EirGrid Group is commencing a procurement process for the supply and installation of enterprise storage and server systems and related services.
The purpose of this procurement process is to put in place a framework to supply and install storage and server systems to enhance or replace EirGrid’s data centre infrastructure.
The requirements outlined below are not necessarily exhaustive and additional related requirements may be amended for invitation to tender as determined by EirGrid.
Candidates are invited to submit a qualification application for inclusion on the tender list in accordance with this PQQ.
The framework supplier shall provide:
— enterprise storage hardware,
— enterprise server hardware,
— enterprise management software,
— implementation and installation services,
— ongoing support and maintenance,
— consultancy services,
— account management,
— environmental design.
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-01-07.
The procurement was published on 2019-12-03.
Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
Object Scope of the procurement
Title: Enterprise Storage and Server Framework
ENQEIR693
Products/services: Servers📦
Short description:
“EirGrid Group is commencing a procurement process for the supply and installation of enterprise storage and server systems and related services.
The purpose...”
Short description
EirGrid Group is commencing a procurement process for the supply and installation of enterprise storage and server systems and related services.
The purpose of this procurement process is to put in place a framework to supply and install storage and server systems to enhance or replace EirGrid’s data centre infrastructure.
The requirements outlined below are not necessarily exhaustive and additional related requirements may be amended for invitation to tender as determined by EirGrid.
Candidates are invited to submit a qualification application for inclusion on the tender list in accordance with this PQQ.
The framework supplier shall provide:
— enterprise storage hardware,
— enterprise server hardware,
— enterprise management software,
— implementation and installation services,
— ongoing support and maintenance,
— consultancy services,
— account management,
— environmental design.
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Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 12 000 000 💰
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Additional products/services: Computer storage units📦
Additional products/services: Information technology services📦
Additional products/services: Computer support and consultancy services📦
Place of performance: Northern Ireland 🏙️
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland🏙️
Main site or place of performance: Ireland, NORTHERN IRELAND.
Description of the procurement:
“The successful tenderer will be required to provide:
— enterprise storage hardware,
— server hardware,
— enterprise management software,
— implementation...”
Description of the procurement
The successful tenderer will be required to provide:
— enterprise storage hardware,
— server hardware,
— enterprise management software,
— implementation and installation services,
— ongoing support and maintenance,
— consultancy services,
— account management,
— environmental design.
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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 12 000 000 💰
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 60
Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged number of candidates: 5
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
“Please see information memorandum and pre-qualification questionnaire attached to this notice.” Information about options
Options ✅
Description of options:
“The initial contract period envisaged is 5 years with the possibility to extend annually up to a further 3 years, subject always to the satisfactory...”
Description of options
The initial contract period envisaged is 5 years with the possibility to extend annually up to a further 3 years, subject always to the satisfactory performance of the supplier.
The estimated spend of 12 000 000 EUR is taking into account the full duration of the contract including the possible extensions. The supplier may be required to provide hardware support and maintenance to any supplies purchased during the framework after the contract has expired.
Legal, economic, financial and technical information Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions:
“Please see information memorandum and pre-qualification questionnaire attached to this notice.” Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of rules and criteria:
“Please see information memorandum and pre-qualification questionnaire attached to this notice.”
Deposits and guarantees required:
“Please see information memorandum and pre-qualification questionnaire attached to this notice.”
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
“Please see information memorandum and pre-qualification questionnaire attached to this notice.”
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
“Please see information memorandum and pre-qualification questionnaire attached to this notice.” Conditions related to the contract
Contract performance conditions:
“Please see information memorandum and pre-qualification questionnaire attached to this notice.”
Procedure Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with a single operator
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2020-01-07
12:00 📅
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: 12
Complementary information Additional information
“1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders website (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 (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 authority 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 authority 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 and are in a position to produce a valid tax clearance certificate or eTax clearance from the revenue commissioners when requested;
6) If for any reason it is not possible to award the contract 1 or more of the tenderers invited following the conclusion of this competitive process, the contracting authority reserves the right to award the contract to the next ranked tenderer as appropriate.
7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process or any contract awarded;
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 authority 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.
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Name: The High Court
Postal address: Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000📞
URL: http://www.courts.ie🌏 Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
“The contracting authority will not conclude this contract to which a standstill period applies in accordance with Council Directive 2014/25/EU, until after...”
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures
The contracting authority will not conclude this contract to which a standstill period applies in accordance with Council Directive 2014/25/EU, until after the expiry of the standstill period which commences on the day following the date of notification on concerned candidates and tenderers. The duration of the standstill period will be 14 calendar days where notifications are sent electronically or by fax and 16 calendar days where these are sent by any other means. The statutory instrument mentioned above provides that review procedures are available in the High Court to a person who has or has had an interest in obtaining the reviewable public contract and alleges that he or she has been harmed or is at risk of being harmed by an infringement of the law in relation in this contract.
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Name: Central office of the High Courts (Appeal Section)
Postal address: Ground Floor, East Wing, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000📞
URL: http://www.courts.ie🌏
Source: OJS 2019/S 235-577094 (2019-12-03)
Contract award notice (2021-01-08) Contracting authority Name and addresses
Name: EirGrid plc
Postal address: Block 2 - The Oval, 160 Shelbourne Road, Ballsbridge
Object Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“This tender process is complete.
EirGrid Group commenced a procurement process for the supply and installation of enterprise storage and server systems and...”
Short description
This tender process is complete.
EirGrid Group commenced a procurement process for the supply and installation of enterprise storage and server systems and related services.
The purpose of this procurement process was to put in place a framework to supply and install storage and server systems to enhance or replace EirGrid’s datacentre infrastructure.
The requirements outlined below are not necessarily exhaustive and additional related requirements may be amended for invitation to tender as determined by EirGrid.
The framework supplier shall provide:
• enterprise storage hardware,
• enterprise server hardware,
• enterprise management software,
• implementation and installation services,
• ongoing support and maintenance,
• consultancy services,
• account management,
• environmental design.
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Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 12 000 000 💰
Description
Main site or place of performance: IRELAND, Northern IRELAND.
Description of the procurement:
“The successful Tenderer will be required to provide:
• enterprise storage hardware,
• server hardware,
• enterprise management software,
• implementation...”
Description of the procurement
The successful Tenderer will be required to provide:
• enterprise storage hardware,
• server hardware,
• enterprise management software,
• implementation and installation services,
• ongoing support and maintenance,
• consultancy services,
• account management,
• environmental design.
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Quality criterion (name): Fitness for purpose
Quality criterion (weighting): 55
Quality criterion (name): Approach and methodology
Quality criterion (weighting): 5
Quality criterion (name): Resources
Cost criterion (name): Solution pricing
Cost criterion (weighting): 30
Cost criterion (name): Daily rates
Cost criterion (weighting): 5
Information about options
Description of options:
“The initial contract period envisaged is 5 years with the possibility to extend annually up to a further 3 years, subject always to the satisfactory...”
Description of options
The initial contract period envisaged is 5 years with the possibility to extend annually up to a further 3 years, subject always to the satisfactory performance of the supplier.
The estimated spend of EUR 12 000 000 is taking into account the full duration of the contract including the possible extensions. The supplier may be required to provide hardware support and maintenance to any supplies purchased during the framework after the contract has expired.
Procedure Information about framework agreement
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2019/S 235-577094
Award of contract
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Contract Number: 1
Title: Enterprise Storage and Server Framework
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2021-01-06 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 5
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 5
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Ireland Ltd
National registration number: IE 3334222LH
Postal address: Liffey Park Technology Campus, Co. Kildare, Barnhall Road
Postal town: Leixlip
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 15684104📞
E-mail: rose.heverin@hpe.com📧
Region: Ireland🏙️
The contractor is an SME
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 12 000 000 💰
Complementary information Review body
Postal town: Dublin 7
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
“The contracting authority did not conclude this contract to which a standstill period applied in accordance with Council Directive 2014/25/EU, until after...”
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures
The contracting authority did not conclude this contract to which a standstill period applied in accordance with Council Directive 2014/25/EU, until after the expiry of the standstill period which commenced on the day following the date of notification on concerned candidates and tenderers. The duration of the standstill period was 14 calendar days where notifications were sent electronically. The statutory instrument mentioned above provides that review procedures are available in the High Court to a person who has or has had an interest in obtaining the reviewable public contract and alleges that he or she has been harmed or is at risk of being harmed by an infringement of the law in relation in this contract.
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Postal town: Dublin 7
Source: OJS 2021/S 008-015165 (2021-01-08)