Server Room Fit out - Open Tender for a complete Server Room Fit Out in the Dublin City Area

FAS - Foras Aiseanna Saothair, Training and Employment Authority

FÁS plans to vacate its current Baggot Street offices in the coming months. A new location for HO has not yet been identified, but it will be within the central Dublin area. There are
currently two server rooms in Baggot Street and these will be merged and relocated to our new premises.
Our two server rooms support FÁS in all its business functions. There are currently over 100 offices on our WAN, in addition to the services we provide our own staff – our internal applications are accessed by the DSP, the Local Employment Service, (Contracted Trainers, CE Supervisors.) We are also hosting filtered Internet access for over 50 training locations and we run a weekly payroll for almost 16,000 trainees. In addition there are our public facing Internet sites, jobbank.fas.ie, our mobile apps, the Jobbridge internship system to name but a few.
This tender relates to the complete fit out of the new server room. The successful tenderer will be required to fulfil all aspects of fitting out a server room, from the electrics to the air cooling units to the server and communications racks. The only aspect of the sever room which the tender does not cover is the server and communications hardware itself.
The server room will need to accommodate approximately 12 racks, all of the standard 42U height– two of these will be for communications equipment, with a width of 750 mm, the remaining 10 will be of standard size. There will be no blade servers, but there will be one SAN. Suppliers must be able to provide a complete fit out service comprising of:
— Room preparation,
— UPS solution,
— Air cooling units,
— Fire suppression system,
— Electrical cabling,
— Network cabling.
And ALL ancillary services.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2013-10-21. The procurement was published on 2013-08-29.

Who?

• FAS - Foras Aiseanna Saothair, Training and Employment Authority

What?

Where?

• Éire/Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2013-08-29	Contract notice

Contract notice (2013-08-29)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Communications network
Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Communications network 📦

Procedure
Procedure type: Open procedure
Type of bid: Submission for one lot only
Award criteria
Lowest price

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Awarding authority name: FAS - Foras Aiseanna Saothair, Training and Employment Authority
Postal address: 27/33 Upper Baggot Street
Postal code: 4
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
E-mail: joan.murphy@fas.ie 📧
Phone: +353 16070826 📞
Fax: +353 16070612 📠

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2013-08-29 📅
Submission deadline: 2013-10-21 📅
Publication date: 2013-08-31 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2013/S 169-293517
OJ-S issue: 169
Additional information

To receive more information about this tender, including any amendments and/or clarifications and to request any clarifications and/or to respond to this tender, you must register your interest to this tender on the following site: https://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=69744&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

FÁS plans to vacate its current Baggot Street offices in the coming months. A new location for HO has not yet been identified, but it will be within the central Dublin area. There are

currently two server rooms in Baggot Street and these will be merged and relocated to our new premises.

Our two server rooms support FÁS in all its business functions. There are currently over 100 offices on our WAN, in addition to the services we provide our own staff – our internal applications are accessed by the DSP, the Local Employment Service, (Contracted Trainers, CE Supervisors.) We are also hosting filtered Internet access for over 50 training locations and we run a weekly payroll for almost 16,000 trainees. In addition there are our public facing Internet sites, jobbank.fas.ie, our mobile apps, the Jobbridge internship system to name but a few.

This tender relates to the complete fit out of the new server room. The successful tenderer will be required to fulfil all aspects of fitting out a server room, from the electrics to the air cooling units to the server and communications racks. The only aspect of the sever room which the tender does not cover is the server and communications hardware itself.

The server room will need to accommodate approximately 12 racks, all of the standard 42U height– two of these will be for communications equipment, with a width of 750 mm, the remaining 10 will be of standard size. There will be no blade servers, but there will be one SAN. Suppliers must be able to provide a complete fit out service comprising of:

— Room preparation,

— UPS solution,

— Air cooling units,

— Fire suppression system,

— Electrical cabling,

— Network cabling.

And ALL ancillary services.

Lot number: 1
Title of the lot: Open Tender for a complete Server Room Fit Out in the Dublin City Area

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Joan Murphy
Source: OJS 2013/S 169-293517 (2013-08-29)

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