Supply of Communication Links

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade/An Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha agus Trádála

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade invites tenders for the provision of bandwidth from its Dublin Headquarters to a number of its offices through the establishment of a multi-party draw-down framework. It is anticipated that the contract(s) awarded in respect of this tender will come into effect on 31.10.2015, and will run for a maximum period of 3 years at the sole discretion of the Department, subject always to (i) satisfactory performance as determined by annual reviews and (ii) the Department's business needs.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2015-08-10. The procurement was published on 2015-06-26.

Suppliers

The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2015-06-26 Contract notice
2016-01-08 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2015-06-26)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Communications network
Quantity or scope:
The Department of Foreign Affairs andTrade invites tenders for the provision of bandwidth from its Dublin Headquarters to a number of its offices through the establishment of a multi-party draw-down framework. General Information on The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and its activities may be found at www.dfa.ie The Department consists of Headquarters Offices in Dublin and Limerick and a number of additional locations in Ireland. The location and number of the Department's offices are kept under ongoing review and these are subject to change having regard to the Department's business needs.210 000
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Total value of the procurement: 210 000 💰
Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Communications network 📦

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: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade/An Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha agus Trádála
Postal address: 80 St Stephen's Green
Postal code: 2
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.dfa.ie 🌏
E-mail: consultants.tenders@dfa.ie 📧
Phone: +353 61774002 📞

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2015-06-26 📅
Submission deadline: 2015-08-10 📅
Publication date: 2015-07-01 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2015/S 124-227642
OJ-S issue: 124

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade invites tenders for the provision of bandwidth from its Dublin Headquarters to a number of its offices through the establishment of a multi-party draw-down framework. It is anticipated that the contract(s) awarded in respect of this tender will come into effect on 31.10.2015, and will run for a maximum period of 3 years at the sole discretion of the Department, subject always to (i) satisfactory performance as determined by annual reviews and (ii) the Department's business needs.
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Quantity or scope:
The Department of Foreign Affairs andTrade invites tenders for the provision of bandwidth from its Dublin Headquarters to a number of its offices through the establishment of a multi-party draw-down framework. General Information on The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and its activities may be found at www.dfa.ie The Department consists of Headquarters Offices in Dublin and Limerick and a number of additional locations in Ireland. The location and number of the Department's offices are kept under ongoing review and these are subject to change having regard to the Department's business needs.
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Description of options:
It is anticipated that the contract(s) awarded in respect of this tender will come into effect on 31.10.2015, and will run for a maximum period of 3 years at the sole discretion of the Department, subject always to (i) satisfactory performance as determined by annual reviews and (ii) the Department's business needs.
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Provisional timetable for use of options: 12 months
Number of possible renewals: 2
Time frame for subsequent contracts: 24 months

Procedure
Tender validity period: 2016-10-31 📅
Place of opening (organisation): Department Of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Place of opening (town): Dublin
Languages
Language: English 🗣️
Conditions for opening tenders
Address: 76-78 Harcourt Street

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Finance Unit
John Histon
Address of the buyer profile: http://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Supplier/CompanyInformation/Index/246 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=89635&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=89635&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Start date: 2015-10-31 📅
End date: 2018-10-31 📅

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The Registar
Postal address: The High Court, Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: The Reigistrar
Postal address: Central Office of the High Court, Ground floor, Inns Quay, Four Courts
Source: OJS 2015/S 124-227642 (2015-06-26)
Contract award notice (2016-01-08)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement: 645 000 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable
Award criteria
Not specified

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2016-01-08 📅
Publication date: 2016-01-09 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2016/S 006-007165
Refers to notice: 2015/S 124-227642
OJ-S issue: 6

Award of contract

1️⃣
Date of contract conclusion: 2016-01-08 📅
Name: BT Ireland
Postal address: 2 Grand Canal Plaza, Upper Grand Canal Street
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: michael.norman@bt.com 📧
Internet address: http://www.btireland.ie 🌏

2️⃣
Name: COLT Technology Services Limited
Postal address: One Gateway, East Wall Road
E-mail: james.beddoe@colt.net 📧
Internet address: http://www.colt.net 🌏

3️⃣
Name: Eircom
Postal address: 1 Heuston South Quarter, St Johns Road
E-mail: nhogg@eircom.ie 📧
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
IE4886560T
324439
98789

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The Registrar
Source: OJS 2016/S 006-007165 (2016-01-08)