Supply of a Total Telecommunications Managed Solution to the Coillte Group

Coillte Teoranta

The Coillte group request expressions of interest from suitably qualified candidates with a preference for the provision of a Total Telecommunications Managed Solution to meet our requirements for the following:
1. Wide Area Network Data:
Coillte data infrastructure spans over 50 sites (1 in NI, 1 in GB, remainder in ROI). The corporate headquarters in Newtownmountkennedy (NTMK), Co. Wicklow currently acts as the data center for the branch office (WAN) connections. This Data Centre will be moving to a hosted managed services solution based in Ireland by the end of 2015. The majority of the branch offices connect over private DSL, the remaining connections are a mixture of leased line, ISDN and wireless technologies. Many branch offices have ISDN backup connections. Some offices have additional wireless backups. A significant number of the sites are located in remote rural locations.
The vast majority of WAN traffic is Citrix ICA traffic, requiring highly reliable connections. The most significant traffic besides this is print traffic. All branch offices access internet/file/email services through the Data Centre via Citrix or otherwise.
There is also a separate DSL data network that carries VoIP & Videoconference traffic between 7 branch offices.
2. Fixed Voice:
There are approx. 70 sites at which voice telephony services are provided ranging from single user, single line sites to our largest staffed site in NTMK with 100 staff.
PBX equipment is located at 14 sites which are all Siemens Hi-Path systems. The majority of the calls are national/local and there is a high proportion of calls to mobiles.
Coillte also have Video conferencing facilities in several locations
3. Mobile Voice & Data:
There are over 700 devices on the mobile account.
This will be a Competitive Dialogue process consisting of an initial selection and dialogue phase followed by a formal tender phase. The information at PQQ can be represented at indicative so approximate figures could be submitted and more detailed information will be supplied at tender stage.
To access documentation for this competition please log on to www.coillte.ie and click on the link to Coilltesโ€˜ Supplier Management System (SMS) on the right hand side of the site, or click on the link below https://www.proactisplaza.com/SupplierPortal/?CID=coillte
โ€” For suppliers already registered on the system use your username and password to login. Then follow the steps below to access the competition:
โ€” New suppliers must firstly register on the system by clicking on the โ€œregister nowโ€œ section in the bottom left of page of the screen. Once registration is complete log in and follow the steps below to access the competition:
Steps to create a response to competition
Click on;
โ€” โ€˜Opportunitiesโ€™ in the centre of the screen
โ€” Click on arrow in โ€˜show meโ€™ section next to the Coillte competition of interest
โ€” Create a response
โ€” Click Save
โ€” Click Submit
If you have any issue with registering or for system queries please contact smssupport@coillte.ie or Tel. +353 12011171
For tender specific queries please utilise the Dialogue tab within SMS to contact Ronan Gordon, the Procurement Category Manager, who will endeavour to respond promptly.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2015-08-14. The procurement was published on 2015-07-15.

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Procurement history
Date Document
2015-07-15 Contract notice