Expressions of Interest for the Provision of Nation-wide, Narrowband, Secure, Managed Digital Radio Services

The Office of Government Procurement

The provision of nation-wide, narrowband, secure, managed digital radio services for voice and data purposes and for the supply of associated devices for any Public Service Body approved by Com Reg to use the MDRS network, or who may be approved by Com Reg in the future and that falls within the list of public bodies listed in the PQQ may drawdown from the Framework Agreement.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2017-11-20. The procurement was published on 2017-10-11.

Suppliers

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

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2017-10-11 Contract notice
2020-12-22 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2017-10-11)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Radio transmission apparatus with reception apparatus
Reference number: IPS002F
Short description:
The provision of nation-wide, narrowband, secure, managed digital radio services for voice and data purposes and for the supply of associated devices for any Public Service Body approved by Com Reg to use the MDRS network, or who may be approved by Com Reg in the future and that falls within the list of public bodies listed in the PQQ may drawdown from the Framework Agreement.
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Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Radio transmission apparatus with reception apparatus 📦
Additional CPV: Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️

Procedure
Procedure type: Competitive procedure with negotiation
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: The Office of Government Procurement
Postal address: 3A Mayor Street Upper
Postal code: D01 PF72
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.ogp.gov.ie/ 🌏
E-mail: support@ogp.gov.ie 📧
Phone: +353 0761008000 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=119900&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=119900&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2017-10-11 📅
Submission deadline: 2017-11-20 📅
Publication date: 2017-10-13 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2017/S 197-405064
Refers to notice: 2017/S 019-031691
OJ-S issue: 197

Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value: 3 000 000 000 EUR 💰
Short description:
The provision of nation-wide, narrowband, secure, managed digital radio services for voice and data purposes and for the supply of associated devices for any Public Service Body approved by Com Reg to use the Managed Digital Radio Services network, or who may be approved by Com Reg in the future and that falls within the list of public bodies listed in the PQQ that may drawdown from the Framework Agreement.
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Estimated value excluding VAT: 3 000 000 000 EUR 💰
Duration: 84 months
Description of renewals:
The Contracting Authority reserves the right, at its discretion, to extend the Term for up to two (2) additional periods of up to twelve (12) months each on the same terms and conditions, subject to the Contracting Authority's obligations at law. The Term will not exceed nine (9) years in aggregate.
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Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Economic and financial standing:
Pass/Fail Criterion: Candidates must have achieved a minimum turnover equal to or in excess of EUR20M in each of the Candidate's last three financial years.
Financial Robustness Criterion (300 marks available): Candidates must demonstrate sufficient financial capacity to successfully provide the services as outlined in Appendix 1 of the PQQ. The Candidate must achieve at least 40 % (i.e. 120 marks) of the maximum available marks in respect of financial robustness.
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Ability to Fund Criterion (100 marks available): The Candidate must demonstrate that it has the ability to fund this contract by providing an example of funding (either self-funded or debt funded) for at least one contract of a similar nature, scale and complexity to that required in the PQQ in the last 10 years. The Candidate must achieve at least 40 % (i.e. 40 marks) of the maximum available marks in respect of ability to fund a contract example.
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Minimum level(s) of standards: As above.
Technical and professional ability:
The minimum criteria that apply to this PPQ Stage of the Competition are as follows:
Pass/Fail Criterion: Candidates must demonstrate they have previous experience of successfully delivering a contract, within the last ten (10) years, of a similar nature, scale and complexity to that required by the Contracting Authority as set out in Appendix 1. The contract example provided must include sufficient information to demonstrate previous experience in successfully designing, delivering and implementing a fully resilient and highly available secure digital radio network managed service which must fulfil all of the following requirements:
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i) a single contract with a value that equals or exceeds EUR20m per annum;
ii) cover a geographical area which equals or exceeds that of Ireland in terms of size and terrain type;
iii) Candidate must have worked in close collaboration, with regular interaction on a multi-agency basis, with a minimum of four (4) separate public sector bodies;
iv) covered a minimum of 19 000 subscriptions;
v) provided seamless nationwide coverage to handheld, mobile and fixed terminals in outdoor and indoor locations and to air-ground-air communications;
vi) 99.99 % reliability across the network;
vii) an architecture with sufficient spare capacity to scale/grow rapidly as usage was required to handle emergency requirements and one-time events at short notice;
viii) secured against unauthorised physical interference, manipulation, eavesdropping, interception, monitoring and jamming; and
ix) the contract must also demonstrate how you worked closely with other consortia members (if applicable) and/or subcontractors to successfully manage their performance in the delivery of the contract.
Contract execution
Contract performance conditions:
The Successful Tenderer shall be required to undergo a service performance evaluation process (‘SPE’), following its appointment as Successful Tenderer and successful completion thereof shall be a condition of the award of any Services Contract. For more information please see the PQQ. The Contracting Authority reserves the right to make the Successful Tenderer and the other entity/entities jointly liable for the execution of any contract or require the Successful Tenderer or any such entity to provide a guarantee and/or enter into some other form of direct agreement with the Contracting Authority to secure the availability of those resources for the Contracting Authority in the event that the Successful Tenderer is unable to meet its commitments to the Contracting Authority. In this event, any such guarantee or agreement will be requested prior to (and shall be a condition of) the award of any Framework Agreement.
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Procedure
Minimum number of candidates: 3
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
It is envisaged that the Contracting Authority will shortlist the 3 highest scoring Candidates that have submitted compliant Responses and have met the Selection Criteria set out in this PQQ. The Contracting Authority reserves the right to shortlist more than the 3 highest scoring Candidates if the scores of the next highest ranking Candidate(s) are within 5 % of the score of the third highest scoring Candidate.
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Justification for the framework agreement:
The reason the duration will exceed 4 years centres on the ability of candidates to realise a return on the significant upfront capital investment required to build out the network.
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Date of dispatch of invitations: 2018-01-19 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender validity period: 12 months

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Tender Operations
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/351 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=119900&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
Information about review deadlines: Please consult with your own legal advisers.
Source: OJS 2017/S 197-405064 (2017-10-11)
Contract award notice (2020-12-22)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Radio broadcast transmission services
Short description:
The provision of nation-wide, narrowband, secure, managed digital radio services for voice and data purposes and for the supply of associated devices for any public service body approved by Com Reg to use the MDRS network, or who may be approved by Com Reg in the future and that falls within the list of public bodies listed in the PQQ may drawdown from the framework agreement.
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Total value of the procurement: 250 000 000 EUR 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Radio broadcast transmission services 📦

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Contracting authority
Identity
Postal town: Dublin 1
Contact
Phone: +353 761008000 📞

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2020-12-22 📅
Publication date: 2020-12-24 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2020/S 251-632016
Refers to notice: 2017/S 197-405064
OJ-S issue: 251
Additional information
In response to unforeseen circumstances in the insurance market which have occurred since original publication, the level of Professional Indemnity Insurance set out in the procurement documents was reduced to the sum of EUR 10 000 000.00

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
The provision of nation-wide, narrowband, secure, managed digital radio services for voice and data purposes and for the supply of associated devices for any public service body approved by Com Reg to use the managed digital radio services network, or who may be approved by Com Reg in the future and that falls within the list of public bodies listed in the PQQ that may drawdown from the framework agreement.
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Description of options:
The contracting authority reserves the right to extend the Term for up to four (4) additional periods of up to twelve (12) months each on the same terms and conditions, subject to the contracting authority’s obligations at law. The total period of any extensions shall not exceed 24 months in total. Therefore it is not expected that the Term will exceed nine (9) years in aggregate.
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Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Technical requirements including case studies
Quality criterion (weighting): 1000
Quality criterion (name): Project management, implementation and training
Quality criterion (weighting): 200
Cost criterion (name): Financial robustness of the proposal
Cost criterion (weighting): 200
Cost criterion (name): Costs
Cost criterion (weighting): 600

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2020-12-15 📅
Name: Tetra Ireland
National registration number: 9672789F
Postal address: Block 43A, 2nd floor, Yeats Way
Postal town: Dublin 12
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 16400238 📞
E-mail: marc.berghouwer@tetraireland.ie 📧
Internet address: http://www.tetraireland.ie 🌏
Total value of the procurement: 250 000 000 EUR 💰
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Source: OJS 2020/S 251-632016 (2020-12-22)
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