Business Continuity Services

Electricity Supply Board (ESB)

This contract is for business continuity services for ESB to accommodate staff at Dublin, Cork, and Belfast. ESB is inviting pre-qualification applications from suitably qualified interested parties with experience of providing these services and with available existing premises in Dublin, Cork, and Belfast.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2019-07-01. The procurement was published on 2019-05-31.

Suppliers

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

• DXC Technology
• Ibm

Who?

• Electricity Supply Board (ESB)

What?

Where?

• Éire/Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2019-05-31	Contract notice
2020-10-06	Contract award notice

Contract notice (2019-05-31)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Crisis management services
Reference number: SSCON4423
Short description:

Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Crisis management services 📦
Additional CPV: Crisis management services 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️

Procedure
Procedure type: Negotiated procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Utilities entity
Awarding authority name: Electricity Supply Board (ESB)
Postal address: 2 Gateway
Postal code: East Wall Road
Postal town: Dublin 3
Contact
Internet address: http://www.esb.ie 🌏
E-mail: john.hunt@esb.ie 📧
Phone: +353 17027445 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=147349&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=147349&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2019-05-31 📅
Submission deadline: 2019-07-01 📅
Publication date: 2019-06-04 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2019/S 106-260120
OJ-S issue: 106
Additional information

Please refer to the individual instructions for submission of bids relevant to each tender issued via the system.

Object
Scope of the procurement
Information about lots:

Applicants may apply for lot 1, lot 2, lot 3, or for all lots. Applicants must state in their application which lots are being applied for, and if the applicant is applying for more than one lot 2 separate references should be given for each lot applied for.

Title of the lot: Business Continuity Services at Dublin
Lot number: 1
Short description:

At this point it is envisaged that the requirement in Dublin will be to accommodate in the range of between 230 to 300 seats.

Duration: 48 months
Description of options:

The duration of the Framework Agreements will be for 4 years each with an option for ESB to extend for up to a additional further 3 years in one of more increments.

Additional information:

Please refer to the individual instructions for submission of bids relevant to each tender issued via the system.

Title of the lot: Business Continuity Services at Cork
Lot number: 2
Short description:

At this point it is envisaged that the requirement in Cork will be to accommodate in the range of 200 seats.

Description of options:

The duration of the Framework Agreements will be for 4 years each with an option for ESB to extend for up to an additional further 3 years in one of more increments.

Title of the lot: Business Continuity Services at Belfast
Lot number: 3
Short description:

At this point it is envisaged that the requirement in Belfast will be to accommodate 25 seats.

Place of performance
Main site or place of performance:

Dublin

Cork

Belfast

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:

As stated in Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID xxxxxx

Economic and financial standing:

As stated in Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID xxxxxx

Technical and professional ability:

As stated in Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID xxxxxx

Contract execution
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

Where a grouping of service providers express interest in this process, it is a requirement of ESB that one member of the group accepts full contractual responsibility for the delivery of the services. Where appropriate the intended contractually responsible member of any grouping or consortium must be identified in responding to this notice.

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0025
Minimum number of candidates: 5
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:

Following the closing date the contracting entity will evaluate the responses with a view to selecting a list of suitable candidates to be invited to submit a tender for the Framework Agreement for each of the lots to which they have qualified. ESB will invite at least the 5 highest scoring applicants for each lot to the tender stage of this competition, subject to that number qualifying.

Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: John Hunt
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/377 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=147349&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Additional information

Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site (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 (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 Framework Agreement one or more of the tenderers invited following the conclusion of this competitive process, or having awarded a contract under the Framework Agreement, the contracting entity reserves the right to invite the next highest scoring tenderer to join the Framework Agreement and/or deliver the contract as appropriate to the circumstances pertaining to the framework;

7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting entity may elect to terminate this procurement process, the Framework Agreement or any contract awarded under the Framework Agreement 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 applicants will be invited to tender, please note that the contracting entity reserves the right to invite at least 5 applicants subject to that number qualifying.

Complementary information
Review body
Name: Chief Registrar
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Source: OJS 2019/S 106-260120 (2019-05-31)

Contract award notice (2020-10-06)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

This contract is for business continuity services for ESB to accommodate staff at Dublin, Cork, and Belfast.

Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Place of performance
NUTS region: Northern Ireland 🏙️

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Contracting authority
Identity
Postal address: 2 Gateway, East Wall Road
Contact
E-mail: peter.coughlan@esb.ie 📧

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2020-10-06 📅
Publication date: 2020-10-09 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2020/S 197-478257
Refers to notice: 2019/S 106-260120
OJ-S issue: 197

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

Requirement in Dublin will be to accommodate in the range of between 230 to 300 seats.

Description of options:

The duration of the framework agreements will be for 4 years each with an option for ESB to extend for up to a additional further 3 years in one of more increments.

Short description: Requirement in Cork will be to accommodate in the range of 200 seats.
Description of options:

The duration of the framework agreements will be for 4 years each with an option for ESB to extend for up to an additional further 3 years in one of more increments.

Short description: Requirement in Belfast will be to accommodate 25 seats.
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance:

Dublin.

Cork.

Belfast.

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2020-09-07 📅
Name: Ibm
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: Oldbrook house
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Internet address: http://www.ibm.com/ie/en/ 🌏
Date of contract conclusion: 2020-09-29 📅
Name: DXC Technology
National registration number: IE3334222LH
Postal address: Liffey Park Technology Campus
Postal town: Co. Kildare
Internet address: http://www.dxc.technology 🌏

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Peter Coughlan
Source: OJS 2020/S 197-478257 (2020-10-06)

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