Single Party Framework for supply and commission of Storage Area Network

Quantity or scope

Dublin City Council is seeking proposals to replace its existing SAN infrastructure at the Civic Offices Wood Quay and at HP, Citywest. This will form the initial contract of the proposed framework.It is DCC's intention to procure any additional SAN related hardware and software requirements during the course of the proposed framework. Tenderers must therefore provide indicative pricing for hardware upgrades including disk procurement for full trays of SSD, SAS, NL-SAS or as required. DCC however, will be under no obligation to purchase in this regard and reserves the right to conduct a separate procurement exercise if value cannot be demonstrated. No marks will be awarded for this during evaluation.At present DCC deploys 3 storage arrays, 2 in the Civic Offices, Wood Quay and 1 at DCC's DR site at HP Citywest. One of the component arrays the Civic Offices and another at Citywest are approaching End of Life in 2015 while the remaining arrays are EOL in 2016. (See Table2 below) It is proposed to replace these arrays under this RFT.Tenderers must quote complete pricing for the supply of products and services at a fixed price in respect of all products and components being offered. This must include all hardware, software, implementation, integration, migration, Project Management, licensing and functional component costs together with any other costs associated with the delivery of the proposal.DCC also requires maintenance of the solution to include the provision and installation of software upgrades and patching.24*7*365 *4hr enterprise support is an essential requirement.1 200 0002 000 000

Additional information

Additional Information — Dublin City Council:

1. Dublin City Council is subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act (FOI) 1997, 2003. If you consider that any of the information supplied by you is either commercially sensitive or confidential in nature, this should be highlighted and the reasons for the sensitivity specified. In such cases, the relevant material, will in response to the FOI request; be examined in the light of the exemptions provided for in the Acts.

2. It will be a condition for the award of any contract by Dublin City Council that the successful Tenderer and all sub-contractors (if applicable) produce a valid Tax Clearance Certificate from the Revenue Commissioners in compliance with Circular (43) 2006 (or as amended) and that the certificate will be maintained for the duration of the contract and will be on a 12 month basis. In the case of a non-resident Tenderer, a statement of suitability from the Revenue Commissioners will be required.

3. Suppliers must register their interest on the eTenders web site (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications.

4. 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.

5. Please note also that 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. Dublin City Council will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties.

6. Emailed/faxed/late tenders will not be accepted. Tenderers are asked to include a return address on the packaging.

7. Tenders may be submitted in English or in the Irish language.

8. Please note that OJEU contracts are covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA).

9. Appeals procedure: The body to whom appeals should be addressed is – The High Court, Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7.

10. Queries must be in question format and must be submitted by email. Responses will be circulated to those candidates/tenderers that have registered an interest in this notice on the Irish Government procurement opportunities portal www.etenders.gov.ie

The details of the party making the query will not be disclosed when circulating the response. All queries must be submitted by 12:00 on 22.5.2015 to enable issue of responses to all interested parties

11. Please note that where documents are made available in both PDF and Word format, in the event that there is any discrepancy between the documents, the PDF version will take precedence.