Maintenance and supply of IBM RISC-based UNIX servers
Electricity Supply Board
Electricity Supply Board (ESB) has an ongoing requirement for maintenance and supply of IBM RISC-based UNIX servers together with their UNIX (AIX) operating systems. ESB currently uses IBM Power servers as a platform for some of its most mission critical applications. It is envisaged that the AIX/Power stack will remain an important part of ESB's infrastructure over the next 3 years.
ESB wishes to put in place a drawdown contract to allow it to call down maintenance/support requirements at regular intervals, and to facilitate any required purchases of hardware and operating system licences. The contract will cover the maintenance of existing IBM Power server hardware and AIX software in ESB together with maintenance of any new items acquired under the contract.
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2014-12-03. The procurement was published on 2014-11-03.
SuppliersThe following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
Who? What?| Date | Document |
|---|---|
| 2014-11-03 | Contract notice |
| 2016-01-13 | Contract award notice |
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Technical computer support services
Quantity or scope:
“ESB wishes to invite expressions of interest from accredited solution providers to provide hardware and software support and subscription services for ESB's...”
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: Technical computer support services 📦
Procedure
Procedure type: Negotiated procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all 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 code: 2
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.esb.ie 🌏
E-mail: ssprocurement@esb.ie 📧
Phone: +353 17027726 📞
Fax: +353 16384797 📠
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2014-11-03 📅
Submission deadline: 2014-12-03 📅
Publication date: 2014-11-05 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2014/S 213-378092
OJ-S issue: 213
Source: OJS 2014/S 213-378092 (2014-11-03)
Object
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice
Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable
Contracting authority
Identity
Awarding authority name: Electricty Supply Board
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2016-01-13 📅
Publication date: 2016-01-15 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2016/S 010-014300
Refers to notice: 2014/S 213-378092
OJ-S issue: 10
Source: OJS 2016/S 010-014300 (2016-01-13)