Invitation to Tender for the Supply of Servers, Storage and Network Devices and a Multi-Supplier Framework Agreement for the Supply of Servers, Storage and Network Devices
This competition consists of:
1) Award of the contract for Supply of Servers, Storage and Network Devices to the most economically advantageous tender; and
2) Establishment of a Framework Agreement for Supply of Servers, Storage and Network Devices based on the 3 highest ranked Tenderers from 1 above.
The Authority has 2 very specific hardware requirements in the short term, as follows:
1) Upgrade of the Virtual Desktop Environment to support increased resilience and an increased user base. The strategy involves procuring new infrastructure for the primary environment and to move the aging infrastructure from the primary to the Disaster Recovery environment;
2) Expansion of the Route modelling Environment to support increased compute and storage requirements of the modelling team.
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2018-08-01.
The procurement was published on 2018-06-26.
Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
Object Scope of the procurement
Title:
“Invitation to Tender for the Supply of Servers, Storage and Network Devices and a Multi-Supplier Framework Agreement for the Supply of Servers, Storage and...”
Title
Invitation to Tender for the Supply of Servers, Storage and Network Devices and a Multi-Supplier Framework Agreement for the Supply of Servers, Storage and Network Devices
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Products/services: Network servers📦
Short description:
“This competition consists of:
1) Award of the contract for Supply of Servers, Storage and Network Devices to the most economically advantageous tender;...”
Short description
This competition consists of:
1) Award of the contract for Supply of Servers, Storage and Network Devices to the most economically advantageous tender; and
2) Establishment of a Framework Agreement for Supply of Servers, Storage and Network Devices based on the three highest ranked Tenderers from 1 above.
The Authority has 2 very specific hardware requirements in the short term, as follows:
1) Upgrade of the Virtual Desktop Environment to support increased resilience and an increased user base. The strategy involves procuring new infrastructure for the primary environment and to move the aging infrastructure from the primary to the Disaster Recovery environment;
2) Expansion of the Route modelling Environment to support increased compute and storage requirements of the modelling team.
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Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 1 021 582 💰
This competition consists of:
1) Award of the contract for Supply of Servers, Storage and Network Devices to the most economically advantageous tender based on the contract award criteria; and
2) Establishment of a Framework Agreement for Supply of Servers, Storage and Network Devices based on the three highest ranked Tenderers from 1 above.
The Authority has two very specific hardware requirements in the short term, as follows:
1) Upgrade of the Virtual Desktop Environment to support increased resilience (from 99 % to 99,9 %) and an increased user base (up from 180 to 250). The strategy involves procuring new infrastructure for the primary environment and to move the aging infrastructure from the primary to the Disaster Recovery (DR) environment. The requirement is described in more detail below;
2) Expansion of the Route modelling Environment to support increased compute and storage requirements of the modelling team. The requirement is described in more detail in below.
The on-going range of hardware products required will include:
— servers,
— storage devices and associated peripherals (e.g. cables, etc.),
— network devices and associated peripherals (e.g. cables etc.),
— warranty, and
— hardware maintenance.
Below is an indicative list of envisaged project type work to be completed over the next 3 years:
— infrastructure relocation to cloud 1 re-location of the Authority’s Journey Planner and Real Time Passenger Information Systems to the cloud,
— bus market opening systems — it is envisaged that the Bus Market Opening programme will lead to at least 4 new systems that will be hosted in the cloud,
— system expansion — the Authority expects to expand the storage and compute infrastructure in early 2019 to accommodate new systems,
— email — implementation of Microsoft Office 365 is expected in the coming 2 to 3 years,
— business intelligence — it is expected that the Authority will deploy a more extensive Business Intelligence Platform.
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Quality criterion (name): Management strategy
Quality criterion (weighting): 15
Quality criterion (name): Compatibility with existing hardware
Quality criterion (name): Competitive pricing strategy
Quality criterion (weighting): 10
Price (weighting): 60
Procedure Type of procedure
Open procedure
Information about framework agreement
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2018/S 123-279629
Award of contract
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Contract Number: 1
Title:
“Invitation to Tender for the Supply of Servers, Storage and Network Devices and a Multi-Supplier Framework Agreement for the Supply of Servers, Storage and...”
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Invitation to Tender for the Supply of Servers, Storage and Network Devices and a Multi-Supplier Framework Agreement for the Supply of Servers, Storage and Network Devices
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Date of conclusion of the contract: 2018-11-05 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Trilogy Technologies
National registration number: 280997
Postal address: Beckett Way, Park west, Business Park
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 12
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 14768050📞
E-mail: mark.oreilly@trilogytechnologies.com📧
Region: Dublin🏙️
URL: http://www.trilogytechnologies.com🌏
The contractor is an SME
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 1 021 582 💰
Complementary information Additional information
“The Contracting Authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers relating to this contract award...”
The Contracting Authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers relating to this contract award procedure irrespective of the outcome of the competition, or if the competition is postponed or cancelled. All costs incurred by interested parties in participating in this competition must be borne by them.
Any contract award will be subject to a number of preconditions, including production of a current tax clearance certificate or tax clearance statement from the Revenue Commissioners in Ireland. The Contracting Authority may terminate this competition (or any part thereof), change the basis of and the procedures for the bidding process, at any time, or procure the project by alternative means if it appears that the project can thereby be more advantageously procured. The most economically advantageous or any tender will not automatically be accepted.
Refer to procurement documents for further information.
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Name: High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Ground Floor (East Wing), Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: D7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000📞
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie📧
Fax: +353 18886125 📠
URL: http://www.courts.ie🌏 Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
“As set out in S.I. No. 130/2010 European Communities (Public Authorities' Contracts) (Review Procedures) Regulations 2010 (in particular Regulation 7 thereof).”
Source: OJS 2018/S 227-519763 (2018-11-21)