The Provision of Non Geographic Telephony Services

Electricity Supply Board (ESB)

— routing of non geographic numbers (NGN numbers) to ESB designated termination numbers (NGN numbers: 1800, 0818, and any legacy 1850 numbers and any future NGN number types available),
— ability to route equivalent geographic numbers in the same routing manner as the parent NGN numbers.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-01-24. The procurement was published on 2019-12-12.

Suppliers

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

• Eircom

Who?

• Electricity Supply Board (ESB)

What?

• Postal and telecommunications services › Telecommunications services

Where?

• Éire/Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2019-12-12	Contract notice
2021-02-15	Contract award notice

Contract notice (2019-12-12)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Telecommunications services
Reference number: SSCON5009
Short description:

— routing of non geographic numbers (NGN numbers) to ESB designated termination numbers (NGN numbers: 1800, 0818, and any legacy 1850 numbers and any future NGN number types available), — ability to route equivalent geographic numbers in the same routing manner as the parent NGN numbers.

Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Telecommunications services 📦
Additional CPV: Telecommunications 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, East Wall Road
Postal town: Dublin 3
Contact
Internet address: http://www.esb.ie 🌏
E-mail: audrey.okeeffe2@esb.ie 📧
Phone: +353 17026595 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=159525&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=159525&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2019-12-12 📅
Submission deadline: 2020-01-24 📅
Publication date: 2019-12-16 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2019/S 242-595887
OJ-S issue: 242
Additional information

1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site (http://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 (http://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 said framework; 7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting entity may elect to terminate this procurement process 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) while we have indicated that at least 4 companies will be invited to tender, please note that the contracting entity reserves the right to invite at least 4, subject to that

Additional information

1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site (http://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 (http://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 said framework;

7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting entity may elect to terminate this procurement process 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) while we have indicated that at least 4 companies will be invited to tender, please note that the contracting entity reserves the right to invite at least 4, subject to that

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

— routing of non geographic numbers (NGN numbers) to ESB designated termination numbers (NGN numbers: 1800, 0818, and any legacy 1850 numbers and any future NGN number types available),

— ability to route equivalent geographic numbers in the same routing manner as the parent NGN numbers.

Duration: 36 months
Description of options:

The term of the contract is for a period of 36 months with an option to extend after the initial period for a further period of up to 24 months and again for up to another 24 month period. Therefore the total contract period will be up to 84 months (7 years).

Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: N/a

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 162651.

Contract execution
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: Will be set out in the RFT.
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

As stated in procurement qualification questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 162651.

Contract performance conditions:

As stated in procurement qualification questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 162651.

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

Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: applicants will be assessed on the quality of their response to the criteria and rules outlined in the pre-qualification questionnaire. It is anticipated that at least the top 5 applicants will be invited to tender subject to that number qualifying.

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

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Audrey O'Keeffe
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=159525&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Additional information

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 said framework;

7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting entity may elect to terminate this procurement process 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) while we have indicated that at least 4 companies will be invited to tender, please note that the contracting entity reserves the right to invite at least 4, subject to that

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 🌏
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: Supplier's own legal advisor
Postal town: Dublin
Source: OJS 2019/S 242-595887 (2019-12-12)

Contract award notice (2021-02-15)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

• routing of Non Geographic Numbers (NGN numbers) to ESB designated termination numbers (NGN numbers: 1800, 0818, and any legacy 1850 numbers and any future NGN number types available). • ability to route equivalent geographic numbers in the same routing manner as the parent NGN numbers.

Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable
Award criteria
Lowest price

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2021-02-15 📅
Publication date: 2021-02-19 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2021/S 035-088558
Refers to notice: 2019/S 242-595887
OJ-S issue: 35
Additional information

1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site (http://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 (http://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 said framework; 7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting entity may elect to terminate this procurement process 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) while we have indicated that at least 4 companies will be invited to tender, please note that the contracting entity reserves the right to invite at least 4, subject to that

Additional information

1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site (http://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 (http://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 said framework;

7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting entity may elect to terminate this procurement process 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) while we have indicated that at least 4 companies will be invited to tender, please note that the contracting entity reserves the right to invite at least 4, subject to that

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

• routing of Non Geographic Numbers (NGN numbers) to ESB designated termination numbers (NGN numbers: 1800, 0818, and any legacy 1850 numbers and any future NGN number types available).

• ability to route equivalent geographic numbers in the same routing manner as the parent NGN numbers.

• ability to route equivalent Geographic numbers in the same routing manner as the parent NGN numbers.

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2020-10-27 📅
Name: eircom
National registration number: 98789
Postal address: 2022 Bianconi Avenue, Citywest Business Campus
Postal town: Dublin 24
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 851744917 📞
E-mail: noeline.hogg@eir.ie 📧
Internet address: http://www.eir.ie 🌏
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2

Reference
Additional information

Complementary information
Body responsible for mediation procedures
Name: n/a
Postal town: n/a
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Source: OJS 2021/S 035-088558 (2021-02-15)

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