RFT for the Provision of a Digital Audio Recording Solution & Maintenance and Operation of the Sound System

Houses of the Oireachtas Service

The Houses of the Oireachtas (Irish Parliament) Commission (‘the Commission’, also ‘the Contracting Authority’) is initiating a Tender process for the maintenance and operation of a sound system and provision and maintenance of a digital audio recording system for the Dáil (Lower House), Seanad (Senate, or Upper House) and Committee Chambers of the Houses of the Oireachtas (together ‘the Chambers’ and ‘the Committee Rooms’). The Chambers are based at Leinster House, Kildare Street, Dublin 2.
The main purpose of the service to be provided is to maintain and operate a sound system and a digital audio recording systems to ensure that the audio output of the facilities detailed within this document is of a sufficiently high standard to facilitate the publication of the Official Report of Oireachtas proceedings and the broadcasting of Oireachtas proceedings on the Oireachtas TV channel.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2016-10-28. The procurement was published on 2016-09-28.

Suppliers

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

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2016-09-28 Contract notice
2017-03-06 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2016-09-28)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Sound technician
Reference number: 2016/1005
Short description:
The Houses of the Oireachtas (Irish Parliament) Commission (‘the Commission’, also ‘the Contracting Authority’) is initiating a Tender process for the maintenance and operation of a sound system and provision and maintenance of a digital audio recording system for the Dáil (Lower House), Seanad (Senate, or Upper House) and Committee Chambers of the Houses of the Oireachtas (together ‘the Chambers’ and ‘the Committee Rooms’). The Chambers are based at Leinster House, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. The main purpose of the service to be provided is to maintain and operate a sound system and a digital audio recording systems to ensure that the audio output of the facilities detailed within this document is of a sufficiently high standard to facilitate the publication of the Official Report of Oireachtas proceedings and the broadcasting of Oireachtas proceedings on the Oireachtas TV channel.
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Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Sound technician 📦
Additional CPV: Sound equipment 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️

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: Other
Awarding authority name: Houses of the Oireachtas Service
Postal address: Leinster House, Kildare Street
Postal code: 2
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.oireachtas.ie 🌏
E-mail: paul.mcguinness@oireachtas.ie 📧
Phone: +353 16183692 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=103533&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=103533&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2016-09-28 📅
Submission deadline: 2016-10-28 📅
Publication date: 2016-10-01 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2016/S 190-340728
OJ-S issue: 190

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
The Houses of the Oireachtas (Irish Parliament) Commission (‘the Commission’, also ‘the Contracting Authority’) is initiating a Tender process for the maintenance and operation of a sound system and provision and maintenance of a digital audio recording system for the Dáil (Lower House), Seanad (Senate, or Upper House) and Committee Chambers of the Houses of the Oireachtas (together ‘the Chambers’ and ‘the Committee Rooms’). The Chambers are based at Leinster House, Kildare Street, Dublin 2.
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The main purpose of the service to be provided is to maintain and operate a sound system and a digital audio recording systems to ensure that the audio output of the facilities detailed within this document is of a sufficiently high standard to facilitate the publication of the Official Report of Oireachtas proceedings and the broadcasting of Oireachtas proceedings on the Oireachtas TV channel.
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Estimated total value: 4 000 000 EUR 💰
Estimated value excluding VAT: 4 000 000 EUR 💰
Duration: 60 months
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Dublin.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity: As set out in Tender Documents.
Contract execution
Contract performance conditions: As set out in Tender Documents.

Procedure
Time of receipt of tenders: 18:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Irish 🗣️
Tender opening date: 2016-10-28 📅
Tender opening time: 18:00

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Other type of contracting authority: Parliament
Contact
Contact point: Paul McGuinness
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1166 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=103533&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: High Court Central Office, The Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 1
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Internet address: www.courts.ie 🌏
Source: OJS 2016/S 190-340728 (2016-09-28)
Contract award notice (2017-03-06)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement: 1 818 160 EUR 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2017-03-06 📅
Publication date: 2017-03-08 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2017/S 047-086534
Refers to notice: 2016/S 190-340728
OJ-S issue: 47

Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Quality of Approach to Technical and Functional Requirements
Quality criterion (weighting): 200
Quality criterion (name): Quality of Approach to Operational and Maintenance Requirements
Quality criterion (weighting): 300
Quality criterion (name): Quality of Approach to Service Support and Management
Quality criterion (weighting): 150
Quality criterion (name): Ability to meet the Requirements for Service Development
Quality criterion (weighting): 50
Cost criterion: Cost
Cost weighting: 300

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2017-01-01 📅

Contracting authority
Identity
Other type of contracting authority: parliament

Complementary information
Review body
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Source: OJS 2017/S 047-086534 (2017-03-06)