupational health and safety,
- PAS55: management of physical assets.
Lot No: 5 Lot title: End user computing1)Short descriptionProvide comprehensive support and management for all EUC.
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV) 3)Quantity or scopeInstalls, moves, deletions of end-user computing.
End user support for application and service issues, not just hardware.
Installation of local software.
User-base of approx 1800, including desktops, laptops, all mobile devices, mobile telephones, tablets, Blackberry and smart phones, printers, remote access tokens, etc.
On-site presence is essential.
Support required on a 24/7x 365 basis.
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 3 000 000 and 6 000 000 GBP
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completionDuration in months: 48 (from the award of the contract)
5)Additional information about lotsDuration in months stated is purely an approximation.
The Supplier will provide services that are compliant, at all times, with UK law:
- Data Protection Act 1998.
The Supplier will provide services that are aligned to:
- ISO27001: Information security management system,
- ISO/IEC 20000: IT Service management,
- ISO14001: environmental management system,
- OHSAS 18001: occupational health and safety,
- PAS55: management of physical assets.
Lot No: 6 Lot title: Network management1)Short descriptionManagement and support of the core network infrastructure.
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV) 3)Quantity or scopeManagement of WAN, LAN, wireless and associated services.
800+ network devices.
Responsible for firewall and other edge security.
On-site presence is essential.
Support required on a 24/7x 365 basis.
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 3 000 000 and 6 000 000 GBP
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completionDuration in months: 48 (from the award of the contract)
5)Additional information about lotsDuration in months stated is purely an approximation.
Additional information about the lot. The Supplier will provide services that are compliant, at all times, with UK law:
- Data Protection Act 1998.
The Supplier will provide services that are aligned to:
- ISO27001: Information security management system,
- ISO/IEC 20000: IT service management,
- ISO14001: environmental management system,
- OHSAS 18001: occupational health and safety,
- PAS55: management of physical assets.
Lot No: 7 Lot title: Infrastructure management and hosting1)Short descriptionHosting, management, support and maintenance of all core infrastructure.
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV) 3)Quantity or scopeOn-site estate currently comprises 900+ servers including Wintel estate, Unix, virtualisation; and 200+ storage devices.
Management of operating system patching, backups and restores, Anti-Virus services, monitoring, and preventative maintenance.
Includes physical security and environmental well-being of approx 100 data centres and Comms rooms.
External hosting for selected services will be considered.
On-site presence is essential.
Support required on a 24/7x 365 basis.
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 5 000 000 and 12 000 000 GBP
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completionDuration in months: 48 (from the award of the contract)
5)Additional information about lotsDuration in months stated is purely an approximation.
The Supplier will provide services that are compliant, at all times, with UK law:
- Data Protection Act 1998.
The Supplier will provide services that are aligned to:
- ISO27001: Information security management system,
- ISO/IEC 20000: IT service management,
- ISO14001: environmental management system,
- OHSAS 18001: occupational health and safety,
- PAS55: management of physical assets.
Lot No: 8 Lot title: Web services1)Short descriptionProvision of web services to Gatwick users and external customers.
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV) 3)Quantity or scopeHosting provision (optionally cloud-based) for web services including, but not limited to:
- Gatwickairport.com; public facing web site with 1 000 000 + hits per month; higher volumes and therefore high-profile availability during adverse weather etc,
- Company Intranet,
- Extranet services, including dedicated applications.
Enhancement development and maintenance support of the above services - content and structure.
Support required on a 24/7x 365 basis.
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 1 000 000 and 5 000 000 GBP
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completionDuration in months: 48 (from the award of the contract)
5)Additional information about lotsDuration in months stated is purely an approximation.
The Supplier will provide services that are compliant, at all times, with UK law:
- Data Protection Act 1998.
The Supplier will provide services that are aligned to:
- ISO27001: Information security management system,
- ISO/IEC 20000: IT service management,
- ISO14001: environmental management system,
- OHSAS 18001: occupational health and safety,
- PAS55: management of physical assets.
Lot No: 9 Lot title: Cabling1)Short descriptionImplementation, management and support of all physical cabling - supply, fit & associated services.
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV) 3)Quantity or scopeCabling for fibre, telephony, and data networks within Gatwick site, including external areas (runways, etc).
Installation and break/fix services.
Patching of floor and wall ports and fibre optic circuits.
Installation of active equipment.
Cable route planning and management.
Installation, configuration and testing of specialist equipment following pre-defined procedures and work instructions, for example.
- CCTV cameras,
- Physical access card readers and associated door furniture,
- Flight information display screens.
On-site presence is essential.
Support required on a 24/7x 365 basis.
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 4 000 000 and 12 000 000 GBP
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completionDuration in months: 48 (from the award of the contract)
5)Additional information about lotsDuration in months stated is purely an approximation.
The Supplier will provide services that are compliant, at all times, with UK law:
- Data Protection Act 1998.
The Supplier will provide services that are aligned to:
- ISO27001: Information security management system,
- ISO/IEC 20000: IT service management,
- ISO14001: environmental management system,
- OHSAS 18001: occupational health and safety,
- PAS55: management of physical assets.
Lot No: 10 Lot title: ERP services1)Short descriptionProvision of hosting, management, maintenance and support of the ERP Service.
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV) 3)Quantity or scopeSAP provides financial and procurement services, and also a Gatwick Data Warehouse for flight and retail data. User base of 370+.
Provide SAP Basis expertise and services:
- Application maintenance,
- Database administration,
- Middleware management,
- Fix development,
- Enhancement development,
- Reporting,
- Testing.
Provide Hosting, including back-up, resilience, and Test/dev environments. Operate a best of breed transport management strategy.
Support required on a 24/7x 365 basis.
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 2 000 000 and 5 000 000 GBP
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completionDuration in months: 48 (from the award of the contract)
5)Additional information about lotsDuration in months stated is purely an approximation.
The Supplier will provide services that are compliant, at all times, with UK law:
- Data Protection Act 1998.
The Supplier will provide services that are aligned to:
- ISO27001: Information security management system,
- ISO/IEC 20000: IT service management,
- ISO14001: environmental management system,
- OHSAS 18001: occupational health and safety,
- PAS55: management of physical assets.
Lot No: 11 Lot title: Product supply1)Short descriptionCompetitive purchasing of IT products.
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV) 3)Quantity or scopeCatalogue and non-catalogue items to be supplied, including hardware, software, applications, licences and consumables.
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 1 000 000 and 10 000 000 GBP
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completionDuration in months: 48 (from the award of the contract)
5)Additional information about lotsDuration in months stated is purely an approximation.
The Supplier will provide services that are compliant, at all times, with UK law:
- Data Protection Act 1998.
The Supplier will provide services that are aligned to:
- ISO27001: information security management system,
- ISO/IEC 20000: IT service management,
- ISO14001: environmental management system,
- OHSAS 18001: occupational health and safety,
- PAS55: management of physical assets.
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1)Conditions relating to the contract
III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:Further information will be available in the pre-qualification documentation which can be downloaded.
III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:Further information will be available in the pre-qualification documentation which can be downloaded.
III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:Further information will be available in the pre-qualification documentation which can be downloaded.
III.1.4)Other particular conditionsThe performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: yes
Description of particular conditions: Further information will be available in the pre-qualification documentation which can be downloaded.
III.2)Conditions for participation
III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registersInformation and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Further information will be available in the pre-qualification documentation which can be downloaded.
III.2.2)Economic and financial abilityInformation and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Further information will be available in the pre-qualification documentation which can be downloaded.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: Further information will be available in the pre-qualification documentation which can be downloaded.
III.2.3)Technical capacityInformation and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:
Further information will be available in the pre-qualification documentation which can be downloaded.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
Further information will be available in the pre-qualification documentation which can be downloaded.
III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts
III.3)Conditions specific to services contracts
III.3.1)Information about a particular professionExecution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: no
III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the serviceLegal 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 procedureNegotiated
Some candidates have already been selected (if appropriate under certain types of negotiated procedures) no
IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participateEnvisaged minimum number 3
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: Further information will be available in the pre-qualification documentation which can be downloaded.
IV.1.3)Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogueRecourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated yes
IV.2)Award criteria
IV.2.1)Award criteriaThe 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 auctionAn electronic auction will be used: no
IV.3)Administrative information
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:ITT12051
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contractno
IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive documentTime limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 11.4.2012 - 12:00
Payable documents: no
IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate12.4.2012 - 12:00
IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates26.4.2012
IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn upEnglish.
IV.3.7)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
IV.3.8)Conditions for opening tenders
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrenceThis is a recurrent procurement: yes
Estimated timing for further notices to be published: 4 years
VI.2)Information about European Union fundsThe contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
VI.3)Additional informationThe contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement, and the contract will be awarded on the basis of the most economically advantageous tender.
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VI.4)Procedures for appeal
VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal proceduresGatwick Airport Limited
Head of Procurement, 8th Floor Destinations Place
RH6 0NP West Sussex
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail:
Telephone: +44 8456050774
Internet address: www.gatwickairport.com
VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals
VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:9.3.2012