Supply of Servers and Support Services

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade/An Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha agus Trádála

The Department’s plans around developing its ICT services and infrastructure including the upgrade of Servers and software to the latest versions and technologies, as and when appropriate usually in line with a hardware refresh. Accordingly, the Department seeks to engage a company to supply servers for the range of technologies for the coming 3 year period.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2019-01-11. The procurement was published on 2018-12-04.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2018-12-04 Contract notice
2019-03-11 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2018-12-04)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name:
“Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade/An Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha agus Trádála”
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: 80 St Stephen's Green
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Contact person: Tony Ryan
Phone: +353 14082440 📞
E-mail: tony.ryan@dfa.ie 📧
Region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
URL: http://www.dfa.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/246 🌏
Information about joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=139183&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=139183&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Supply of Servers and Support Services
Products/services: Hardware 📦
Short description:
“The Department’s plans around developing its ICT services and infrastructure including the upgrade of Servers and software to the latest versions and...”    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 620 000 💰

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Additional products/services: Information systems and servers 📦
Additional products/services: Servers 📦
Additional products/services: Network servers 📦
Additional products/services: Computer servers 📦
Additional products/services: File servers 📦
Additional products/services: Printer servers 📦
Additional products/services: Hardware installation services 📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
Description of the procurement:
“The Department’s plans around developing its ICT services and infrastructure including the upgrade of Servers and software to the latest versions and...”    Show more
Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 620 000 💰
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 36
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
This contract is subject to renewal
Description
Description of renewals:
“The contract is for an initial term of 1 year with the option to extend for a further 2 x 1 years subject to satisfactory performance and business needs.”

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2019-01-11 17:30 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 6
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2019-01-11 17:30 📅

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Source: OJS 2018/S 235-536738 (2018-12-04)
Contract award notice (2019-03-11)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Supply of Servers and Support Services RFT143469
Short description:
“The Department’s plans around developing its ICT services and infrastructure including the upgrade of servers and software to the latest versions and...”    Show more
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 620 000 💰
Description
Description of the procurement:
“The Department’s plans around developing its ICT services and infrastructure including the upgrade of servers and software to the latest versions and...”    Show more
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name):
“Quality and capability of supplier's capacity to provide reliable equipment and after-sales support”
Quality criterion (weighting): 30 %
Quality criterion (name): Ability to support the Department's global presence
Quality criterion (weighting): 20 %
Price (weighting): 50 %

Procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2018/S 235-536738

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title: Supply of Servers and Support Services
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2019-02-20 📅
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: Total ICT Services Ltd
Postal address: ICt House, Naas Road Industrial Park, Naas Road
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: D12 HN44
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 16209000 📞
Region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
URL: www.ictservices.ie 🌏
The contractor is an SME
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 620 000 💰
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 620 000 💰
Source: OJS 2019/S 052-119271 (2019-03-11)