SET 4888 - Supply and Technical Support of Gigabit Ethernet Equipment

Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)

Iarnród Éireann (IÉ) has a requirement to engage the services of a suitably qualified/accredited HP partner to provide hardware and software support to its existing HP/3Com Gigabit Ethernet Network.
The Gigabit Ethernet Network is the primary communications medium for Station Services, Customer Information Systems and ATVM at all refurbished and unmanned stations nationwide. Additionally, IÉ are looking to engage with suitably qualified/accredited suppliers of networking equipment which will be used to expand and interface with the existing HP/3Com network. It will be the responsibility of all participants at the pre-qualification stage to demonstrate that they have the capabilities to enable any chosen hardware solution to seamlessly interface with the current HP/3Com installations.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2013-06-03. The procurement was published on 2013-04-24.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2013-04-24 Contract notice
2014-02-27 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2013-04-24)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Ethernet network
Quantity or scope:
[Lot A]Technical Support (Hardware and Software) for a 24 month period with an option to extend for a maximum of an additional 3 years.[Lot B]Hardware supply on a draw down basis over a 24 month period.700 000
Total value of the procurement: 700 000 💰
Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Supplies
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Ethernet network 📦

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: Iarnrod Eireann (Irish Rail)
Postal address: Engineering Procurement, CIE Works, Inchicore
Postal code: 8
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
E-mail: sinead.leonard@irishrail.ie 📧
Phone: +353 17031727 📞
Fax: +353 17031700 📠

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2013-04-24 📅
Submission deadline: 2013-06-03 📅
Publication date: 2013-04-25 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2013/S 081-136700
OJ-S issue: 81
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=64978&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE
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Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
Iarnród Éireann (IÉ) has a requirement to engage the services of a suitably qualified/accredited HP partner to provide hardware and software support to its existing HP/3Com Gigabit Ethernet Network.
The Gigabit Ethernet Network is the primary communications medium for Station Services, Customer Information Systems and ATVM at all refurbished and unmanned stations nationwide. Additionally, IÉ are looking to engage with suitably qualified/accredited suppliers of networking equipment which will be used to expand and interface with the existing HP/3Com network. It will be the responsibility of all participants at the pre-qualification stage to demonstrate that they have the capabilities to enable any chosen hardware solution to seamlessly interface with the current HP/3Com installations.
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Lot number: 1
Title of the lot: Lot A : Technical Support for Gigabit Ethernet Equipment
Short description:
Iarnród Éireann (IÉ) has a requirement to engage the services of a suitably qualified/accredited HP partner to provide hardware and software support to its existing HP/3Com Gigabit Ethernet Network. The Gigabit Ethernet Network is the primary communications medium for Station Services, Customer Information Systems and Automatic Ticket Validation Machines (ATVM) at all refurbished and unmanned stations nationwide. This requirement will involve an emergency call out facility with a maximum permitted response time to site.
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Quantity or scope:
Technical Support (Hardware and Software) for a 24 month period with an option to extend for a maximum of an additional 3 years.
Duration: 24 months
Lot number: 2
Title of the lot: Lot B : Supply of Gigabit Ethernet Equipment
Short description:
IÉ are looking to engage with suitably qualified/accredited suppliers of networking equipment which will be used to expand and interface with the existing HP/3Com network at a number of new stations across the IÉ network. It will be the responsibility of all participants at the pre-qualification stage to demonstrate that they have the capabilities to enable any chosen hardware solution to seamlessly interface with the current HP/3Com installations.
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Quantity or scope: Hardware supply on a draw down basis over a 24 month period.
Lot number: 3
Variants will be accepted
Quantity or scope:
[Lot A]
[Lot B]
Reference number: SET/4888/SL.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Economic and financial standing:
The economic and financial capacity of the entity must be established to the satisfaction of IE.
Applicants will be invited to complete a questionnaire which seeks company details; information on similar contracts undertaken in the past three years with value, dates, locations and contact names for reference etc; applicants may be requested to provide supporting information such as balance sheets for the past three financial years.
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Technical and professional ability:
The technical competence of the entity, its employees and processes must be established to the satisfaction of IE. Applicants will be invited to complete a questionnaire which seeks company details to establish the entity's technical capacity.
Contract execution
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
A grouping if successful must be prepared to contract as a single entity having joint and several liability with the members of the group. It will become necessary for the group to state a single addressee responsible for the receipt and processing of the participating orders and resolving any problems relating to the contract.
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Procedure
Languages
Language: English 🗣️

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Sinead Leonard

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court [Chief Registrar]
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Same as: Review body
Source: OJS 2013/S 081-136700 (2013-04-24)
Contract award notice (2014-02-27)
Object
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable
Award criteria
Lowest price

Contracting authority
Identity
Awarding authority name: Iarnrod Eireann-Irish Rail
Contact
Internet address: http://www.irishrail.ie 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2014-02-27 📅
Publication date: 2014-03-01 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2014/S 043-072372
Refers to notice: 2013/S 81-136700
OJ-S issue: 43

Contracting authority
Contact
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Source: OJS 2014/S 043-072372 (2014-02-27)