Mobile Broadband and/or Wi-Fi Hotspots Services

HEAnet Limited

Heanet invites expressions of interest from parties capable of meeting its needs in the supply of a national mobile broadband and/or Wi-Fi hotspots services. The framework agreement will be awarded using the competitive dialogue procedure. It is anticipated that the competitive dialogue procedure will be conducted over a 2-4 week period. In order to be selected for participation in the competitive dialogue, applicants must meet the criteria and rules for participation set out in the qualification questionnaire. The questionnaire is only available by e-mailing heanet-info-3g@heanet.ie.
NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the eTenders Web Site at http://www.etenders.gov.ie/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=216212.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2011-05-02. The procurement was published on 2011-04-01.

Suppliers

The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2011-04-01 Contract notice
2011-04-27 Additional information
2011-04-27 Additional information
2011-08-22 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2011-04-01)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: telephone and data transmission services
Quantity or scope:
HEAnet Limited is Ireland’s National Education and Research Network, providing Internet services for more than 50 member institutions and over 180 000 staff and students in Ireland’s Universities, Institutes of Technology and other educational and research organisations, as well as almost 4 000 primary and second level schools.
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Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Telephone and data transmission services 📦

Procedure
Procedure type: Competitive dialogue
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Body governed by public law
Postal address: 1st Floor, 5 George's Dock, IFSC
Postal town: Dublin 1
Contact
Internet address: http://www.heanet.ie 🌏
E-mail: heanet-info-3g@listserv.heanet.ie 📧
Phone: +353 16609040 📞
Fax: +353 16603666 📠

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2011-04-01 📅
Submission deadline: 2011-05-02 📅
Publication date: 2011-04-06 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2011/S 67-109312
OJ-S issue: 67
Additional information
HEAnet will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates, participants or tenderers involved in this procurement process. The following conditions in relation to the Freedom of Information Act should be noted: HEAnet is not subject to the Freedom of Information Act, but upon receipt of requests for information, may decide to answer such requests. HEAnet undertakes to hold confidential any information provided in response to this Call for Competition subject to its obligations under law, including the Freedom of Information Act, which came into force on 21.4.1998. Candidates are asked to consider if any of the information supplied by them in response to this Call for Competition should not be disclosed because of its sensitivity. If this is the case, the Candidate should, when providing the information, identify same and specify reasons for its sensitivity. HEAnet will consult with the Candidate about sensitive information before making a decision on any Freedom of Information request received. If the Candidate is successful and wins the contract, then the terms of the contract, including process, etc. in the tender, belong as much to HEAnet as to the Candidate. So no consultation is needed. If the Candidate considers that none of the information supplied by them is sensitive, they should make a statement to that effect. Such information may be released in response to a Freedom of Information request. Award of contracts will be subject to the approval of the relevant competent authorities. Following the evaluation of responses to the qualification questionnaires, parties not invited to dialogue will be duly notified. Those being invited to dialogue will be issued with a descriptive document containing more information on Heanet’s requirements, the dialogue process and the award criteria, which may be applied at the dialogue stage and will be used at the tender evaluation stage. The Purchasing Authority is acting on behalf of all constituent members of HEAnet. It is expected that the dialogue phase will be concluded during May 2011. Please note if questionnaires are being submitted in Irish, please provide an English translation. The Purchasing Authority is acting on behalf of the following organisations: Constituent bodies of HEAnet. (ET Ref:216212).
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Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 💰
10 000 000 💰
Short description:
Heanet invites expressions of interest from parties capable of meeting its needs in the supply of a national mobile broadband and/or Wi-Fi hotspots services. The framework agreement will be awarded using the competitive dialogue procedure. It is anticipated that the competitive dialogue procedure will be conducted over a 2-4 week period. In order to be selected for participation in the competitive dialogue, applicants must meet the criteria and rules for participation set out in the qualification questionnaire. The questionnaire is only available by e-mailing heanet-info-3g@heanet.ie.
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NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the eTenders Web Site at http://www.etenders.gov.ie/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=216212.
Variants will be accepted ✅
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Ireland.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:
(1) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions under the law or of the relevant State in which the candidate is established.
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Interested parties must complete and return the qualification questionnaire available by emailing heanet-info-3g@listserv.heanet.ie.
Economic and financial standing:
Interested parties must complete and return the qualification questionnaire available by emailing heanet-info-3g@listserv.heanet.ie.
Technical and professional ability:
Interested parties must complete and return the qualification questionnaire available by emailing heanet-info-3g@listserv.heanet.ie.

Procedure
Number of operators of the framework agreement: 3
Duration of the framework agreement in years: 4
Minimum number of candidates: 3
Objective criteria for selection:
Following evaluation of the responses to the qualification questionnaires and on the basis of the criteria and rules outlined therein, all applications will be scored and ranked. It is anticipated that at least 3 firms will be invited to participate in the dialogue process.
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Date of dispatch of invitations: 2011-05-03 📅
Languages
Language: English 🗣️
Irish 🗣️

Contracting authority
Identity
Awarding authority name: HEAnet Limited
The procurement is done on behalf of other contracting authorities ✅
Contact
Contact point: Nick Murray
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.etenders.gov.ie/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA01657 🌏
Name: HEAnet Limited
URL for further information: http://www.heanet.ie 🌏
URL for documents: http://www.heanet.ie 🌏
URL for participation: http://www.heanet.ie 🌏

Reference
Additional information
HEAnet will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates, participants or tenderers involved in this procurement process. The following conditions in relation to the Freedom of Information Act should be noted: HEAnet is not subject to the Freedom of Information Act, but upon receipt of requests for information, may decide to answer such requests. HEAnet undertakes to hold confidential any information provided in response to this Call for Competition subject to its obligations under law, including the Freedom of Information Act, which came into force on 21.4.1998. Candidates are asked to consider if any of the information supplied by them in response to this Call for Competition should not be disclosed because of its sensitivity. If this is the case, the Candidate should, when providing the information, identify same and specify reasons for its sensitivity. HEAnet will consult with the Candidate about sensitive information before making a decision on any Freedom of Information request received. If the Candidate is successful and wins the contract, then the terms of the contract, including process, etc. in the tender, belong as much to HEAnet as to the Candidate. So no consultation is needed. If the Candidate considers that none of the information supplied by them is sensitive, they should make a statement to that effect. Such information may be released in response to a Freedom of Information request.
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Award of contracts will be subject to the approval of the relevant competent authorities. Following the evaluation of responses to the qualification questionnaires, parties not invited to dialogue will be duly notified. Those being invited to dialogue will be issued with a descriptive document containing more information on Heanet’s requirements, the dialogue process and the award criteria, which may be applied at the dialogue stage and will be used at the tender evaluation stage. The Purchasing Authority is acting on behalf of all constituent members of HEAnet. It is expected that the dialogue phase will be concluded during May 2011.
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Please note if questionnaires are being submitted in Irish, please provide an English translation.
The Purchasing Authority is acting on behalf of the following organisations:
Constituent bodies of HEAnet.
(ET Ref:216212).
Source: OJS 2011/S 067-109312 (2011-04-01)
Additional information (2011-04-27)
Object
Notice metadata
Document type: Additional information

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2011-04-27 📅
Publication date: 2011-04-29 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2011/S 83-135551
Refers to notice: 2011/S 67-109312
OJ-S issue: 83
Source: OJS 2011/S 083-135551 (2011-04-27)
Additional information (2011-04-27)
Reference
Dates
Submission deadline: 2011-05-03 📅
Publication date: 2011-04-30 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2011/S 84-136919
OJ-S issue: 84
Source: OJS 2011/S 084-136919 (2011-04-27)
Contract award notice (2011-08-22)
Object
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Contracting authority
Identity
Postal code: 1
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
E-mail: heanet-info-3g@listserv.heanet.ie 📧

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2011-08-22 📅
Publication date: 2011-08-26 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2011/S 163-268747
OJ-S issue: 163
Additional information
The Purchasing Authority is acting on behalf of the following organisations: constituent bodies of HEAnet. (ET Ref:294072).

Object
Scope of the procurement
Reference number: OJEU Ref: 109312-2011 (2011/S 67-109312)

Procedure
Award criteria
Criterion: 1. Fitness for Purpose of overall solution proposed (30)
2. Support Provided & Commitment to Predefined SLAs (10)
3. Future collaboration and Innovation (10)
4. Total Estimated Cost (50)

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2011-07-01 📅
Postal address: 28/29 Sir John Rogerson's Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Daniel Lete
Source: OJS 2011/S 163-268747 (2011-08-22)
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