Published Date: 19 March 2018
Tender Status: complete
Tender Opening Date: n/a
Tender Closing Date: 8 August 2016
Award Date: 16 May 2017
Contract Start Date: 1 October 2017
Contract End Date: 30 September 2024
Contract is suitable for SMEs: No
Contract is suitable for VCSEs: No
Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) Contract Type: Services
UK SBS on behalf of the British Antarctic Survey
(BAS) anticipates undertaking a procurement exercise
for the Provision of VSAT Satellite Communications
Systems (Space Segment) for BAS Stations, Ships
and Cambridge HQ.
The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is a component
part of the Natural Environment Research Council,
and has, for the last sixty years, undertaken the
majority of Britain's scientific research on and around
the Antarctic continent. For more information on BAS,
visit: www.bas.ac.uk
The purpose of the proposed procurement exercise
is to appoint a provider who can supply, manage
and maintain the satellite hardware and bandwidth
and undertake hardware upgrade at all the sites.
UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS) brings a
commercial attitude to the public sector; helping our
customers improve efficiency, generate savings and
modernise.
It is our vision to become the leading provider for our
customers of shared business services in the UK
public sector, continuously reducing cost and
improving quality of business services for Government
and the public sector.
Our broad range of expert services is shared by our
customers. This allows our customers the freedom to
focus resources on core activities; innovating and
transforming their own organisations.
Core services include Procurement, Finance, Human
Resources, Payroll, ISS, and Property Asset
Management all underpinned by our Service Delivery
and Contact Centre teams.
UK SBS is a people rather than task focused
business. It’s what makes us different to the traditional
transactional shared services centre. What is more,
being a not-for-profit organisation owned by its
customers, UK SBS’ goals are aligned with the public
sector and delivering best value for the UK taxpayer.
If UK SBS is procuring the Contract or Framework as
a central purchasing body for multiple Customers who
are other contracting authorities.This means that other
contracting authorities named in this OJEU Notice
may use the Contract or Framework.
Detailed on the UK SBS Ltd website is a list of all
organisations, institutes, centres and bodies
(Authorised Entities) that may also use any
appropriately advertised Contract let by UK Shared
Business Services Ltd The full list is detailed below.
UK SBS Pan Government list is available at
https://intranet.uksbs.co.uk/procurement/teamsite/Pag
es/SourcingContract.aspx
Document ‘Customer Profiles’
Contact name: Katarzyna Nawrotek
Address: North Star House North Star Avenue
Swindon
SN2 1FF
England
Telephone: 01793867558
Fax: n/a
Email: [email protected]
Price Range: £2,000,000 - £5,000,000
