Administration and Support for N-Tier Hardware and Red Hat Linux Operating Systems

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

The Department is looking for a company that can supply 3 individuals who are qualified in a wide range of specific skills that are key to the continuous availability of the Departments systems, to work as key members of the team, providing technical leadership and skills transfer across a number of enterprise scale technologies.
This is a full time engagement, with 3 individuals committed to work solely for the Department over the duration of the contract, and each individual will cover the role of the other 2 individuals when they are unavailable (holiday periods or other absences). The supplier will also provide out of hours support for the environments.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2019-07-23. The procurement was published on 2019-06-18.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2019-06-18 Contract notice
2020-01-06 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2019-06-18)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: Agriculture House, Kildare Street
Postal town: Dublin 2
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Contact person: Joe Birthistle
Phone: +353 16072940 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: joe.birthistle@agriculture.gov.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: http://www.agriculture.gov.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/307 ๐ŸŒ
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=148817&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=148817&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
โ€œAdministration and Support for N-Tier Hardware and Red Hat Linux Operating Systems RFT 152550โ€
Products/services: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Short description:
โ€œThe Department is looking for a company that can supply 3 individuals who are qualified in a wide range of specific skills that are key to the continuous...โ€    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 4 000 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

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Additional products/services: Technical support services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Computer support services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Technical computer support services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Main site or place of performance: Kildare Street, Dublin 2.
Description of the procurement:
โ€œThe Department is looking for a company that can supply 3 individuals who are qualified in a wide range of specific skills that are key to the continuous...โ€    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 4 000 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
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 โœ…
Description
Description of renewals: 1 possible 12-month extension.

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
Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract
Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2019-07-23 17:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
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: 2019-07-23 17:00 ๐Ÿ“…

Complementary information
Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement โœ…
Estimated timing for further notices to be published: Within 3-4 years, depending on whether possible extension is used.
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic payment will be used
Review body
Name: HIgh Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: D7
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Source: OJS 2019/S 117-287312 (2019-06-18)
Contract award notice (2020-01-06)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
โ€œThe Department is looking for a company that can supply 3 individuals who are qualified in a wide range of specific skills that are key to the continuous...โ€    Show more
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 4 000 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Description
Description of the procurement:
โ€œThe Department is looking for a company that can supply 3 individuals who are qualified in a wide range of specific skills that are key to the continuous...โ€    Show more
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name):
โ€œThe quality/fitness for purpose of the candidates proposed relative to the role description and the knowledge and skills outlined in Appendix 1โ€
Quality criterion (weighting): 45 %
Quality criterion (name):
โ€œThe quality/fitness for purpose of the service providerโ€™s proposal to manage the delivery of the serviceโ€
Quality criterion (weighting): 15 %
Cost criterion (name): Costs for the provision of the services as detailed in Appendix 2
Cost criterion (weighting): 40 %

Procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2019/S 117-287312

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title:
โ€œAdministration and Support for N-Tier Hardware and Red Hat Linux Operating Systemsโ€
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2019-10-01 ๐Ÿ“…
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
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: 1
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Sabeo Technologies Ltd
Postal address: The Courtyard, Carmanhall Rd, Sandyford
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: D18 C436
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 14064600 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: info@sabeo.com ๐Ÿ“ง
Fax: +353 14064699 ๐Ÿ“ 
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
The contractor is an SME
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 4 000 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 4 000 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

Complementary information
Additional information
Contract can be extended by 12 months.
Source: OJS 2020/S 005-006815 (2020-01-06)