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University of York

Supply of Smart Cards and Related Products - AWARD

Office & Computing EquipmentCPV 30162000
Value£165k
Awarded1 Mar 2023
Published17 Apr 2023
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£165ktotal contract value
median £95k
this tender£0£2.0m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Office & Computing Equipment band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 8,857 valued Office & Computing Equipment tenders in our corpus.

The brief

The University of York is pleased to invite tenders for the supply of smart cards and related products.

The successful Provider must be able to provide all of the essential products, i.e. cards, lanyards and holders to the required specification (full details provided in the ITT document).

Although volumes can't be guaranteed, the University orders in the region of 40,000 cards every year.

The University currently operates a Kaba access control system utilising a Legic Prime MIM1024 chip across the majority of the campus.

Mifare PLUS SE 1K chips are also used in some areas of the campus so both single and dual chip cards are required.

Potential Providers MUST be able to provide cards with these specific chips.

The University is also looking at migrating to ADVANT chips during which time CTC chips will be used, so Providers must also be able to provide CTC and ADVANT chips.

The University is also hoping to refresh its card printers and associated software during the contract term and wishes to procure these from the successful Provider, therefore Providers must be able to meet this requirement also.

In addition to the written tender submission, the University is requesting product samples for testing purposes, i.e. printed and blank cards, lanyards and card holders - please confirm the file format you need via In-Tend Correspondence and we will provide the logo / images to you.

The whole submission is required by the tender return deadline.

AWARD INFO: please note that the contract duration is for 2 years plus possible 1 year extension.

Any published award value shall assume the the contract runs for the full 3 years.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

The successful Provider must be able

The successful Provider must be able to provide all of the essential products, i.e. cards, lanyards and holders to the required specification (full details provided in the ITT document).

02

Potential Providers MUST be able to provide

Potential Providers MUST be able to provide cards with these specific chips.

03

The University is also looking at migrating

The University is also looking at migrating to ADVANT chips during which time CTC chips will be used, so Providers must also be able to provide CTC and ADVANT chips.

04

Any published award value shall assume

Any published award value shall assume the the contract runs for the full 3 years.

Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.

The gates

What this notice demands of you

1 named in obligation language, 0 mentioned. Each one is quoted from the notice.

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The University is also looking at migrating to ADVANT chips during which time CTC chips will be used, so Providers must also be able to provide CTC and ADVANT chips.

Matched against the notice text, so this is a floor — the tender pack will demand things the notice never mentions. “Says must” means the quoted sentence itself used obligation language; anything ambiguous is left as a mention.

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Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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Buyer ref
IT-104-3977-UY/PROC/971 - AWARD
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