Provision of WAN Connectivity and Associated Services for the ITS and BMO Communication Networks

National Transport Authority

The National Transport Authority requires supply, installation, commissioning and maintenance of secure WAN connectivity for communication networks for the Leap Card integrated ticketing system and the Bus Market Opening system โ€œBMOโ€. As part of this the successful Tenderer will be expected to manage the migration of Services from the current supplier without any down time or disruption to either Leap Card services or BMO services.
The successful Tenderer should take adequate care to avoid quoting network and security equipment that will become end of life within 12 months of supply to the Authority and end of support during the term of the Contract. In any case, if any equipment reaches end of support during the period of Contract; the successful Tenderer is required to replace the end of support component with no additional cost to the Authority.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2018-05-31. The procurement was published on 2018-04-23.

Suppliers

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

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2018-04-23 Contract notice
2018-11-02 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2018-04-23)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Networks
Short description:
The National Transport Authority requires supply, installation, commissioning and maintenance of secure WAN connectivity for communication networks for the Leap Card integrated ticketing system and the Bus Market Opening system โ€œBMOโ€. As part of this the successful Tenderer will be expected to manage the migration of Services from the current supplier without any down time or disruption to either Leap Card services or BMO services. The successful Tenderer should take adequate care to avoid quoting network and security equipment that will become end of life within 12 months of supply to the Authority and end of support during the term of the Contract. In any case, if any equipment reaches end of support during the period of Contract; the successful Tenderer is required to replace the end of support component with no additional cost to the Authority.
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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: Networks ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional CPV: Communications network ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance
NUTS region: 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: National or federal Agency/Office
Awarding authority name: National Transport Authority
Postal address: Dun Sceine, Iveagh Court, Harcourt Lane
Postal code: D02 WT20
Postal town: Dublin 2
Contact
Internet address: https://nationaltransport.ie ๐ŸŒ
E-mail: igor.popenko@nationaltransport.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 18798300 ๐Ÿ“ž
Fax: +353 18798333 ๐Ÿ“ 
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=128029&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=128029&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2018-04-23 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2018-05-31 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2018-04-24 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2018/S 079-176903
OJ-S issue: 79
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 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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Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
The National Transport Authority requires supply, installation, commissioning and maintenance of secure WAN connectivity for communication networks for the Leap Card integrated ticketing system and the Bus Market Opening system โ€œBMOโ€. As part of this the successful Tenderer will be expected to manage the migration of Services from the current supplier without any down time or disruption to either Leap Card services or BMO services.
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The successful Tenderer should take adequate care to avoid quoting network and security equipment that will become end of life within 12 months of supply to the Authority and end of support during the term of the Contract. In any case, if any equipment reaches end of support during the period of Contract; the successful Tenderer is required to replace the end of support component with no additional cost to the Authority.
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The successful Tenderer should propose new processes to address the current infrastructure to future proof the system going forward and suggest new next generation technology to improve the ITS communications network.
Duration: 24 months
Description of renewals:
The Contract will be for an initial period of 2 years of operations. If the Services provided are deemed to be satisfactory the operations may be renewed annually up to a maximum of 2 years after the end of the second year. The extension of the Contract will be dependent on service requirements, performance and continued funding availability.
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Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Ireland.

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

Procedure
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: 2018-12-01 ๐Ÿ“…
Tender opening date: 2018-05-31 ๐Ÿ“…
Tender opening time: 14:00

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Igor Popenko
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1149 ๐ŸŒ
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=128029&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Reference
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 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.
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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.

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Ground Floor (East Wing), Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: D7
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 18886000 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Fax: +353 18886125 ๐Ÿ“ 
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie ๐ŸŒ
Information about review deadlines:
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 079-176903 (2018-04-23)
Contract award notice (2018-11-02)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
The National Transport Authority requires supply, installation, commissioning and maintenance of secure WAN connectivity for communication networks for the leap card integrated ticketing system and the Bus Market Opening system โ€œBMOโ€. As part of this the successful tenderer will be expected to manage the migration of services from the current supplier without any down time or disruption to either leap card services or BMO services. The successful tenderer should take adequate care to avoid quoting network and security equipment that will become end of life within 12 months of supply to the authority and end of support during the term of the contract. In any case, if any equipment reaches end of support during the period of contract; the successful tenderer is required to replace the end of support component with no additional cost to the authority.
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Total value of the procurement: 1 101 235 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2018-11-02 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2018-11-06 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2018/S 213-488740
Refers to notice: 2018/S 079-176903
OJ-S issue: 213
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 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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Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
The National Transport Authority requires supply, installation, commissioning and maintenance of secure WAN connectivity for communication networks for the leap card integrated ticketing system and the Bus Market Opening system โ€œBMOโ€.
As part of this the successful tenderer will be expected to manage the migration of services from the current supplier without any down time or disruption to either leap card services or BMO services.
The successful tenderer should take adequate care to avoid quoting network and security equipment that will become end of life within 12 months of supply to the authority and end of support during the term of the contract.
In any case, if any equipment reaches end of support during the period of contract; the successful tenderer is required to replace the end of support component with no additional cost to the authority.
The National Transport Authority requires supply, installation, commissioning and maintenance of secure WAN connectivity for communication networks for the Leap Card integrated ticketing system and the Bus Market Opening system โ€œBMOโ€.
As part of this the successful Tenderer will be expected to manage the migration of services from the current supplier without any down time or disruption to either leap card services or BMO services.
The successful Tenderer should take adequate care to avoid quoting network and security equipment that will become end of life within 12 months of supply to the Authority and end of support during the term of the contract.
In any case, if any equipment reaches end of support during the period of contract; the successful tenderer is required to replace the end of support component with no additional cost to the Authority.
The successful tenderer should propose new processes to address the current infrastructure to future proof the system going forward and suggest new next generation technology to improve the ITS communications network.
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Ireland

Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Approach
Quality criterion (weighting): 40
Quality criterion (name): Transition
Quality criterion (weighting): 20
Price (weighting): 40

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2018-10-17 ๐Ÿ“…
Name: eir Business
National registration number: 554337
Postal address: 1 Heuston South Quarter
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: St. Johns Road
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 851744917 ๐Ÿ“ž
Country: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Internet address: http://www.eir.ie ๐ŸŒ
Total value of the procurement: 1 101 235 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1

Reference
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 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.
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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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Source: OJS 2018/S 213-488740 (2018-11-02)