Provision of School Routers and Associated Services and the Management of existing School Routers

Department of Education and Skills

Currently there are approximately 3 200 schools connections in place under this programme, the majority of schools have one broadband connection with a small amount of schools with two connections. The Existing Routers installed in schools are either a Cisco 871, a Cisco 881 or a Cisco867VAE router (specification attached at appendix 9).
In addition to the routers in place in schools the Minister also owns a number of spares (approximately 290). The Minister wishes to put in place a draw down facility for the purchase of new CPE routers for schools.
In addition to supply of the new CPE router the provider will be expected to manage the existing estate of routers.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2015-12-06. The procurement was published on 2015-10-27.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2015-10-27 Contract notice
2017-01-16 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2015-10-27)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Telecommunications equipment and supplies
Quantity or scope:
โ€œ700 000โ€
Total value of the procurement: 700 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Notice metadata
Original language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Supplies
Regulation: European Union
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Telecommunications equipment and supplies ๐Ÿ“ฆ

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

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Awarding authority type: Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Awarding authority name: Department of Education and Skills
Postal address: Marlborough Street
Postal code: 1
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.education.ie ๐ŸŒ
E-mail: karen_murtagh@education.gov.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 18896413 ๐Ÿ“ž

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2015-10-27 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2015-12-06 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2015-10-29 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2015/S 210-380972
OJ-S issue: 210
Source: OJS 2015/S 210-380972 (2015-10-27)
Contract award notice (2017-01-16)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
โ€œCurrently there are approximately 3 200 schools connections in place under this programme, the majority of schools have one broadband connection with a...โ€    Show more
Total value of the procurement: 700 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice
Place of performance
NUTS region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Contracting authority
Contact
E-mail: noel_hannon@educaton.gov.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 018896413 ๐Ÿ“ž

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2017-01-16 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2017-01-19 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2017/S 013-019510
Refers to notice: 2015/S 210-380972
OJ-S issue: 13
Source: OJS 2017/S 013-019510 (2017-01-16)