Data, voice and video project

Quantity or scope

This contract will be for a maximum duration of 10 years and will concern a variety of elements of IGB's ICT environment. The estimated expenditure over the maximum potential lifetime of the contract is between 3 000 000 EUR and 6 000 000 EUR.3 000 0006 000 000

Additional information

1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications. All information relating to attachments, including clarifications and changes, will be published on the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities portal (www.etenders.gov.ie)only. Registration is free of charge. The contracting authority will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties;

2) This is the sole call for competition for this competition;

3) The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates, participants or tenderers;

4) Contract award will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities;

5) It will be a condition of award that tenderers and all sub-contractors produce a valid tax clearance certificate from the Irish revenue commissioners as part of their application for participation in the competition;

6) If for any reason it is not possible to award the contract to the tenderer invited following the conclusion of this competitive process, the contracting authority reserves the right to invite to award the contract to the next highest-scoring tenderer, as appropriate. This shall be without prejudice to the right of the contracting authority to cancel this competitive process and/or initiate a new contract award procedure at its sole discretion;

7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process or the contract at any time;

8) Please note in relation to all documents, that where reference is made to a particular standard, make, source, process, trademark, type or patent, that this is not to be regarded as a de facto requirement. In all such cases it should be understood that such indications are to be treated strictly and solely for reference purposes only, to which the words "or equivalent" will always be appended;

10) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of questionnaires with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, candidates are advised to ensure that they return fully completed questionnaires in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition.

(ET Ref:353372).