Provision of Telecommunication Services

An Post

An Post is seeking to enter into a Single Party Framework Agreement for each of the following Lot's for a period of 3 (three) years with an option to extend for a period up to a further 2 (two) years.
Lot 1: Provision of Fixed Voice Services;
Lot 2: Provision of Fixed and Wireless WAN Data Services;
Lot 3: Provision of Data Centre Metro and Mail Centres Data Services;
Lot 4: Provision of Mobile Data and Voice for Postal Operatives;
Lot 5: Maintenance and Support of Cabling Infrastructure.
The tender will be divided into Lots. Interested parties may apply for all Lots or individual Lots as appropriate.
An Post will be open to considering commercial offerings based on multiple lot proposals at ITT stage.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2016-09-30. The procurement was published on 2016-08-31.

Suppliers

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

Who?

• An Post

What?

Where?

• Éire/Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2016-08-31	Contract notice
2018-01-02	Contract award notice

Contract notice (2016-08-31)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Telecommunications services
Reference number: 1621 - 230395 OQ
Short description:

An Post is seeking to enter into a Single Party Framework Agreement for each of the following Lot's for a period of 3 (three) years with an option to extend for a period up to a further 2 (two) years. Lot 1: Provision of Fixed Voice Services; Lot 2: Provision of Fixed and Wireless WAN Data Services; Lot 3: Provision of Data Centre Metro and Mail Centres Data Services; Lot 4: Provision of Mobile Data and Voice for Postal Operatives; Lot 5: Maintenance and Support of Cabling Infrastructure. The tender will be divided into Lots. Interested parties may apply for all Lots or individual Lots as appropriate. An Post will be open to considering commercial offerings based on multiple lot proposals at ITT stage.

Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Telecommunications services 📦
Additional CPV: SIM cards 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️

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

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Utilities entity
Awarding authority name: An Post
Postal address: General Post Office, O'Connell Street
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.anpost.ie/AnPost/ 🌏
E-mail: noelle.kenneally@anpost.ie 📧
Phone: +353 17058551 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=102657&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=102657&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2016-08-31 📅
Submission deadline: 2016-09-30 📅
Publication date: 2016-09-03 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2016/S 170-306139
OJ-S issue: 170

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

Lot 1: Provision of Fixed Voice Services;

Lot 2: Provision of Fixed and Wireless WAN Data Services;

Lot 3: Provision of Data Centre Metro and Mail Centres Data Services;

Lot 4: Provision of Mobile Data and Voice for Postal Operatives;

Lot 5: Maintenance and Support of Cabling Infrastructure.

The tender will be divided into Lots. Interested parties may apply for all Lots or individual Lots as appropriate.

An Post will be open to considering commercial offerings based on multiple lot proposals at ITT stage.

Estimated total value: 1 EUR 💰
Short description:

An Post are responsible for providing voice and data network services to 1 135 locations throughout the country of Ireland and mobile connectivity for 4 500 Postal Operative's.

The primary data connectivity at 950 locations uses a mix of copper (mainly) and fibre access, 450 of these sites are classified business critical so have wireless backup. An additional 180 sites connect using ISDN dial-up where wired broadband is not available in the area. Voice services in these site is delivered using mainly PSTN or ISDN, with 150 of the sites using IP.

An Post has 3 data centres in the Dublin area housing the company's server farms and hosting environments. The An Post managed MPLS Metro network uses 10 GB ethernet services, fibre channel circuits provide SAN connectivity. All 3 data centres have internet connectivity to meet hosting, user access and B2B VPN requirements.

There are 4 500 postal operatives that use mobile hand-held devices on a daily basis. These devices are used to provide up to date delivery and collection information and are also used to make and receive voice calls.

The networks physical cabling infrastructure at the 1 135 locations requires in the region of 500 adds/moves/changes and repairs per annum. This service is currently provided by a contracted cabling engineer who attends on site in Dublin regularly and countrywide when needed.

Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 EUR 💰
Duration: 36 months
Description of renewals:

Initial contract will be for a period of 3 (three) years with an option to extend for a period up to a further 2 (two) years.

Procedure
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Noelle Kenneally
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/391 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=102657&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Complementary information
Review body
Name: Four Courts
Postal address: High Court
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Source: OJS 2016/S 170-306139 (2016-08-31)

Contract award notice (2018-01-02)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

An Post sought to enter into a single party framework agreement for each of the following Lot’s for a period of 3 (three) years with an option to extend for a period up to a further 2 (two) years. Lot 1 — Provision of Fixed Voice Services; Lot 2 — Provision of Fixed and Wireless WAN Data Services; Lot 3 — Provision of Data Centre Metro and Mail Centres Data Services; Lot 4 — Provision of Mobile Data and Voice for Postal Operatives; Lot 5 — Maintenance and Support of Cabling Infrastructure.

Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Contracting authority
Identity
Postal address: General Post Office
Postal code: O'Connell Street

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2018-01-02 📅
Publication date: 2018-01-04 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2018/S 002-002318
Refers to notice: 2016/S 170-306139
OJ-S issue: 2

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

An Post sought to enter into a single party framework agreement for each of the following Lot’s for a period of 3 (three) years with an option to extend for a period up to a further 2 (two) years.

Lot 1 — Provision of Fixed Voice Services;

Lot 2 — Provision of Fixed and Wireless WAN Data Services;

Lot 3 — Provision of Data Centre Metro and Mail Centres Data Services;

Lot 4 — Provision of Mobile Data and Voice for Postal Operatives;

Lot 5 — Maintenance and Support of Cabling Infrastructure.

The tender was divided into LOTs.

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2017-10-02 📅
Name: eircom
National registration number: 98789
Postal address: 1 Heuston South Quarter
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: St. Johns Road
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 851744917 📞
E-mail: noeline.hogg@eir.ie 📧
Internet address: http://www.eir.ie 🌏
Date of contract conclusion: 2017-04-01 📅
Name: Power Communications Ltd
National registration number: 4800560k
Postal address: 4 Greenogue Drive
Postal town: Rathcoole
Postal code: Dublin
E-mail: liam@powercommunications.ie 📧
Internet address: http://www.powercommunications.ie 🌏
Date of contract conclusion: 2017-12-15 📅
Name: Vodafone Ireland
National registration number: 6346967G
Postal address: Mountainview
Postal code: Leopardstown
Phone: +353 12037000 📞
E-mail: jason.dunne@vodafone.com 📧
Internet address: http://www.vodafone.ie 🌏

Complementary information
Review body
Postal town: Dublin 7
Source: OJS 2018/S 002-002318 (2018-01-02)

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