Supply and Maintenance of Web Gateway Solution

Defence Forces Ireland

The Irish Defence Forces invites tenders for the supply and maintenance support of a Web Gateway Solution to secure desktop browsing across the Defence Forces internet network.
The Defence Forces operates across a multitude of WAN connectivity's including Satellite. The bandwidths range from 2 Mb to 100 Mb. The appliance should be able to facilitate transmission across this range of connections.
Any proposed winning bidder will require piloting the hardware appliance in a live environment for verification of response prior to the official award of the tender.
As part of the project implementation, training is required for IT administrators.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2015-06-02. The procurement was published on 2015-04-15.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2015-04-15 Contract notice
Contract notice (2015-04-15)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Gateway software package
Quantity or scope:
The Irish Defence Forces invites tenders for the supply and maintenance support of a Web Gateway Solution to secure desktop browsing across the Defence Forces internet network.The Defence Forces operates across a multitude of WAN connectivity's including Satellite. The bandwidths range from 2 Mb to 100 Mb. The appliance should be able to facilitate transmission across this range of connections.Any proposed winning bidder will require piloting the hardware appliance in a live environment for verification of response prior to the official award of the tender.As part of the project implementation, training is required for IT administrators.The Defence Forces will award a contract for one calendar year with the option to renew each year for up to 3 further years following an annual review. (1 + 1 + 1 + 1 total 4 Calendar years). The contract is for the provision of a maintenance and support agreement for Web Gateway Solution.140 000
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Total value of the procurement: 140 000 💰
Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Supplies
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Gateway software package 📦

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: Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Awarding authority name: Defence Forces Ireland
Postal address: McKee Barracks, Blackhorse Ave.
Postal code: 7
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
E-mail: anna.edgeworth@defenceforces.ie 📧
Phone: +353 18042000 📞

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2015-04-15 📅
Submission deadline: 2015-06-02 📅
Publication date: 2015-04-18 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2015/S 076-133382
OJ-S issue: 76

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
The Irish Defence Forces invites tenders for the supply and maintenance support of a Web Gateway Solution to secure desktop browsing across the Defence Forces internet network.
The Defence Forces operates across a multitude of WAN connectivity's including Satellite. The bandwidths range from 2 Mb to 100 Mb. The appliance should be able to facilitate transmission across this range of connections.
Any proposed winning bidder will require piloting the hardware appliance in a live environment for verification of response prior to the official award of the tender.
As part of the project implementation, training is required for IT administrators.
Quantity or scope:
The Irish Defence Forces invites tenders for the supply and maintenance support of a Web Gateway Solution to secure desktop browsing across the Defence Forces internet network.
The Defence Forces operates across a multitude of WAN connectivity's including Satellite. The bandwidths range from 2 Mb to 100 Mb. The appliance should be able to facilitate transmission across this range of connections.
Any proposed winning bidder will require piloting the hardware appliance in a live environment for verification of response prior to the official award of the tender.
As part of the project implementation, training is required for IT administrators.
The Defence Forces will award a contract for one calendar year with the option to renew each year for up to 3 further years following an annual review. (1 + 1 + 1 + 1 total 4 Calendar years). The contract is for the provision of a maintenance and support agreement for Web Gateway Solution.
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Number of possible renewals: 3
Reference number: A15/3445/HMC12/15
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Dublin 7.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Contract execution
Deposits and guarantees required: See RFT.
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: See RFT.
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded: See RFT.

Procedure
Languages
Language: English 🗣️

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Awarding authority name: Department of Defence
Contact
Contact point: Defence Forces
Address of the buyer profile: http://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Supplier/CompanyInformation/Index/1144 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=87308&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=87308&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Identifiers
Reference number attributed by the contracting authority: A15/3445/HMC12/15
Source: OJS 2015/S 076-133382 (2015-04-15)