ESB wishes to invite expressions of interest from suitably qualified companies for the supply and support of additional IT data storage capacity.
The proposed capacity solution will be deployed on the ESB data centre premises.
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2018-04-06.
The procurement was published on 2018-03-04.
Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
Object Scope of the procurement
Title: Supply and Support of Mid to High End Storage Capacity
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Products/services: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support📦
Short description:
“ESB wishes to invite expressions of interest from suitably qualified companies for the supply and support of additional IT data storage capacity the...”
Short description
ESB wishes to invite expressions of interest from suitably qualified companies for the supply and support of additional IT data storage capacity the proposed capacity solution will be deployed on the ESB data centre premises.
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Additional products/services: Computer back-up and catalogue conversion services📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland🏙️
Main site or place of performance: Dublin
Description of the procurement:
“ESB are procuring a mid to high end flash storage array in order to:
— host a new SAP Hana production environment,
— host additional non SAP Hana production...”
Description of the procurement
ESB are procuring a mid to high end flash storage array in order to:
— host a new SAP Hana production environment,
— host additional non SAP Hana production environments.
Requirement:
ESB wishes to invite expressions of interest from solution providers to supply, implement and support a mid to high end flash storage array capable of managing ESB’s needs.
In scope:
— provision, implementation and support of a scalable flash storage array with the potential to scale up/out over the next number of years,
— the proposed arrays must be certified by SAP to run production SAP Hana,
— an ability to service urgent onsite requirements in the greater Dublin area within a reasonable timeframe,
— the proposed capacity solution will be deployed on the ESB datacentre premises located in Dublin,
— the proposed capacity solution will provide a minimum of 300Tb useable storage.
The contract will be awarded to the most economically advantageous proposal.
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Quality criterion (name): Technical
Quality criterion (weighting): 60 %
Price (weighting): 40 %
Information about options
Options ✅
Description of options:
“ESB retains the right to extend the contract up to 2 years by mutual agreement with the successful tenderer.” Description
Additional information:
“Please refer to the individual instructions for submission of bids relevant to each tender issued via the system.”
Procedure Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2018/S 045-099487
Award of contract
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Contract Number: 1
Title: Supply and Support of Mid to High End Storage Capacity
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2019-01-17 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 7
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 4
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 7
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 7
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Triangle Computer Services
National registration number: IE 632 9657R
Postal address: Colm House, 91 Pembroke Road
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 4
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 16579700📞
E-mail: e-tenders@triangle.ie📧
Region: Éire/Ireland🏙️
URL: http://www.triangle.ie/🌏
The contractor is an SME ✅
Complementary information Additional information
“1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders website (http://www.etenders.gov.ie/) in order to be included on the mailing list for...”
1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders website (http://www.etenders.gov.ie/) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications. All information relating to attachments, including clarifications and changes, will be published on the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal (http://www.etenders.gov.ie/) only. Registration is free of charge. The contracting entity will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties.
2) This is the sole call for competition for this service;
3) The contracting entity will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by Candidates or tenderers;
4) Contract award will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities;
5) It will be a condition of award that candidates are tax compliant.
6) If for any reason it is not possible to admit to the contract one or more of the tenderers invited following the conclusion of this competitive process, or having awarded a contract, the contracting entity reserves the right to invite the next highest scoring tenderer to join the contract and/or deliver the contract as appropriate to the circumstances pertaining to said contract.
7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting entity may elect to terminate this procurement process at any time.
8) Please note in relation to all documents, that where reference is made to a particular standard, make, source, process, trademark, type or patent, that this is not to be regarded as a de facto requirement. In all such cases, it should be understood that such indications are to be treated strictly and solely for reference purposes only, to which the words "or equivalent" will always be appended.
9) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting entity is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of questionnaires with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, candidates are advised to ensure that they return fully completed questionnaires in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition.
10) At Section II.2.9 we have indicated that 5 will be invited to tender, please note that the contracting entity reserves the right to invite at least 5, subject to that number qualifying.
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Name: Chief Registrar
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000📞
URL: http://www.courts.ie🌏 Body responsible for mediation procedures
Name: Not Applicable
Postal address: Ireland
Postal town: Ireland
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪 Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: Suppliers own legal advisor
Postal address: Ireland
Postal town: Ireland
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Source: OJS 2019/S 015-032599 (2019-01-17)