Provision of IT packaged work services & resource augmentation
Electricity Supply Board
Electricity Supply Board (ESB) wishes to establish panels of companies to undertake defined packages of IT work and to supply personnel to augment in-company resources on occasions.
DeadlineThe time limit for receipt of tenders was 2012-02-20. The procurement was published on 2012-01-20.
SuppliersThe following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
- • Arekibo Communications Ltd
- • AspiraCon Ltd
- • Deloitte
- • Eircom
- • Experis
- • Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
- • Hexaware Technologies UK Ltd
- • I.T. Alliance Group
- • IBM Ireland Limited
- • Infosys Limited
- • iQ Content Ltd
- • Modis
- • OCC Computer Personell (Northern) Limited
- • Software Quality Systems (Ireland) Limited
- • Spanish Point Technologies Ltd
- • System Dynamics Limited
- • Tata Consultancy Services Limited
- • Tomorrows World Limited
- • Version 1 Software Ltd
- • Wipro Limited
- • Zensar Technologies (UK) Ltd
- • Zinopy Limited
- • Business transaction and personal business software development services › Sales, marketing and business intelligence software development services › Business intelligence software development services
- • Systems and technical consultancy services › Business analysis consultancy services
- • Systems and technical consultancy services › Project management consultancy services
- • System and support services › Helpdesk and support services
- • System and support services › Software testing
- • Data-processing services › Data network management and support services
- • Data-processing services › Data storage services
- • Data services › Database services
- • Internet services › Internet development services
Procurement history
| Date | Document |
|---|---|
| 2012-01-20 | Contract notice |
| 2013-03-14 | Contract award notice |
Contract notice (2012-01-20)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: software programming and consultancy services
Quantity or scope:
“ESB operates an extensive IT environment based primarily on SAP, Microsoft and IBM product sets. These products run on a Wintel/AIX platform, based on DB2,...”
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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: Software programming and consultancy services 📦
Procedure
Procedure type: Negotiated procedure
Type of bid: Submission for one or more lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender
Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Utilities entity
Awarding authority name: Electricity Supply Board
Postal address: 27 Lower Fitzwilliam Street
Postal town: Dublin 2
Contact
Internet address: http://www.esb.ie 🌏
E-mail: ssprocurement@esb.ie 📧
Phone: +353 17027390 📞
Fax: +353 16384797 📠
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2012-01-20 📅
Submission deadline: 2012-02-20 📅
Publication date: 2012-01-25 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2012/S 16-025768
OJ-S issue: 16
Additional information
“Candidates who wish to express an interest in supplying any of the services outlined in this notice must complete the Response Template which is available...”
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Object
Scope of the procurement
Service category: 7
Short description:
“Electricity Supply Board (ESB) wishes to establish panels of companies to undertake defined packages of IT work and to supply personnel to augment...”
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Lot number: 1
Title of the lot: SAP solutions & services
Short description:
“ESB wishes to establish a panel of companies to:”
“(a) undertake defined packages of work in relation to SAP - ERP 6.0, ISU, Portal, CRM, XRPM, Mobile, Biller Direct, BW, SEM/BCS, Xi/Pi, Solution Manager,...”
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“(b) supply personnel to augment our in-company SAP resources on occasions.”
Quantity or scope:
“The purpose of ESB’s SAP Enterprise Support Service & SAP Projects Delivery Service functions is to design, build & run integrated SAP systems solutions...”
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“The current specialist SAP Service areas can be summarised under the following headings:”
“(1) SAP ERP;”
“(2) SAP ISU;”
“(3) SAP Portal;”
“(4) SAP ERP for Utilities;”
“(5) SAP BW & SEM/BCS (including BI integration);”
“(6) SAP CRM;”
“(7) SAP Biller Direct;”
“(8) SAP XRPM;”
“(9) SAP Mobile;”
“(10) Integration HUBs primarily emloying SAP XI / SAP PI (including TIBCO solutions integration) and SeeBeyond;”
“(11) SAP BASIS;”
“(12) SAP Solutions Manager;”
“(13) SAP Security (including GRC);”
“(14) Development based on ABAP, WebDynpro and CRM WebUI;”
“(15) SAP System/Services Performance Testing;”
“(16) SAP Solutions Architecture planning and design;”
“(17) Services supporting integration of SAP Solutions with other non-SAP systems.”
“Other SAP based software & integration solutions may also be deployed by ESB over the coming years, including upgrades to deploy functional and product...”
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Lot number: 2
Title of the lot: Business intelligence solutions & services
Short description:
“(a) undertake defined packages of work in relation to business intelligence (BI) products and services;”
“(b) supply personnel to augment our in-company BI resources on occasions.”
Quantity or scope:
“ESB’s Technology Solutions Dept. design, build & run Business Intelligence (BI) solutions to support ESB group's business processes. ESB now seeks...”
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“The current BI product sets are:”
“(1) SAP Business Warehouse (BW);”
“(2) SAP Business Objects;”
“(3) SQL Server Data Marts;”
“(4) SSIS as ETL platform;”
“(5) Tableau as data discovery & visualisation tool.”
Lot number: 3
Title of the lot: Internet & collaboration solutions
Short description:
“(a) undertake defined packages of work in relation to internet solutions (intranet, internet sites, portals) and collaboration solutions (Sharepoint, Adobe)...”
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“(b) supply personnel to augment our in-company internet/collaboration resources on occasions.”
Quantity or scope:
“ESB’s Technology Solutions Dept. design, build & run internet & collaboration solutions to support ESB group's business processes. ESB now seeks expressions...”
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“Solutions will be based on:”
“(1) Sharepoint;”
“(2) Bespoke internet / intranet sites and applications;”
“(3) Mobile platforms (Smartphone, mobile fieldforce);”
“(4) Social media platforms.”
“Overall service requirements include:”
“(1) Information architecture and site design to appropriate usability and accessibility standards;”
“(2) Content management solutions (based on Sharepoint 2010);”
“(3) Search engine optimisation (SEO);”
“(4) Site analytics;”
“(5) Workflow and Forms design and implementation;”
“(6) HTML, HTML 5 and associated web presentation skills;”
“(7) Bespoke development based on Java, .NET, SQL Server, VBA/Excel;”
“(8) Integration into enterprise back-end solutions (SAP) using web services.”
Lot number: 4
Title of the lot: Integration solutions
Short description:
“(a) undertake defined packages of work in relation to A2A and B2B integration solutions;”
“(b) supply personnel to augment our in-company Integration resources on occasions.”
Quantity or scope:
“ESB’s Technology Solutions Dept. design, build & run Integration Solutions to support ESB group's business processes. ESB now seeks expressions of interest...”
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“Overall service requirements are based on:”
“(1) SAP-XI, SAP-PI (primary integration platform);”
“(2) SeeBeyond (legacy integration solution);”
“(3) TIBCO for energy market B2B solutions;”
“(4) Web Services / SOA (back-end integration);”
“(5) Streamserve”
Lot number: 5
Title of the lot: IT infrastructure operation & management
Short description:
“(a) Undertake defined packages of work in relation the operation and management of our IT infrastructure (Network(LAN/WAN), IT security, operating systems,...”
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“(b) Supply personnel to augment our in-company IT Infrastructure resources on occasions. Infrastructure.(Network(LAN/WAN), IT security, operating systems,...”
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Quantity or scope:
“ESB’s Technology Solutions Dept. operate and manage an IT Infrastructure to support ESB group's business processes. ESB now seeks expressions of interest...”
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“The current Infrastructure Service areas can be summarised under the following headings:”
“(1) Network management (LAN/WAN);”
“(2) Data storage (IBM XIV/EMC), archiving technologies;”
“(3) Citrix (Xenapp, Xen Server, Citrix provisioning, application and desktop virtualisation);”
“(4) Installations, monitoring and systems management (Windows, Unix, VMWARE);”
“(5) Applications/middleware installation and support;”
“(6 Database installation, configuration and management (SQL, Oracle, DB2);”
“(7) Client (Windows XP/Windows 7 etc, client encryption, upgrade and roll out projects);”
“(8) Monitoring tools;”
“(9) Cloud services (limited requirement);”
“(10) Solutions architecture, project management, planning and design;”
“(11) Service centre / help desk.”
Lot number: 6
Title of the lot: Supplementary services (project management/support, business process analysis and testing)
Short description:
“(a) undertake defined packages of work in relation to supplementary services primarily in the areas of project management/support, business process analysis...”
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“(b) supply personnel to augment our in-company Supplementary Services resources on occasions.”
Quantity or scope:
“ESB’s Technology Solutions Dept. provides specialist services to the business in the key activities of project management/support, business process analysis...”
Show more
“ESB now seeks expressions of interest from candidates who would like to be a member of a supplementary services panel to deliver packages of work from...”
Show more
“The current areas covered include:”
“(1) Project management and support (PRINCE2);”
“(2) Business process analysis;”
“(3) Functional, automated and/or performance testing.”
“On occasion, this panel may also be used to cater for other similar requirements that may arise in the course of the contract.”
“ESB operates an extensive IT environment based primarily on SAP, Microsoft and IBM product sets. These products run on a Wintel/AIX platform, based on DB2,...”
Show more
“ESB now wishes to establish panels of companies to.”
“(a) undertake defined packages of work in any/all of the technical areas outlined below and/or”
“(b) supply personnel to augment our in-company resources on occasions.”
“Services may be required in a range of activities including the following:”
“— Project management / support,”
“— Business process analysis,”
“— Requirements definition / solution acquisition,”
“— Application / system design,”
“— Build / configuration,”
“— Functional, automated and/or performance testing,”
“— Implementation,”
“— Application performance management,”
“— Service management (ITIL),”
“— IT infrastructure operation & management.”
“It is envisaged that separate panels will be established for each of the following work areas:”
“(1) SAP solutions & services;”
“(2) Business intelligence solutions & services;”
“(3) Internet & collaboration solutions;”
“(4) Integration solutions;”
“(5) IT infrastructure operation & management;”
“(6) Supplementary services.”
Number of possible renewals: 1
Time frame for subsequent contracts: 24 months
Duration: 36 months
Reference number: SS/CON/1492
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance:
“Dublin.”
Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:
“Candidates who wish to respond to this notice must complete a response template which is available from Brendan Kennedy at ssprocurement@esb.ie.”
“Candidate's should provide a copy of their Safety Statement. If Safety Statement is unavailabel candidate's should provide a copy of their Health & Safety Policy.”
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Economic and financial standing:
“(1) Current bankers reference;”
“(2) Audited accounts showing overall turnover and profitability for the last 3 years;”
“(3) Evidence of insurances (minimum levels expected: employer's liability 13 000 000 EUR, public/products liability 2 500 000 EUR).”
Technical and professional ability:
“Candidates must indicate the lot(s) for which they wish to make proposals and complete a response template which is available from Brendan Kennedy at...”
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Contract execution
Deposits and guarantees required:
“Will be stated in the tender documents.”
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
“Will be stated in the tender documents.”
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
“Will be stated in the tender documents.”
Procedure
Duration of the framework agreement in years: 3
Languages
Language: English 🗣️
Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Procurement, Business Service Centre
Brendan Kennedy
Complementary information
Review body
Name: Chief Registrar, The High Court
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
Internet address: www.courts.ie 🌏
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: Candidate's own legal advisor.
Source: OJS 2012/S 016-025768 (2012-01-20)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: software programming and consultancy services
Quantity or scope:
“ESB operates an extensive IT environment based primarily on SAP, Microsoft and IBM product sets. These products run on a Wintel/AIX platform, based on DB2,...”
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: Software programming and consultancy services 📦
Procedure
Procedure type: Negotiated procedure
Type of bid: Submission for one or more lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender
Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Utilities entity
Awarding authority name: Electricity Supply Board
Postal address: 27 Lower Fitzwilliam Street
Postal town: Dublin 2
Contact
Internet address: http://www.esb.ie 🌏
E-mail: ssprocurement@esb.ie 📧
Phone: +353 17027390 📞
Fax: +353 16384797 📠
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2012-01-20 📅
Submission deadline: 2012-02-20 📅
Publication date: 2012-01-25 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2012/S 16-025768
OJ-S issue: 16
Additional information
“Candidates who wish to express an interest in supplying any of the services outlined in this notice must complete the Response Template which is available...”
Object
Scope of the procurement
Service category: 7
Short description:
“Electricity Supply Board (ESB) wishes to establish panels of companies to undertake defined packages of IT work and to supply personnel to augment...”
Lot number: 1
Title of the lot: SAP solutions & services
Short description:
“ESB wishes to establish a panel of companies to:”
“(a) undertake defined packages of work in relation to SAP - ERP 6.0, ISU, Portal, CRM, XRPM, Mobile, Biller Direct, BW, SEM/BCS, Xi/Pi, Solution Manager,...”
Show more (1)
“(b) supply personnel to augment our in-company SAP resources on occasions.”
“The purpose of ESB’s SAP Enterprise Support Service & SAP Projects Delivery Service functions is to design, build & run integrated SAP systems solutions...”
“The current specialist SAP Service areas can be summarised under the following headings:”
Show more (18)
“(1) SAP ERP;”
“(2) SAP ISU;”
“(3) SAP Portal;”
“(4) SAP ERP for Utilities;”
“(5) SAP BW & SEM/BCS (including BI integration);”
“(6) SAP CRM;”
“(7) SAP Biller Direct;”
“(8) SAP XRPM;”
“(9) SAP Mobile;”
“(10) Integration HUBs primarily emloying SAP XI / SAP PI (including TIBCO solutions integration) and SeeBeyond;”
“(11) SAP BASIS;”
“(12) SAP Solutions Manager;”
“(13) SAP Security (including GRC);”
“(14) Development based on ABAP, WebDynpro and CRM WebUI;”
“(15) SAP System/Services Performance Testing;”
“(16) SAP Solutions Architecture planning and design;”
“(17) Services supporting integration of SAP Solutions with other non-SAP systems.”
“Other SAP based software & integration solutions may also be deployed by ESB over the coming years, including upgrades to deploy functional and product...”
Title of the lot: Business intelligence solutions & services
Short description:
“(a) undertake defined packages of work in relation to business intelligence (BI) products and services;”
“(b) supply personnel to augment our in-company BI resources on occasions.”
Quantity or scope:
“ESB’s Technology Solutions Dept. design, build & run Business Intelligence (BI) solutions to support ESB group's business processes. ESB now seeks...”
“The current BI product sets are:”
Show more (5)
“(1) SAP Business Warehouse (BW);”
“(2) SAP Business Objects;”
“(3) SQL Server Data Marts;”
“(4) SSIS as ETL platform;”
“(5) Tableau as data discovery & visualisation tool.”
Title of the lot: Internet & collaboration solutions
Short description:
“(a) undertake defined packages of work in relation to internet solutions (intranet, internet sites, portals) and collaboration solutions (Sharepoint, Adobe)...”
“(b) supply personnel to augment our in-company internet/collaboration resources on occasions.”
Quantity or scope:
“ESB’s Technology Solutions Dept. design, build & run internet & collaboration solutions to support ESB group's business processes. ESB now seeks expressions...”
“Solutions will be based on:”
Show more (13)
“(1) Sharepoint;”
“(2) Bespoke internet / intranet sites and applications;”
“(3) Mobile platforms (Smartphone, mobile fieldforce);”
“(4) Social media platforms.”
“Overall service requirements include:”
“(1) Information architecture and site design to appropriate usability and accessibility standards;”
“(2) Content management solutions (based on Sharepoint 2010);”
“(3) Search engine optimisation (SEO);”
“(4) Site analytics;”
“(5) Workflow and Forms design and implementation;”
“(6) HTML, HTML 5 and associated web presentation skills;”
“(7) Bespoke development based on Java, .NET, SQL Server, VBA/Excel;”
“(8) Integration into enterprise back-end solutions (SAP) using web services.”
Title of the lot: Integration solutions
Short description:
“(a) undertake defined packages of work in relation to A2A and B2B integration solutions;”
“(b) supply personnel to augment our in-company Integration resources on occasions.”
Quantity or scope:
“ESB’s Technology Solutions Dept. design, build & run Integration Solutions to support ESB group's business processes. ESB now seeks expressions of interest...”
“Overall service requirements are based on:”
Show more (5)
“(1) SAP-XI, SAP-PI (primary integration platform);”
“(2) SeeBeyond (legacy integration solution);”
“(3) TIBCO for energy market B2B solutions;”
“(4) Web Services / SOA (back-end integration);”
“(5) Streamserve”
Title of the lot: IT infrastructure operation & management
Short description:
“(a) Undertake defined packages of work in relation the operation and management of our IT infrastructure (Network(LAN/WAN), IT security, operating systems,...”
“(b) Supply personnel to augment our in-company IT Infrastructure resources on occasions. Infrastructure.(Network(LAN/WAN), IT security, operating systems,...”
Quantity or scope:
“ESB’s Technology Solutions Dept. operate and manage an IT Infrastructure to support ESB group's business processes. ESB now seeks expressions of interest...”
“The current Infrastructure Service areas can be summarised under the following headings:”
Show more (11)
“(1) Network management (LAN/WAN);”
“(2) Data storage (IBM XIV/EMC), archiving technologies;”
“(3) Citrix (Xenapp, Xen Server, Citrix provisioning, application and desktop virtualisation);”
“(4) Installations, monitoring and systems management (Windows, Unix, VMWARE);”
“(5) Applications/middleware installation and support;”
“(6 Database installation, configuration and management (SQL, Oracle, DB2);”
“(7) Client (Windows XP/Windows 7 etc, client encryption, upgrade and roll out projects);”
“(8) Monitoring tools;”
“(9) Cloud services (limited requirement);”
“(10) Solutions architecture, project management, planning and design;”
“(11) Service centre / help desk.”
Title of the lot: Supplementary services (project management/support, business process analysis and testing)
Short description:
“(a) undertake defined packages of work in relation to supplementary services primarily in the areas of project management/support, business process analysis...”
“(b) supply personnel to augment our in-company Supplementary Services resources on occasions.”
Quantity or scope:
“ESB’s Technology Solutions Dept. provides specialist services to the business in the key activities of project management/support, business process analysis...”
“ESB now seeks expressions of interest from candidates who would like to be a member of a supplementary services panel to deliver packages of work from...”
Show more (5)
“The current areas covered include:”
“(1) Project management and support (PRINCE2);”
“(2) Business process analysis;”
“(3) Functional, automated and/or performance testing.”
“On occasion, this panel may also be used to cater for other similar requirements that may arise in the course of the contract.”
“ESB operates an extensive IT environment based primarily on SAP, Microsoft and IBM product sets. These products run on a Wintel/AIX platform, based on DB2,...”
“ESB now wishes to establish panels of companies to.”
Show more (20)
“(a) undertake defined packages of work in any/all of the technical areas outlined below and/or”
“(b) supply personnel to augment our in-company resources on occasions.”
“Services may be required in a range of activities including the following:”
“— Project management / support,”
“— Business process analysis,”
“— Requirements definition / solution acquisition,”
“— Application / system design,”
“— Build / configuration,”
“— Functional, automated and/or performance testing,”
“— Implementation,”
“— Application performance management,”
“— Service management (ITIL),”
“— IT infrastructure operation & management.”
“It is envisaged that separate panels will be established for each of the following work areas:”
“(1) SAP solutions & services;”
“(2) Business intelligence solutions & services;”
“(3) Internet & collaboration solutions;”
“(4) Integration solutions;”
“(5) IT infrastructure operation & management;”
“(6) Supplementary services.”
Time frame for subsequent contracts: 24 months
Duration: 36 months
Reference number: SS/CON/1492
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance:
“Dublin.”
Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:
“Candidates who wish to respond to this notice must complete a response template which is available from Brendan Kennedy at ssprocurement@esb.ie.”
“Candidate's should provide a copy of their Safety Statement. If Safety Statement is unavailabel candidate's should provide a copy of their Health & Safety Policy.”
Economic and financial standing:
“(1) Current bankers reference;”
“(2) Audited accounts showing overall turnover and profitability for the last 3 years;”
Show more (1)
“(3) Evidence of insurances (minimum levels expected: employer's liability 13 000 000 EUR, public/products liability 2 500 000 EUR).”
“Candidates must indicate the lot(s) for which they wish to make proposals and complete a response template which is available from Brendan Kennedy at...”
Contract execution
Deposits and guarantees required:
“Will be stated in the tender documents.”
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
“Will be stated in the tender documents.”
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
“Will be stated in the tender documents.”
Procedure
Duration of the framework agreement in years: 3
Languages
Language: English 🗣️
Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Procurement, Business Service Centre
Brendan Kennedy
Complementary information
Review body
Name: Chief Registrar, The High Court
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
Internet address: www.courts.ie 🌏
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: Candidate's own legal advisor.
Source: OJS 2012/S 016-025768 (2012-01-20)
Contract award notice (2013-03-14)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Software programming and consultancy services
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice
Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable
Contracting authority
Identity
Postal code: 2
Postal town: Dublin
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2013-03-14 📅
Publication date: 2013-03-19 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2013/S 055-090049
Refers to notice: 2012/S 16-025768
OJ-S issue: 55
Object
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance:
“Dublin”
Contracting authority
Contact
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Source: OJS 2013/S 055-090049 (2013-03-14)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Software programming and consultancy services
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice
Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable
Contracting authority
Identity
Postal code: 2
Postal town: Dublin
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2013-03-14 📅
Publication date: 2013-03-19 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2013/S 055-090049
Refers to notice: 2012/S 16-025768
OJ-S issue: 55
Object
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance:
“Dublin”
Contracting authority
Contact
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Source: OJS 2013/S 055-090049 (2013-03-14)
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