Fibreoptic cable commercialisation contract

Coras Iompair Eireann (CIE Utility)

The CIร‰ Group is seeking to commercialise spare fibre core capacity on a number of fibre optic cables across the Irish Rail Network. The rail network extends to all the major population centres in Ireland and the fibre is ideally positioned to support the provision of Backhaul services between towns and cities. Fibre cores will be offered on a dark fibre offering only through a long-term IRU or a long-term lease / license. This tender may be of interest to companies in the telecommunications or ICT sectors who require additional bandwidth capacity.
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=361312.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2012-02-14. The procurement was published on 2012-01-12.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2012-01-12 Contract notice
Contract notice (2012-01-12)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: optical-fibre cables for data transmission
Quantity or scope:
โ€œThe proposed long term contract covers spare capacity across 3 separate fibre-optic cables.1. Cable 1 is located across the majority of the national...โ€    Show more
Notice metadata
Original language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Optical-fibre cables for data transmission ๐Ÿ“ฆ

Procedure
Procedure type: Negotiated procedure
Type of bid: Not specified
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Awarding authority type: Utilities entity
Awarding authority name: Coras Iompair Eireann (CIE Utility)
Postal address: Heuston Station
Postal town: Dublin 8
Contact
Internet address: http://www.cie.ie ๐ŸŒ
E-mail: pat.mullan@irishrail.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 17033713 ๐Ÿ“ž
Fax: +353 14537349 ๐Ÿ“ 

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2012-01-12 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2012-02-14 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2012-01-14 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2012/S 9-013733
OJ-S issue: 9
Additional information

โ€œInterested applicants should confirm their interest by e-mail to pat.mullan@irishrail.ie AND jennifer.coules@irishrail.ie, indicating that they are...โ€    Show more
Source: OJS 2012/S 009-013733 (2012-01-12)