The Provision of Wide Area Network Facilities and Support Services to National Museum of Ireland

National Museum of Ireland

The National Museum of Ireland (NMI) invites tenders for a contract relating to replacement of its existing Wide Area Data Network (WAN) with a modern, cost effective solution and invites tenders from suitably qualified organisations to supply the necessary infrastructure, together with bandwidth rental and on-going support and maintenance for a period of 4 to 6 years, reviewed every 2 years.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2014-12-01. The procurement was published on 2014-10-20.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2014-10-20 Contract notice
Contract notice (2014-10-20)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Wide area network services
Quantity or scope:
The proposed solution should:— be supplied by a single primary supplier and be capable of being supported in an efficient and seamless manner;— be secure and cohesive and its implementation should be achieved with minimal user interruption;— allow for VOIP between the scoped sites at a future date.The contract will be awarded to a single service provider (reviewed every two years, with the possibility of being renewed twice). NMI reserves the option to award any future upgrades to the service or other closely associated work (such as remote access to VPN, extension to other sites, increase or decrease of bandwidth, etc.) to the successful tenderer subject to normal NMI criteria. All costs quoted must remain fixed within the rules laid down in the tender document. Any deviation from the quoted costs may result in the cancellation of the contract. The NMI reserves the right to go outside the contract for additional work.40 000600 000
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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: Wide area network services 📦

Procedure
Procedure type: Open procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Body governed by public law
Awarding authority name: National Museum of Ireland
Postal address: Collins Barracks, Benburb Street
Postal code: 7
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.museum.ie 🌏
E-mail: ithelpdesk@museum.ie 📧
Phone: +353 16486425 📞

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2014-10-20 📅
Submission deadline: 2014-12-01 📅
Publication date: 2014-10-23 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2014/S 204-361588
OJ-S issue: 204
Additional information
1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications. All information relating to attachments, including clarifications and changes, will be published on the Irish government procurement opportunities portal (www.etenders.gov.ie) only. Registration is free of charge. The contracting authority will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties. 2) This is the sole call for competition for this service. 3) The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by tenderers. 4) It will be a condition of award that candidates and all sub-contractors produce a valid tax clearance certificate from the Irish revenue commissioners as part of their application for participation in the competition. 5) If for any reason it is not possible to conclude the contract with the tenderer invited following the conclusion of this competitive process, the contracting authority reserves the right to invite the next highest scoring tenderer to conclude the contract as appropriate. This shall be without prejudice to the right of the contracting authority to cancel this competitive process and/or initiate a new contract award procedure at its sole discretion. 6) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process at any time. 7) Please note in relation to all documents, that where reference is made to a particular standard, make, source, process, trademark, type or patent, that this is not to be regarded as a de facto requirement. In all such cases it should be understood that such indications are to be treated strictly and solely for reference purposes only, to which the words 'or equivalent' will always be appended. 8) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of tenders with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, tenders are advised to ensure that they return fully response tenders in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition.
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Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
The National Museum of Ireland (NMI) invites tenders for a contract relating to replacement of its existing Wide Area Data Network (WAN) with a modern, cost effective solution and invites tenders from suitably qualified organisations to supply the necessary infrastructure, together with bandwidth rental and on-going support and maintenance for a period of 4 to 6 years, reviewed every 2 years.
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Quantity or scope:
The proposed solution should:
— be supplied by a single primary supplier and be capable of being supported in an efficient and seamless manner;
— be secure and cohesive and its implementation should be achieved with minimal user interruption;
— allow for VOIP between the scoped sites at a future date.
The contract will be awarded to a single service provider (reviewed every two years, with the possibility of being renewed twice). NMI reserves the option to award any future upgrades to the service or other closely associated work (such as remote access to VPN, extension to other sites, increase or decrease of bandwidth, etc.) to the successful tenderer subject to normal NMI criteria. All costs quoted must remain fixed within the rules laid down in the tender document. Any deviation from the quoted costs may result in the cancellation of the contract. The NMI reserves the right to go outside the contract for additional work.
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Estimated value excluding VAT: 40 000 💰
600 000 💰
Description of options:
The Contracting Authority reserves the right to renew the contract on a 2 year basis up to maximum of 6 years. In addition, The Contracting Authority reserves the option to award any future upgrades to the service or other closely associated work (such as remote access to VPN, extension to other sites, increase or decrease of bandwidth, etc.) to the successful tenderer subject to formal agreement. These additional services may be agreed by negotiation in line with Article 31.4(b) of Directive 2004/18/EC.
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Number of possible renewals: 2
Time frame for subsequent contracts: 24 months
Duration: 072 months
Reference number: E-tenders REF 89508
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:
As per the tender document, available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie under RFT ID 89508.
Economic and financial standing:
As per the tender document, available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie under RFT ID 89508.
Minimum level(s) of standards:
As per the tender document, available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie under RFT ID 89508.
Technical and professional ability:
As per the tender document, available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie under RFT ID 89508.
Contract execution
Deposits and guarantees required: Not applicable.
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: To be agreed with the successful tenderer.
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
A grouping, if successful, may be required to contract as a single entity having joint and several liability but subject to the agreement of the contracting parties. If it is proposed to sub-contract the delivery of any portion of any contract, it may be a condition of award of contract that both the service provider and any proposed sub-contractor enter simultaneously into a collateral warranty with the contracting authority for the relevant portion of that contract.
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Names and professional qualifications of the staff ✅

Procedure
Tender validity period: 006 months
Languages
Language: English 🗣️
Irish 🗣️

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Ireland
Contact
Contact point: Olivier Kazmierczak
Address of the buyer profile: http://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Supplier/CompanyInformation/Index/290 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=81962&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=81962&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Identifiers
Reference number attributed by the contracting authority: E-tenders REF 89508
Additional information
1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications. All information relating to attachments, including clarifications and changes, will be published on the Irish government procurement opportunities portal (www.etenders.gov.ie) only. Registration is free of charge. The contracting authority will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties.
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2) This is the sole call for competition for this service.
3) The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by tenderers.
4) It will be a condition of award that candidates and all sub-contractors produce a valid tax clearance certificate from the Irish revenue commissioners as part of their application for participation in the competition.
5) If for any reason it is not possible to conclude the contract with the tenderer invited following the conclusion of this competitive process, the contracting authority reserves the right to invite the next highest scoring tenderer to conclude the contract as appropriate.
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This shall be without prejudice to the right of the contracting authority to cancel this competitive process and/or initiate a new contract award procedure at its sole discretion.
6) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process at any time.
7) Please note in relation to all documents, that where reference is made to a particular standard, make, source, process, trademark, type or patent, that this is not to be regarded as a de facto requirement. In all such cases it should be understood that such indications are to be treated strictly and solely for reference purposes only, to which the words 'or equivalent' will always be appended.
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8) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of tenders with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, tenders are advised to ensure that they return fully response tenders in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition.
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Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court
Postal address: Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Information about review deadlines:
Statutory instrument no. 130 of 2010 (the Irish remedies regulations) provides that review procedures are available in the high court to a person who has or has had an interest in obtaining the public contract and alleges that he or she has been harmed or is at risk of being harmed by an infringement of the law in relation to that reviewable public contract.
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Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: Please contact a legal advisor
Source: OJS 2014/S 204-361588 (2014-10-20)
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