An Post Tender for Creation of a Single Party Framework for the Provision of 2 Tier 3 Data Centre Co-locations Services

An Post

An Post is seeking to enter into a single party framework agreement for the provision of co-location tier 3 data centre services for a period of 5 years with the option to extend for up to a further 3 years. The primary location must reside within 15 km’s of An Post’s HQ, currently in the GPO and Dublin City Centre. The secondary site must reside within the island of Ireland. The new An Post data center colocation facilities will be a physically controlled, direct-access facility which houses and maintains mission and business-critical information, data, IT equipment and applications for An Post nationally. The data center is the hub of An Post information and network services/resources which will comprise a tier 3, reliable and secure infrastructure environment for IT service delivery. An Post would require to control the dedicated An Post area/secure cage with CCTV coverage (An Post to install).

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-03-23. The procurement was published on 2020-02-21.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2020-02-21 Contract notice
Contract notice (2020-02-21)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Data services
Reference number: 2009
Short description:
An Post is seeking to enter into a single party framework agreement for the provision of co-location tier 3 data centre services for a period of 5 years with the option to extend for up to a further 3 years. The primary location must reside within 15 km’s of An Post’s HQ, currently in the GPO and Dublin City Centre. The secondary site must reside within the island of Ireland. The new An Post data center colocation facilities will be a physically controlled, direct-access facility which houses and maintains mission and business-critical information, data, IT equipment and applications for An Post nationally. The data center is the hub of An Post information and network services/resources which will comprise a tier 3, reliable and secure infrastructure environment for IT service delivery. An Post would require to control the dedicated An Post area/secure cage with CCTV coverage (An Post to install).
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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: Data services 📦
Additional CPV: Computer time-sharing 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: An Post
Postal address: General Post Office, O'Connell Street
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: https://www.anpost.com/ 🌏
E-mail: noelle.kenneally@anpost.ie 📧
Phone: +353 17058551 📞
Fax: +353 18736828 📠
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=162867&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=162867&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2020-02-21 📅
Submission deadline: 2020-03-23 📅
Publication date: 2020-02-26 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2020/S 040-095622
OJ-S issue: 40

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
An Post is seeking to enter into a single party framework agreement for the provision of co-location tier 3 data centre services for a period of 5 years with the option to extend for up to a further 3 years.
The primary location must reside within 15 km’s of An Post’s HQ, currently in the GPO and Dublin City Centre. The secondary site must reside within the island of Ireland.
The interested parties need to be certified to the various ISO standard and PCI-DSS accreditation.
The new An Post data center colocation facilities will be a physically controlled, direct-access facility which houses and maintains mission and business-critical information, data, IT equipment and applications for An Post nationally. The data center is the hub of An Post information and network services/resources which will comprise a tier 3, reliable and secure infrastructure environment for IT service delivery.
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An Post would require to control the dedicated An Post area/secure cage with CCTV coverage (An Post to install) that is recorded locally and remotely monitored with alarm activation in this dedicated area.
The requirement is for colocation and related services. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) or similar is not required as An Post will be providing infrastructure and hardware into the rack within the data center.
Duration: 60 months
Description of renewals: Option to extend for up to a further 36 months (3 yrs).
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: IRELAND.

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0025
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: Noelle Kenneally
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/391 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=162867&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Additional information
Estimated timing for further notices: 2028

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Source: OJS 2020/S 040-095622 (2020-02-21)
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