The Supply and Support of RedHat Linux Subscriptions and Associated Management Tools

Electricity Supply Board (ESB)

The Contracting Entity intends to procure a contract for the Supply and support of RedHat Linux subscriptions and associated management tools. All renewals of the existing subscription estate and procurement of future subs will be covered by the proposed contract.
ESB Enterprise Services is responsible for delivering strategic advisory and core business services to enable delivery by all Business Units of ESB’s Brighter Future Strategy.
The core activities of IT Delivery function are based on service delivery, project delivery, digital factory, application development, group cyber security ops, IT PMO and Group IT vendor and asset management.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2019-06-04. The procurement was published on 2019-04-30.

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

• Sabeo Technologies

Who?

• Electricity Supply Board (ESB)

What?

• IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Where?

• Éire/Ireland › Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2019-04-30	Contract notice
2021-01-26	Contract award notice

Contract notice (2019-04-30)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Electricity Supply Board (ESB)
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: 2 Gateway, East Wall Road
Postal town: Dublin 3
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Contact person: Stephen Lawton
Phone: +353 17026836 📞
E-mail: stephen.lawton@esb.ie 📧
Region: Ireland 🏙️
URL: http://www.esb.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/377 🌏
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=146160&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=146160&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
“The Supply and Support of RedHat Linux Subscriptions and Associated Management Tools SS/CON/4472”
Products/services: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support 📦
Short description:
“The Contracting Entity intends to procure a contract for the Supply and support of RedHat Linux subscriptions and associated management tools. All renewals...”

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Additional products/services: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support 📦
Place of performance: Ireland 🏙️
Main site or place of performance: Dublin.
Description of the procurement:
“The ESB Server Support Team is a part of infrastructure services and is responsible for the procuring, building, hosting, support and maintenance of our Red...”

Description of the procurement

The ESB Server Support Team is a part of infrastructure services and is responsible for the procuring, building, hosting, support and maintenance of our Red Hat Linux estate.
ESB’s corporate IT infrastructure and strategy is based on:
— server consolidation and virtualisation,
— implementation of a dual datacentre strategy to provide standard recovery infrastructure for applications that require a disaster recovery solution,
— centralised SAN based storage,
— deployment of Linux and Windows servers for business critical applications,
— deployment of Linux and Windows servers as virtual machines on VMWare or in Microsoft’s Azure Cloud, unless there is a technical requirement for a dedicated physical server.
ESB is inviting expressions of interest from applicants for the supply and support of RedHat Linux subscriptions and associated management tools.
It is proposed that the contract will include:
— the supply of subscriptions and associated subscription support for ESB's Red Hat Linux environment which is running on x86 servers, physical and virtual machines, on premise or in Microsoft’s Azure Cloud,
— the potential expansion of ESB’s Red Hat Linux environment which will cater for SAP Hana, S4 Hana, SAP NetWeaver and Non-SAP requirements on premise and in the cloud over the next 3 — 5 years.
ESB currently has approximately 300 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Instances, which is likely to increase over the contract period as ESB implements S4 HANA, SAP HANA, Containers etc. ESB will indicate the volume ranges in the RFT.
ESB’s subscription footprint contains a mix of Standard and Premium subscriptions, individual and Datacentre. This is further broken down into Enterprise Linux (non-SAP), SAP Application and SAP Solutions subscriptions and all have smart management.
Applicants must indicate that they are certified to supply and support RedHat Linux subscriptions and associated management tools.
Please note the contract will be awarded on the basis of the most economically advantageous tender (MEAT).
The successful provider will already have delivered a similar solution to industries to the scale and requirements that are being sought by ESB.
A full appreciation of the ESB company can be viewed at the following internet address: http://www.esb.ie

Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 36
Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged minimum number: 5
Information about options
Options ✅
Description of options:
“It is envisaged the term of the contract commences on the date when services commence and shall be for a period of up to 36 months with an option to extend...”

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions:
“As stated in Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 150018”
Economic and financial standing
List and brief description of selection criteria:
“As stated in Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 150018”
Technical and professional ability
List and brief description of selection criteria:
“As stated in Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 150018”
Conditions for participation
Deposits and guarantees required: Will be set out in the RFT.
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 150018”
Conditions related to the contract
Contract performance conditions:
“As stated in Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 150018”

Procedure
Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2019-06-04 12:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️

Complementary information
Additional information

“1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders website (http://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 (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 contract 1 or more of the tenderers invited following the conclusion of this competitive process, or having awarded a contract, the contracting entity reserves the right to invite the next highest scoring tenderer to join the contract and/or deliver the contract as appropriate to the circumstances pertaining to said contract.
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) we have indicated that 5 will be invited to tender, please note that the contracting entity reserves the right to invite at least 5, subject to that number qualifying.

Review body
Name: Chief Registrar
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
URL: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: Suppliers own legal advisor
Postal town: Ireland
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Source: OJS 2019/S 086-208025 (2019-04-30)

Contract award notice (2021-01-26)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“The contracting entity intends to procure a contract for the supply and support of RedHat Linux subscriptions and associated management tools. All renewals...”
Description
Description of the procurement:
“The ESB Server Support Team is a part of infrastructure services and is responsible for the procuring, building, hosting, support and maintenance of our Red...”

Description of the procurement

The ESB Server Support Team is a part of infrastructure services and is responsible for the procuring, building, hosting, support and maintenance of our Red Hat Linux estate.
ESB’s corporate IT infrastructure and strategy is based on:
• server consolidation and virtualisation;
• implementation of a dual data centre strategy to provide standard recovery infrastructure for applications that require a disaster recovery solution;
• centralised SAN based storage;
• deployment of Linux and Windows servers for business critical applications;
• deployment of Linux and Windows servers as virtual machines on VMWare or in Microsoft’s Azure Cloud, unless there is a technical requirement for a dedicated physical server.
ESB is inviting expressions of interest from applicants for the supply and support of RedHat Linux subscriptions and associated management tools.
It is proposed that the contract will include:
• the supply of subscriptions and associated subscription support for ESB's Red Hat Linux environment which is running on x 86 servers, physical and virtual machines, on premise or in Microsoft’s Azure Cloud;
• the potential expansion of ESB’s Red Hat Linux environment which will cater for SAP Hana, S4 Hana, SAP NetWeaver and Non-SAP requirements on premise and in the cloud over the next 3-5 years.
ESB currently has approximately 300 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Instances, which is likely to increase over the contract period as ESB implements S4 HANA, SAP HANA, Containers, etc. ESB will indicate the volume ranges in the RFT.
ESB’s subscription footprint contains a mix of standard and premium subscriptions, individual and data centre. This is further broken down into Enterprise Linux (non SAP), SAP Application and SAP Solutions subscriptions and all have smart management.
Applicants must indicate that they are certified to supply and support RedHat Linux subscriptions and associated management tools.
Please note the contract will be awarded on the basis of the most economically advantageous tender (MEAT).
The successful provider will already have delivered a similar solution to industries to the scale and requirements that are being sought by ESB.
A full appreciation of the ESB company can be viewed at the following internet address: http://www.esb.ie

Procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2019/S 086-208025
Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title:
“The supply and Support of RedHat Linux Subscriptions and Associated Management Tools”
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2020-06-23 📅
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Sabeo Technologies
National registration number: 331752
Postal address: The Courtyard, Carmanhall Road, Sandyford
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 14064600 📞
E-mail: john.long@sabeo.com 📧
Fax: +353 14064699 📠
Region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
URL: http://www.sabeo.com 🌏
The contractor is an SME

Complementary information
Additional information

“1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders website (http://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 (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 contract one or more of the tenderers invited following the conclusion of this competitive process, or having awarded a contract, the contracting entity reserves the right to invite the next highest scoring tenderer to join the contract and/or deliver the contract as appropriate to the circumstances pertaining to said contract.
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) we have indicated that five will be invited to tender, please note that the contracting entity reserves the right to invite at least five, subject to that number qualifying.

Source: OJS 2021/S 020-048351 (2021-01-26)

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