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Contract award notice

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External Reference: 2022-485482

Contract award notice

Contract award notice

Results of the procurement procedure

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)

Name and addresses

CTM Portal for the NDA Shared Services Alliance
01002607
Calder Bridge
Seascale
CA20 1PG
UK
Contact person: Charles Loveday
E-mail: charles.loveday@sellafieldsites.com
NUTS code:  UK -  UNITED KINGDOM
Internet address(es):
Main address: https://www.gov.uk/government/case-studies/shared-services-alliance-ssa-for-nuclear-decommissioning-estate
Address of the buyer profile: https://sharedsystems.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/3510

I.4)

Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law
I.5)

Main activity

Other activity:  Nuclear Decommissioning

Section II: Object

II.1)

Scope of the procurement

II.1.1)

Title

PICTS Site Cabling Services
Reference number:  Request for Proposal (RFP)
II.1.2)

Main CPV code

32412100  -  Telecommunications network
II.1.3)

Type of contract

Supplies
II.1.4)

Short description

Site Cabling Services
II.1.6)

Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: no
II.1.7)

Total value of the procurement

Value excluding VAT:  7987015.00  GBP
II.2)

Description

II.2.3)

Place of performance

NUTS code:  UK -  UNITED KINGDOM
II.2.4)

Description of the procurement

Following a negotiated procurement process the Site Cabling Services contract has been awarded to Openreach Limited. The stated contract value of £7,987,015 is inclusive of the initial five year term and optional one year extension.
The required service is solely in relation to the existing inground ducting, copper telephone wires and fibre cabling (the Cabling Infrastructure) that runs through the nuclear site located in West Cumbria. This Cabling Infrastructure forms part of the national telecommunications network which is owned by British Telecommunications PLC and managed and operated by Openreach Limited. A direct contract with Openreach Limited for Site Cabling Services will ensure that the existing Cabling Infrastructure is proactively managed, maintained and re-purposed as appropriate to support delivery of an effective network service. The network service will be provided by a separate network service provider under a separate contract.
Given the size of the nuclear site, which covers six sq. kilometres, effective pro-active management of the far-reaching Cabling Infrastructure, to free up capacity within the ducts as an example, will readily allow the installation of new copper telephone wires and network fibre cabling in the future, without the need for civil engineering works.
Simplistically the Site Cabling Services contract will provide the cables to the buildings at the nuclear site, which the network service provider will then use to connect and create a full end to end network service across all sites.
In developing the requirements care has been taken to ensure that only services relating to Cabling Infrastructure have been included and the contract specifically excludes any network service that could be provided directly by a network services provider.
II.2.5)

Award criteria

Criteria below
Quality criterion  -  Name:  N/A  /  Weighting:  N/A
Price  -  Weighting:  Price
II.2.11)

Information about options

Options: no
II.2.13)

Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Description

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Find a Tender service in the cases listed below
  • The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason
    • protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights
Explanation
UK national communications infrastructure is a national asset that is owned by British Telecommunications PLC. Under the ‘manage and operate’ assets arrangement between British Telecommunications plc and Openreach Ltd, Openreach Ltd have exclusive rights to access and use the UK national infrastructure. The exclusivity of this position is regulated by Ofcom, whereby Openreach Ltd are obligated to treat all customers equally.
This exclusivity arrangement provides the lawful justification for direct award of the Site Cabling Services contract to Openreach Ltd in compliance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, Regulation 32 use of negotiated procedure without prior publication, specifically paragraph 2, sub-paragraph (b) bullet (iii) whereby:
• the negotiated procedure without prior publication may be used for public service contracts, where the service can be supplied only by a particular economic operator for the protection of exclusive rights.
IV.1.8)

Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement : no
IV.2)

Administrative information

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: 1

Title: PICTS Site Cabling Services

A contract/lot is awarded: yes
V.2)

Award of contract

V.2.1)

Date of conclusion of the contract

03/03/2022
V.2.2)

Information about tenders

Number of tenders received:  1
Number of tenders received by electronic means:  1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators :  no
V.2.3)

Name and address of the contractor

Openreach Ltd
10690039
Kelvin House, 123 Judd Street, London
London
WC1H 9NP
UK
NUTS code:  UK -  UNITED KINGDOM

The contractor is an SME : no
V.2.4)

Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot:  7987015.00  GBP

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.4)

Procedures for review

VI.4.1)

Review body

Royal Courts of Justice
Strand
London
London
UK
Internet address: http://www.justice.gov.uk

VI.4.2)

Body responsible for mediation procedures

Royal Courts of Justice
Strand
London
London
UK
Internet address: http://www.justice.gov.uk

VI.4.3)

Review procedure

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: 
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
Any appeals should be promptly brought to the attention of the contact specified in Section I above, and will be dealt with in accordance with the requirements of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Any appeals must be brought within the timescales specified by the applicable law, including without limitation, the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. In accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, the Contracting Authority will also incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period from the date information on award of contract is communicated to tenderers.
VI.4.4)

Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained

CTM Portal for the NDA Shared Services Alliance
Calder Bridge
Seascale
CA20 1PG
UK
E-mail: charles.loveday@sellafieldsites.com