Cisco Support Services

Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation

The Department wishes to engage with a support provider to whom it can escalate Cisco hardware or software support calls that cannot be resolved in-house. The support provider will be required to have a defined call logging procedure that allows them to accept, log and track support calls. They will be expected to take ownership of the problem up to resolution regardless of the nature of the problem, such as interoperability with other vendors, new bug fix or hardware replacement.
The support provider will be required to ensure that the equipment under support is registered with its vendor and that the support organisation liaises with the vendor when the nature of the problem goes beyond the support providers competence or capability. Ownership of the problem throughout, remains with the support provider and it is this provider with whom lies the ultimate responsibility to either solve the problem or provide alternative workarounds.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2018-11-09. The procurement was published on 2018-10-08.

Suppliers

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

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2018-10-08 Contract notice
2019-01-16 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2018-10-08)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Computer network services
Short description:
The Department wishes to engage with a support provider to whom it can escalate Cisco hardware or software support calls that cannot be resolved in-house. The support provider will be required to have a defined call logging procedure that allows them to accept, log and track support calls. They will be expected to take ownership of the problem up to resolution regardless of the nature of the problem, such as interoperability with other vendors, new bug fix or hardware replacement. The support provider will be required to ensure that the equipment under support is registered with its vendor and that the support organisation liaises with the vendor when the nature of the problem goes beyond the support providers competence or capability. Ownership of the problem throughout, remains with the support provider and it is this provider with whom lies the ultimate responsibility to either solve the problem or provide alternative workarounds.
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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: Computer network services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional CPV: Repair, maintenance and associated services related to personal computers, office equipment, telecommunications and audio-visual equipment ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance
NUTS region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ

Procedure
Procedure type: Open 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: Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Awarding authority name: Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation
Postal address: 23 Kildare Street
Postal code: Dublin 2
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.dbei.gov.ie ๐ŸŒ
E-mail: patrick.ryan@dbei.gov.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 16312768 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=136118&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=136118&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2018-10-08 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2018-11-09 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2018-10-12 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2018/S 197-445840
OJ-S issue: 197

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
The Department wishes to engage with a support provider to whom it can escalate Cisco hardware or software support calls that cannot be resolved in-house. The support provider will be required to have a defined call logging procedure that allows them to accept, log and track support calls. They will be expected to take ownership of the problem up to resolution regardless of the nature of the problem, such as interoperability with other vendors, new bug fix or hardware replacement.
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The support provider will be required to ensure that the equipment under support is registered with its vendor and that the support organisation liaises with the vendor when the nature of the problem goes beyond the support providers competence or capability. Ownership of the problem throughout, remains with the support provider and it is this provider with whom lies the ultimate responsibility to either solve the problem or provide alternative workarounds.
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Estimated total value: 750 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 750 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Duration: 12 months
Description of renewals:
The contract may be extended for periods of 12 months up to a maximum total contract length of 48 months.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity: As per the request for tender document.
Contract execution
Contract performance conditions: As per the request for tender document.

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Tender validity period: 2 months
Tender opening date: 2018-11-09 ๐Ÿ“…
Tender opening time: 12:00
Place: Dublin

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Patrick Ryan
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1203 ๐ŸŒ
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=136118&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Complementary information
Review body
Name: Pat McCourt
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Source: OJS 2018/S 197-445840 (2018-10-08)
Contract award notice (2019-01-16)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement: 1 000 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2019-01-16 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2019-01-21 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2019/S 014-029122
Refers to notice: 2018/S 197-445840
OJ-S issue: 14

Object
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Ireland

Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Demonstrated ability to meet the service requirements of this request for tender.
Quality criterion (weighting): 50
Cost criterion (name): Cost โ€“ Fixed Discount to be applied to the purchase of Cisco hardware and software
Cost criterion (weighting): 10
Cost criterion (name): Cost โ€“ Support and Maintenance Costs and Onsite Daily Rates
Cost criterion (weighting): 40

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2018-11-29 ๐Ÿ“…
Name: PlanNet21 Communications
National registration number: 8279849U
Postal address: 3200 Lake Drive
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: Citywest Business Ca
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 14611900 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: naomi.mulchrone@plannet21.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Internet address: http://www.plannet21.ie ๐ŸŒ
Total value of the procurement: 1 000 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Source: OJS 2019/S 014-029122 (2019-01-16)