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:

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2019-06-18 Contract notice
2020-01-06 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2019-06-18)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Reference number: RFT 152550
Short description:
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.
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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: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional CPV: Technical support services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance
NUTS region: ร‰ire/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: Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Awarding authority name: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Postal address: Agriculture House, Kildare Street
Postal town: Dublin 2
Contact
Internet address: http://www.agriculture.gov.ie ๐ŸŒ
E-mail: joe.birthistle@agriculture.gov.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 16072940 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=148817&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=148817&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2019-06-18 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2019-07-23 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2019-06-20 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2019/S 117-287312
OJ-S issue: 117

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
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.
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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.
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Estimated total value: 4 000 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Short description:
Occasionally, the team will require an additional member during a project. The alternate candidate will be expected to be available for this work. The charges will be at the contract daily rate.
The current contract for administration support of the N-Tier Hardware Red Hat Linux Operating Systems will expire at the end of July 2019. The Minister of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, hereinafter invites proposals from service providers for provision of a suitably qualified individual to work as part of a team, in providing administration support for the Hardware, and Red Hat LINUX environments.
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Estimated value excluding VAT: 4 000 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Duration: 36 months
Description of renewals: 1 possible 12-month extension.
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Kildare Street, Dublin 2.

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Time of receipt of tenders: 17:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Tender validity period: 6 months
Tender opening date: 2019-07-23 ๐Ÿ“…
Tender opening time: 17:00

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Joe Birthistle
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/307 ๐ŸŒ
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=148817&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Additional information
Estimated timing for further notices: Within 3-4 years, depending on whether possible extension is used.

Complementary information
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:
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 department's 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.
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Total value of the procurement: 4 000 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2020-01-06 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2020-01-08 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2020/S 005-006815
Refers to notice: 2019/S 117-287312
OJ-S issue: 5
Additional information
Contract can be extended by 12 months.

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
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โ€ฆ department's systems, to work as key members of the team, providing technical leadership and skills transfer across a number of enterprise scale technologies.
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Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): The quality/fitness for purpose of the candidates proposed relative to the role description and the knowledge and skills outlined in Appendix 1
Quality criterion (weighting): 45 %
Quality criterion (name): The quality/fitness for purpose of the service providerโ€™s proposal to manage the delivery of the service
Quality criterion (weighting): 15 %
Cost criterion (name): Costs for the provision of the services as detailed in Appendix 2
Cost criterion (weighting): 40 %

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2019-10-01 ๐Ÿ“…
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
Total value of the procurement: 4 000 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Source: OJS 2020/S 005-006815 (2020-01-06)