Supply of an Email Gateway

Defence Forces Ireland

The Irish Defence Forces invites tenders for the supply and maintenance of an Email Gateway Solution to enhance the organisation's email security and to decrease IT administration. The Email Gateway is required to protect inbound and outbound SMTP traffic.
Security of the Defence Forces Network is paramount and for this reason the Defence Forces requires an Email Security Gateway which contains protection against zero day threats and reputation filtering and that sources its security updates from a global network of spam and malware analysis centers.
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 Framework agreement will operate for a maximum of 4 years.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2015-06-04. The procurement was published on 2015-04-20.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2015-04-20 Contract notice
Contract notice (2015-04-20)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Gateway software package
Quantity or scope:
The Irish Defence Forces invites tenders for the supply and maintenance of an Email Gateway Solution to enhance the organisation's email security and to decrease IT administration. The Email Gateway is required to protect inbound and outbound SMTP traffic.Security of the Defence Forces Network is paramount and for this reason the Defence Forces requires an Email Security Gateway which contains protection against zero day threats and reputation filtering and that sources its security updates from a global network of spam and malware analysis centers.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 Framework agreement will operate for a maximum of 4 years.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@military.ie 📧
Phone: +353 18042000 📞

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2015-04-20 📅
Submission deadline: 2015-06-04 📅
Publication date: 2015-04-25 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2015/S 081-143072
OJ-S issue: 81

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
The Irish Defence Forces invites tenders for the supply and maintenance of an Email Gateway Solution to enhance the organisation's email security and to decrease IT administration. The Email Gateway is required to protect inbound and outbound SMTP traffic.
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Security of the Defence Forces Network is paramount and for this reason the Defence Forces requires an Email Security Gateway which contains protection against zero day threats and reputation filtering and that sources its security updates from a global network of spam and malware analysis centers.
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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 Framework agreement will operate for a maximum of 4 years.
Quantity or scope:
The Irish Defence Forces invites tenders for the supply and maintenance of an Email Gateway Solution to enhance the organisation's email security and to decrease IT administration. The Email Gateway is required to protect inbound and outbound SMTP traffic.
Show more
Security of the Defence Forces Network is paramount and for this reason the Defence Forces requires an Email Security Gateway which contains protection against zero day threats and reputation filtering and that sources its security updates from a global network of spam and malware analysis centers.
Show more
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 Framework agreement will operate for a maximum of 4 years.
Duration: 048 months
Reference number: A15/3445/HMC11/15
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Dublin 7.

Procedure
Award criteria
Criterion: 1. Excess over Minimum Specification (5)
2. References (10)
3. Fitness for purpose (45)
4. Ultimate Cost (40)
Languages
Language: English 🗣️

Contracting authority
Identity
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=87418&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=87418&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Identifiers
Reference number attributed by the contracting authority: A15/3445/HMC11/15
Source: OJS 2015/S 081-143072 (2015-04-20)
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