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Technical Specification
CPI requires a supplier of IT equipment and software/licenses. We request that potential suppliers offer pricing for a 3 year period with the
possibility of a further year’s extension, taking the potential total contract length to 4 years. Equipment required will include, but is not limited to;
servers, desktops, laptops, monitors, printers, switches, software and licenses. The list of items detailed below is supplied to demonstrate the
type of equipment we frequently order and/or have ordered recently. This list is indicative only and is in no way intended as a commitment to
what we intend to order in the future. CPI cannot guarantee any minimum contract value.
Indicative Shopping Basket. (Please note images are for visual illustration purposes only and no preferences for brands or styles are inferred by their use.)
Please complete the price for each item for a product you can supply with an equivalent specification to that which is listed. You should also
include a specification sheet for each item and detail the delivery/lead time for each item – this can be added to the specification sheet or
appended as a separate table.
Item
Size
Specification
Cisco Catalyst
3750 48 PoE
Switch
1U Rack able
Cisco Catalyst 3750 48PS 10/100 (stack wise technology and power over
Ethernet is essential)
49Y2003 IBM
6Gbps 600GB
2.5in SFF SAS
HDD
600GB
As item description
Price (excl VAT)
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81Y9691 IBM
6Gbps 1TB 2.5in
SAS SFF HDD
1TB
As item description
Dual DVI port
PCIE Graphics
card
Full/Half Height
Dual DVI port PCI Express graphics card, as the main estate is all Lenovo
products please ensure compatibility.
Monitors
19” screens
Built in speakers, VGA, height adjustable desktop monitors
Lenovo Desktop
Desktop
Business grade desktop package with a minimum specification of Core
i3-4130 3.40Ghz, 4 GB RAM, 500GB HDD, Windows 7 Pro with free
Upgrade to Windows 8 Pro.
Lenovo Laptop
14” Laptop
minimum
Business grade laptop with a minimum specification of Intel Core i3,
4GB RAM, 500GB HDD, Intel HD Graphics, Windows 8 Professional
Must be dockable
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LTO6 Tape Drive
-
External SAS LTO6 Tape Drive
LTO 6 Tape
Cartridge
LTO 6
Pack of 5 LTO 6 tape cartridges
IBM xSeries
3560 M4 chassis
2U Rack able
IBM System xSeries M4 – 7915EFU
Intel Xeon Processor E5-2609, 8GB DDR3
Cisco wireless
access point
Internal AP
802.11a/g/n Ctrlr-based Model Air-Cap1602I-E-K9
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Binding Offer
Tender For: Supply of IT Equipment, Software and Services
Tender number: 461
Company Name:
(Lead company if joint
bid)
Registered Office
Address:
Postcode:
Company Number
and
VAT Number:
Name of Main
Contact:
Address :
(If different from
above)
Postcode:
Telephone Number:
Email:
Total Bid Price:
(Including expenses
but excluding VAT)
£
and/or Hourly Rate:
(If applicable)
Where did you read
about this tender:
CPI Website
OJEU
Mytenders.org
Other, please state:
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Declaration
Part A
CPI is required by law to exclude Tenderers from participating in this Procurement if a Tenderer
cannot answer ‘No’ to every statement in Section 6 Binding Offer Part A, the Tender will be
rejected and disqualified from further participation in this procurement.
Part B
CPI is entitled (in its sole discretion) to exclude a Tenderer from further participation in this
procurement if any of the statements in response to Section 6 Binding Offer Part B, (Discretionary
grounds for rejection) apply. If a Tenderer cannot answer ‘No’ to every statement it is possible that
the Tender will be rejected and disqualified from further participation in this procurement.
If any of the statements do apply, the Tenderer should set out the full facts of the relevant incident
and any remedial actions taken. The information provided will be taken into account by CPI in
considering whether or not the Tender will be permitted to proceed any further in this procurement
process.
Part A – Grounds for Mandatory Rejection:
Declaration of non-criminality and of automatic disqualification under the Public Contracts
Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 No.5) Regulation 23(1)
Do any of the following circumstances as set out in the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (SI 2006
No. 5) Regulation 23(1) apply to the Company named in this BINDING OFFER (and/or its
directors, and/or any other person who has powers of representation, decision or control of such
Company)?
Please circle as applicable:
(a) conspiracy under section 1 or 1A of the Criminal Law Act 1977 or article 9 or 9A of the
Criminal Attempts and Conspiracy (Northern Ireland) Order 1983 which is related to
participation in a criminal organization as defined in Article 2 of the Council Framework
Decision 2008/841/JHA
Yes / No
(b) corruption within section 1(2) of the Public Bodies Corrupt Practices Act 1889 or section 1 of
the Prevention of Corruption Act 1906, where the offence relates to active corruption
Yes / No
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(c) the offence of bribery, where the offence relates to active corruption (as defined in Article 3 of
the European Council Act of 26 May 1997 or Article 3(1) of Council Joint Action 98/742/JHA);
Yes / No
(d) bribery within section 1 or 6 of the Bribery Act 2010
Yes / No
(e) fraud, where the offence relates to fraud affecting the financial interests of the European
Communities as defined by Article 1 of the Convention relating to the protection of the financial
interests of the European Communities, within the meaning of:
 the offence of cheating the Revenue;
 the offence of conspiracy to defraud;
 fraud or theft within the Theft Act 1968, the Theft Act (Northern Ireland) 1969, the Theft
Act 1978 or the Theft (Northern Ireland) Order 1978;
 fraudulent trading within section 458 of the Companies Act 1985, article 451 of the
Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 or section 993 of the Companies Act 2006;
 fraudulent evasion within section 170 of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979
or section 92 of the Value Added Tax Act 1994;
 an offence in connection with taxation in the European Union within section 71 of the
Criminal Justice Act 1993; or
 destroying, defacing or concealing of documents or procuring the execution of a valuable
security within section 20 of the Theft Act 1968 or section 19 of the Theft Act (Northern
Ireland) 1969;
 fraud within section 2, 3 or 4 of the Fraud Act 2006; or
 making, adapting, supplying or offering to supply articles for use in frauds within section
7B of the Fraud Act 2006;
Yes / No
(f) money laundering within section 340(11) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002;
Yes / No
(g) an offence in connection with the proceeds of criminal conduct within section 93A, 93B or 93C
of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 or article 45, 46 or 47 of the Proceeds of Crime (Northern
Ireland) Order 1996;
Yes / No
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(h) an offence in connection with the proceeds of criminal conduct within section 49, 50 or 51 of
the Drug Trafficking Act 1994; or
Yes / No
(i)
any other offence within Article 45(1) of the Public Sector Directive 2004/18/EC as defined by
the national law of any relevant EU member State or State listed in Schedule 4 to the Public
Contracts Regulations 2006.
Yes / No
If any answer to 1 (a) to (i) is YES your bid will receive a ‘fail’ mark, and will be disqualified
from further involvement in this Procurement.
Part B – Grounds for Discretionary Rejection:
Declarations regarding discretionary disqualifications under the Public Contracts Regulations 2006
(SI 2006 No.5) Regulation 23(4)
Do any of the following circumstances as set out in the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (SI 2006
No. 5) Regulation 23(4) apply to the Company named in this BINDING OFFER (and/or its
directors, and/or any other person who has powers of representation, decision or control of such
Company)?
Please circle as applicable:
(j)
being an individual is bankrupt or has had a receiving order or administration order or
bankruptcy restrictions order made against him or has made any composition or arrangement
with or for the benefit of his creditors or has made any conveyance or assignment for the
benefit of his creditors or appears unable to pay or to have no reasonable prospect of being
able to pay, a debt within the meaning of section 268 of the Insolvency Act 1986, or article 242
of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989, or in Scotland has granted a trust deed for
creditors or become otherwise apparently insolvent, or is the subject of a petition presented for
sequestration of his estate, or is the subject of any similar procedure under the law of any
other state;
Yes / No / NA
(k) being a partnership constituted under Scots law has granted a trust deed or become otherwise
apparently insolvent, or is the subject of a petition presented for sequestration of its estate;
Yes / No / NA
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(l)
being a company or any other entity within the meaning of section 255 of the Enterprise Act
2002 has passed a resolution or is the subject of an order by the court for the company's
winding up otherwise than for the purpose of bona fide reconstruction or amalgamation, or has
had a receiver, manager or administrator on behalf of a creditor appointed in respect of the
company's business or any part thereof or is the subject of the above procedures or is the
subject of similar procedures under the law of any other state;
Yes / No / NA
(m) has been convicted of a criminal offence relating to the conduct of his business or profession;
Yes / No / NA
(n) has committed an act of grave misconduct in the course of his business or profession;
Yes / No
(o) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions under the
law of any part of the United Kingdom or of the relevant State in which the organisation is
established;
Yes / No
(p) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes under the law of any part of the
United Kingdom or of the relevant State in which the economic operator is established;
Yes / No
(q) is guilty of serious misrepresentation in providing any information required of him under this
regulation;
Yes / No
(r) in relation to procedures for the award of a public services contract, is not licensed in the
relevant State in which he is established or is not a member of an organisation in that relevant
State when the law of that relevant State prohibits the provision of the services to be provided
under the contract by a person who is not so licensed or who is not such a member;
Yes / No
If any answer to 2 (j) to (r) is YES please give full details in the Tender Response including
of any court actions and/or industrial tribunal hearings.
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Declaration of Binding Offer
We have read the documents a), b), c), d), e) and f) listed below which we have examined,
understand and accept and we offer to supply the goods and/or services specified on the basis set
out Paragraph 4 below, at the rates or prices quoted, and we hereby agree that our tender is a
legally binding offer, which upon acceptance in writing by CPI shall form a legally binding contract
between us and CPI on the basis set out in Paragraph 4 “Agreed Contract” below.
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Agreed Contract
We agree that this tender and the contract which will result from it, if we are successful, shall be
made up of the provisions in the documents listed below:
a) Invitation to Tender
b) Instructions to Tenderers
c) Tender Specification
d) Binding Offer
e) Response to Tender (excluding any contractual terms of supply that we submit in or with it,
but including any other clarifications to the Response to Tender provided by us at CPI’s
specific request which are marked by CPI as being incorporated into the contract)
f)
The CONTRACTUAL TERMS above
g) CPI Purchase Order
all of which shall apply to the successful tender to the exclusion of any other contractual terms and
conditions, including but not limited to any terms and conditions which we purport to apply to our
supply of goods and/or services whether in the Response to Tender, or more generally, or
otherwise in any way. We agree that any other terms or conditions of contract or any general
reservations which we submit or which emanate from us in connection with this tender or with any
contract resulting from this tender shall not be applicable to the contract.
Where a model contract is set out in the CONTRACTUAL TERMS we agree that if we are
successful with this tender, we shall promptly after the final award of the contract execute such
model contract without requesting amendment, and agree that until such model contract is
prepared and executed, this tender if accepted by CPI shall constitute a binding contract as set out
above.
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Law
We agree that any contract that may result from this tender shall be subject to the law of England.
4.
Confidentiality / No Collusion
We declare that we have abided by the Confidentiality of Tenders / No Collusion requirements set
out in the Instructions to Tenderers.
5.
Offer Validity
All of this Binding Offer (including but not limited to the prices quoted) is valid for acceptance and
cannot be withdrawn by us for 90 days from the tender return date.
Signed:
Date:
Print Name:
Position:
Duly authorised to sign tenders for and on behalf of:
(Full legal name of the Tenderer in BLOCK CAPITALS)
Postal
Address:
Telephone
No:
CPI
T: +44 (0)1642 455 340
Wilton Centre, Wilton,
F: +44 (0)1642 447 298
Redcar, Cleveland,
E: info@uk-cpi.com
TS10 4RF, United Kingdom
W: www.uk-cpi.com
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