United Kingdom-London: Telecommunications services

Type of document: Voluntary ex ante transparency notice
Country: United Kingdom
OJEU Ref: (2017/S 139-286512/EN)
Nature of contract: Supply contract
Procedure: Award of a contract without prior publication
Regulation of procurement: EU – with participation by GPA countries
Type of bid required: Not applicable

Voluntary ex ante transparency notice
Supplies
Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name addresses and contact point(s):
King’s College London

London
Postal code: WC2R 2LS
United Kingdom
Contact points(s):
For the attention of: Jeff Marshall
Phone: +44 2078484499
Email: jeff.marshall@kcl.ac.uk
Internet Address(es):
General address of the contracting authority:
I.2) Type of the contracting authority:
OTHER: Institute of Higher Education
I.3) Main activity:
Education
I.4) Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities/entities:
The 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:
5G end-to-end capability trial.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance:
SUPPLIES
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: London.
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):
Purchase of equipment and services in support of King’s College London’s participation in the 5G Hub end-to-end capability trial — a joint research project between King’s College London, University of Bristol and the 5G Innovation Centre, University of Surrey.
II.1.5) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV):
64200000,
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:
Award of a contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union (in the cases listed in Section 2 of Annexes D1, D2 or D3 as appropriate)
Justification for the choice of the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice in the OJEU in accordance with Directive 2004/18/EC
The works/goods/services can be provided only by a particular tenderer for reasons that are: technical, connected with the protection of exclusive rights
King’s College London has been working with other Research partners including University of Bristol and the 5G Innovation Centre, University of Surrey, to contribute to the 5G Hub end-to-end capability trial research project sponsored by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). The project was expected to be announced in April 2017, but due to the calling of a General Election by the Government in power, a period of purdah was announced which delayed the decision and award of research funding until after a new Government and Minister was installed. This unforeseeable delay in the commencement of the project, together with a fixed end date for the trial has squeezed the project time-line to such an extent that there is now an extreme urgency in awarding contracts for supplies and services required for a successful participation in the trial. In addition to this justification on the grounds of extreme urgency, the trial equipment will integrate with and extend existing laboratory equipment supplied by Ericsson within the Department for Informatics, Faculty of Natural and Mathematical Sciences at King’s College London. Ericsson have exclusive rights in some of this existing equipment, and there is further justification for the award of this contract without prior publication of a contract notice on technical grounds and in connection with the protection of those exclusive rights.
IV.2) Award criteria
IV.2.1) Award criteria:
IV.2.2) Information about electronic auction:
IV.3) Administrative information
IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
KCL-00000983
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract:
No
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: KCL-00000983

V.1) Date of contract award decision:
20.07.2017
V.2) Information about offers:
V.3) Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken:
Ericsson Limited
Unit 4, Midleton Gate, Guildford Business Park, Surrey
Guildford
Postal code: GU2 8SG
United Kingdom
Phone: +44 1483303666
Fax: +44 1483303537
Internet address: www.ericsson.com
V.4) Information on value of contract:
Initial estimated total value of the contract:
Value: GBP 2 500 000
Excluding VAT
V.5) Information about subcontracting:
The contract is likely to be sub-contracted: No

Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about European Union funds:
The 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:
King’s College London
The Strand
London
Postal code: WC2R 2LS
United Kingdom
Phone: +44 2078365454
Internet address: www.kcl.ac.uk
VI.4) Date of dispatch of this notice:
20.07.2017