Provision of ICT Managed Service

Department of Justice and Equality

The Minister for Justice and Equality ('the Contracting Authority') invites responses ('Responses') to this contract notice including appendices 1 — 5 (which together form the 'Contract Notice') from economic operators ('Candidates') for the provision of ICT managed services as described in more detail in Appendix 1 of this Contract Notice ('Services').
Undertakings who wish to participate in this public procurement competition must:
1. comply with all requirements as set out in this Contract Notice; and
2. complete and return with their Response the documentation at Appendices 3-5 to this Contract Notice.
Failure to comply with the requirements as set out in this Contract Notice and/or the non-provision of any requested information or document in this Contract Notice may render the Response invalid ('Invalid Response'). Candidates may include additional information and documentation that they consider necessary to provide a sufficient response to this Contract Notice. The Contracting Authority may reject Invalid Responses from this public procurement competition. The Contracting Authority shall consider all valid Responses against the qualification criteria at Part III of this Contract Notice.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2014-12-15. The procurement was published on 2014-11-07.

Who?

• Department of Justice and Equality

What?

Where?

• Dublin

Procurement history

Date	Document
2014-11-07	Contract notice

Contract notice (2014-11-07)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Technical computer support services
Quantity or scope:

For the purpose of replying to this Contract Notice Candidates should refer to Appendix 1 of this Contract Notice. Detailed specifications will issue to the successful Candidates with the Request for Tenders.

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: Restricted procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Not specified
Awarding authority name: Department of Justice and Equality
Postal address: 94 St. Stephen's Green
Postal code: 2
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.justice.ie 🌏
E-mail: procurement@justice.ie 📧
Phone: +353 16028840 📞

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2014-11-07 📅
Submission deadline: 2014-12-15 📅
Publication date: 2014-11-12 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2014/S 218-385675
OJ-S issue: 218

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

Undertakings who wish to participate in this public procurement competition must:

1. comply with all requirements as set out in this Contract Notice; and

2. complete and return with their Response the documentation at Appendices 3-5 to this Contract Notice.

Failure to comply with the requirements as set out in this Contract Notice and/or the non-provision of any requested information or document in this Contract Notice may render the Response invalid ('Invalid Response'). Candidates may include additional information and documentation that they consider necessary to provide a sufficient response to this Contract Notice. The Contracting Authority may reject Invalid Responses from this public procurement competition. The Contracting Authority shall consider all valid Responses against the qualification criteria at Part III of this Contract Notice.

Description of options:

The term of the services contract will be 2 years which may, at the discretion of the Contracting Authority, be extended on the same terms and conditions for 3 additional periods of 1 year each.

Duration: 024 months
Reference number: ICT Managed Service
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Ireland.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:

Core contractual terms will be set out in the request for tenders.

Candidates must include a statement confirming whether any of the excluding circumstances listed in Article 45 of the EU Council Directive 2004/18/EC as implemented into Irish law by Regulation 53 of the European Communities (Award of Public Authorities' Contracts) Regulations 2006 (Statutory Instrument 329 of 2006), apply to the Candidate. Candidates from Ireland and the United Kingdom must include with the Tender the declaration at Appendix 5 to this Contract Notice (“Declaration”). For Candidates outside Ireland and the United Kingdom the statement must be evidenced as appropriate.

Economic and financial standing:

1) 1) Proof of economic standing and financial standing by means of presentation of balance sheets.

Minimum level(s) of standards:

Candidates must demonstrate that they have had an overall turnover of not less than EUR 20 000 000 for each of the 3 immediately preceding years.

Candidates will either pass or fail this qualification criterion.

Candidates must provide the following specified documentation with their Response. However, where the Candidate is unable, for a valid reason, to provide that documentation, the Candidate must inform the Contracting Authority of that valid reason as to why it cannot be supplied and can provide such other suitable alternative documentation to prove, to the satisfaction of the Contracting Authority, their economic and financial capacity:

Copies of audited financial statements which must include an unqualified audit report of the financial statements.

Candidates should note that economic operators relying on the capacity of other entities must submit an undertaking duly evidenced when requested by the Contracting Authority from those entities that they will place the necessary resources at the disposal of the Candidate.

Candidates are reminded of paragraph 2 of Appendix 2 in relation to Responses from consortia.

Technical and professional ability: See tender documents for details.
Minimum level(s) of standards:

1. Candidates must demonstrate they have the level of experience to provide high quality services of a similar type, scale and complexity sought in this public procurement competition. Candidates will either pass OR fail these qualification criteria.

Candidates must include the following with their Responses to demonstrate this criterion:

(i) List of principal contracts undertaken in the last 3 years providing services of a similar type, scale and complexity to those sought in this public procurement competition, with an indication of the scale of the contracts, dates and recipients, of the service provided;

(ii) three satisfactory references (including contact name and details). The Contracting Authority may contact any or all referees without prior notice being given to the candidate; and

(iii) The CVs of the key personnel who will be assigned to provide the Services for the duration of the contract.

2. Candidates must have obtained quality management accreditation to the EN29000 — ISO9000 standard or equivalent. Candidates must include evidence of their accreditation with their Response.

Candidates should note that economic operators relying on the capacity of other entities must submit an undertaking duly evidenced with their Response from those entities that they will place the necessary resources at the disposal of Candidates.

Contract execution
Deposits and guarantees required: None.
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: Core contractual terms will be set out in the Request for Tenders.
Other particular conditions: Core contractual terms will be set out in the Request for Tenders.

Procedure
Envisaged number of candidates: 3
Objective criteria for selection: See above.
Languages
Language: English 🗣️
Irish 🗣️

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: David Spratt
Address of the buyer profile: http://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Supplier/CompanyInformation/Index/1122 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=82445&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=82445&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Identifiers
Reference number attributed by the contracting authority: ICT Managed Service
Source: OJS 2014/S 218-385675 (2014-11-07)

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