II.1)
        
          
Scope of the procurement
        
       
      
      
        Provision for Data Centre Virtualisation and Managed Service.
        Reference number:
						 A0383
       
      
      
        48810000
			 - 
			Information systems
       
      
      Services
      
        II.1.4)
        
          
Short description
        
       
      
        On the 5th of May 2017, Greater Manchester Combined Authority as the Contracting Authority for Greater Manchester Police, published a Prior Information Notice (PIN) in the Official Journal of the European Union to provide advance notice to the open market of the Data Centre tender opportunity.
As per the PIN notice Greater Manchester Police is seeking for an appropriate supplier to transition and migrate its existing Data Centre services to a new virtualised infrastructure under a Managed Service contract.
GMP is committed is seeking to let a single contract to a single Supplier to provide a Managed Service covering the following requirements:
a) Design, delivery and management of transitions of all GMP services from the old Data Centre service to the new Service (moving all in-scope services to a virtual infrastructure).
b) Design, provision, management and support, up to and including the OS layer, of infrastructure including: • virtual machines; and • physical machines;
       
      
        II.1.5)
        
          
Estimated total value
        
       
      Value excluding VAT: 17000000.00 
		GBP
      
        II.1.6)
        
          
Information about lots
        
       
      This contract is divided into lots:
			no
     
    
      
      
        II.2.2)
        
          
Additional CPV code(s)
        
       
      
        48800000
			 - 
			Information systems and servers
        48820000
			 - 
			Servers
        72222200
			 - 
			Information systems or technology planning services
        72300000
			 - 
			Data services
        72315000
			 - 
			Data network management and support services
        72317000
			 - 
			Data storage services
        72500000
			 - 
			Computer-related services
        72510000
			 - 
			Computer-related management services
        72910000
			 - 
			Computer back-up services
       
      
        II.2.3)
        
          
Place of performance
        
       
      
        
          NUTS code: 
			UKD3 - 
			Greater Manchester
         
        Main site or place of performance:
						 
Manchester, M11 2NS
         
      
        II.2.4)
        
          
Description of the procurement
        
       
      
        This Invitation to Tender (“ITT”) has been issued by Greater Manchester Combined Authority as the Contracting Authority for Greater Manchester Police. This is a OJEU procurement exercise using the Restricted Procedure (2 stage process), in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
The contract will also be open to be accessed by the following contracting authority: Trafford Borough Council.
       
      
      Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
      
      Value excluding VAT: 17000000.00 
		GBP
      
        II.2.7)
        
          
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
        
       
      Start:
						31/07/2018
						 / 
						End:
						01/06/2023
This contract is subject to renewal:
								no
      
        II.2.9)
        
          
Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
        
       
      Envisaged minimum number:
						5
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
						
It is expected that a maximum of up to 5 (Five) tenderers will be shortlisted and be invited to submit a tender. However, the GMP reserves the right to shortlist fewer or more suppliers, either due to the spread of scores or where there is another justifiable reason to do so.
        
        II.2.10)
        
          
Information about variants
        
       
      Variants will be accepted:
				no
      
        II.2.11)
        
          
Information about options
        
       
      Options:
				no
      
        II.2.12)
        
          
Information about electronic catalogues
        
       
      Tenders must be presented in the form of electronic catalogues or include an electronic catalogue
      
        II.2.13)
        
          
Information about European Union funds
        
       
      The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
			
			no
      
        II.2.14)
        
          
Additional information
        
       
      
        This tender process is being conducted through the Bluelight e-tendering portal. In the interests of fairness, accountability and auditability, all communication regarding this tender must be made through the ‘Discussion’ facility of the Bluelight portal. No other methods of communication will receive a response.