Provision of MPLS Services

Electricity Supply Board

Electricity Supply Board (ESB) wishes to award a framework agreement for the provision of MPLS services.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2016-02-05. The procurement was published on 2016-01-05.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2016-01-05 Contract notice
Contract notice (2016-01-05)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Data transmission services
Quantity or scope:
Electricity Supply Board (ESB) wishes to award a contract for the provision of MPLS services. There are approximately 70 locations throughout the Republic of Ireland that will be serviced by the MPLS network. There are also locations in the UK (including Northern Ireland). Link speeds range from 1 Mbps to 1 Gbps and are QOS enabled, connecting back to 2 data centres located in the Dublin region.
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Notice metadata
Original language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Data transmission services ๐Ÿ“ฆ

Procedure
Procedure type: Negotiated procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Awarding authority type: Utilities entity
Awarding authority name: Electricity Supply Board
Postal address: 27 Lower Fitzwilliam Street
Postal code: 2
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.esb.ie ๐ŸŒ
E-mail: ssprocurement@esb.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 17027960 ๐Ÿ“ž

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2016-01-05 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2016-02-05 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2016-01-06 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2016/S 003-003343
OJ-S issue: 3

Object
Scope of the procurement
Service category: 5
Short description:
Electricity Supply Board (ESB) wishes to award a framework agreement for the provision of MPLS services.
Description of options:
Duration of the Framework Agreement is for 3 years with an option to extend for up to 2 more years.
Duration: 36 months
Reference number: BS299A2470
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Republic of Ireland.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity: As per Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.
Economic and financial standing: As per Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.
Technical and professional ability:
Pre-Qualification Questionnaires will be issued to all candidates who respond to this notice.
Expressions of Interest and the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire must be completed and returned to:
ssprocurement@esb.ie quoting Reference No BS299A2470 no later than 12:00, Friday, 5.2.2016.
ESB will shortlist a number of companies to proceed to RFT stage from these expressions of interest, based on the responses to the Pre-Qualification Questionnaires.
The contracting entity will not be responsible for any cost, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers relating to this contract award procedure.
Contract execution
Deposits and guarantees required: Will be stated in the tender documents.
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: Will be stated in the tender documents.
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
Where a grouping of service providers express interest, it will be a requirement of ESB that 1 member of the group accepts full contractual responsibility for delivery of the service. Where appropriate, the intended contractually responsible member of any grouping or consortium must be identified in the response notice.
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Procedure
Duration of the framework agreement in years: 3

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Procurement, Business Service Centre
Brรญd Ryan
Internet address: www.esb.ie ๐ŸŒ

Complementary information
Review body
Name: Chief Registrar
Postal address: The High Court, Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Internet address: www.courts.ie ๐ŸŒ
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: Vendor's own legal advisor
Source: OJS 2016/S 003-003343 (2016-01-05)