CONTRACT NOTICE
Supplies
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
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NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S):
Scottish Legal Aid Board, 44 Drumsheugh Gardens, Contact: Ed Young, UK-Edinburgh EH3 7SW. Tel. 0131 240 2019. E-mail: Younged@slab.org.uk. Fax 0131 226 5305. |
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TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:
Body governed by public law.
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no. |
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
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DESCRIPTION |
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Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
UK-Edinburgh: storage management solution. |
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Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance:
Supplies.
Purchase.
Main place of delivery: 44 Drumsheugh Gardens, Edinburgh, EH3 7SW, UK. |
II.1.3) |
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The notice involves:
A public contract. |
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Information on framework agreement: |
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Short description of the contract or purchase(s):
The Scottish Legal Aid Board is seeking expressions of interest from solution providers wishing to be considered for the tender list for the below project. The Scottish Legal Aid Board currently relies on the majority of its servers having directly attached storage and traditional backup to magnetic tape on a daily basis. To increase the flexibility of the infrastructure to support its expanding e-business services and future projects, the Board is looking to introduce a centralised storage management solution. This solution is likely to incorporate:
-A central storage array with a minimum of 2 Terabytes of storage but capable of expansion to at least 6 Terabytes.
-The ability to "snapshot" data to a point in time across multiple systems and create copies of data for use in test and development environments.
- Phased inclusion of up to 20 servers, mainly HP9000 HPUX and Novell NetWare but with support for Linux and MS Windows.
- A second storage array at a remote site providing mirroring of data over a 100 Mb link (provision of remote link and site are not included in this tender)
- Provision for using the second array as the core of a completely mirrored e-business solution. The tender will include: i)Specification and Design of an initial solution
ii) Supply, configuration and installation of hardware and software
iii) Migration of existing data
iv) Maintenance of the delivered system for up to 3 years
v) Guidance on making best use of the storage management solution in the Board's Business Continuity plans.
vi) Training Suppliers who have already responded to the Prior Information Notice OJEC Ref (2005/S 137-135801/EN) do not need to note any further interest. |
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Common procurement vocabulary ( CPV):
72317000, 72322000. |
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Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
No. |
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Division into lots: |
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Variants will be accepted:
No. |
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QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT |
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Total quantity or scope: |
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Options: |
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DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION:
Duration in months: 48 (from the award of the contract). |
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
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III.1) |
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CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT |
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Deposits and guarantees required: |
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Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions regulating them: |
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Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded: |
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Other particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject:
Yes.
(h) has been the subject of a conviction for participation in a criminal organisation, as defined in Article 2(1) of Council Joint Action 98/733/JHA;
(i) has been the subject of a conviction for corruption, as defined in Article 3 of the Council Act of 26 May 1972 and Article 3(1) of Council Joint Action 98/742/JHA3 respectively;
(j) has been the subject of a conviction for fraud within the meaning of Article 1 of the Convention relating to the protection of the financial interests of the European Communities;
(k) has been the subject of a conviction for money laundering, as defined in Article 1 of Council Directive 91/308/ EEC of 10 June 1991 on prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering. |
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CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION |
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Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers: |
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Economic and financial capacity: |
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Technical capacity:
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: (b) a list of the principal deliveries effected or the main services provided in the past three years, with the sums, dates and recipients, whether public or private, involved. Evidence of delivery and services provided shall be given:
- where the recipient was a contracting authority, in the form of certificates issued or countersigned by the competent authority,
- where the recipient was a private purchaser, by the purchaser's certification or, failing this, simply by a declaration by the economic operator;
(k) with regard to the products to be supplied:
(i) samples, descriptions and/or photographs, the authenticity of which must be certified if the contracting authority so requests;
(ii) certificates drawn up by official quality control institutes or agencies of recognised competence attesting the conformity of products clearly identified by references to specifications or standards. |
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Reserved contracts:
No. |
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CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO SERVICES CONTRACTS |
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Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: |
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Legal entities should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service: |
SECTION IV: PROCEDURE
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TYPE OF PROCEDURE |
IV.1.1) |
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Type of procedure:
Restricted. |
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Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate:
Envisaged number of operators 10
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: Enough to create a competition, not too many to create confusion and delay to project. |
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Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue: |
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AWARD CRITERIA |
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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. |
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An electronic auction will be used: |
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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION |
IV.3.1) |
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File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
Tender No. SLAB/ PSD/05/208. |
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Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract:
Prior information notice
Notice number in OJ: 2005/S 137-135801 of 19.7.2005. |
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Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document
Payable documents: no. |
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Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
16.12.2005. |
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Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates:
20.12.2005. |
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Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up:
English. |
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Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: |
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Conditions for opening tenders:
1.2.2006 - 09:00.
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: no. |
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
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THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT:
No. |
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CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU FUNDS:
No. |
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
GO reference: GO 05110834/01. |
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PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL |
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Body responsible for appeal procedures: |
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Lodging of appeals: |
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Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained: |
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DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE:
8.11.2005. |
