Multi-lot single supplier framework agreement for the provision of of equipment for optical telecommunications laboratory testbed for open networking applications.
This framework agreement competition is split into 5 lots.
The highest ranked tenderer in each lot will be awarded that specific lot. Suppliers may tender for individual or multiple lots.
Please note that the initial estimate spend for Trinity College Dublin is approx. EUR 400 000 Ex VAT.
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2021-01-15.
The procurement was published on 2020-12-10.
Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
Object Scope of the procurement
Title:
“LGH1293F -FWA — Equipment for Optical Telecommunications Laboratory Testbed for Open Networking Apps”
Products/services: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)📦
Short description:
“Multi-lot single supplier framework agreement for the provision of of equipment for optical telecommunications laboratory testbed for open networking...”
Short description
Multi-lot single supplier framework agreement for the provision of of equipment for optical telecommunications laboratory testbed for open networking applications.
This framework agreement competition is split into 5 lots.
The highest ranked tenderer in each lot will be awarded that specific lot. Suppliers may tender for individual or multiple lots.
Please note that the initial estimate spend for Trinity College Dublin is approx. EUR 400 000 Ex VAT.
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Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 750 000 💰
Information about lots
Tenders may be submitted for all lots
1️⃣ Scope of the procurement
Title:
“Lot 1: FlexGrid, Bidirectional, SDN Controlled, Reconfigurable Optical Add-Drop Multiplexer (ROADM) with Integrated Optical Amplifiers (EDFA)” Title
Lot Identification Number: 1
Description
Additional products/services: Switches📦
Additional products/services: Amplifiers📦
Additional products/services: Telecommunications network📦
Additional products/services: Ethernet network📦
Additional products/services: Telecommunications equipment and supplies📦
Additional products/services: Telecommunications cable and equipment📦
Additional products/services: Telecommunications equipment📦
Additional products/services: Telecommunications system📦
Additional products/services: Satellite-related communications equipment📦
Additional products/services: Satellite communications equipment📦
Additional products/services: Switchboards📦
Additional products/services: Switchboard equipment📦
Additional products/services: Fibre-optic materials📦
Additional products/services: Optical-fibre cables📦
Additional products/services: Optical-fibre cables for information transmission📦
Additional products/services: Optical-fibre cables for data transmission📦
Additional products/services: Communications infrastructure📦
Additional products/services: Optical instruments📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland🏙️
Description of the procurement:
“FlexGrid, bidirectional, SDN controlled, reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer (ROADM) with integrated optical amplifiers (EDFA).” 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: 48
Information about options
Options ✅
Description of options:
“The award of goods contracts under a framework agreement shall be made in accordance with the rules set out in the framework agreement at Appendix 5 to this...”
Description of options
The award of goods contracts under a framework agreement shall be made in accordance with the rules set out in the framework agreement at Appendix 5 to this RFT.
The tenderer appointed to each lot, (‘the Framework Members’), shall be appointed on the basis of the total score of their tender submitted under the relevant Lot in response to this RFT, as evaluated by the evaluation team in line with procedures set out in Part 3 of the RFT. For avoidance of doubt, the highest scoring framework member under each lot shall be appointed as the preferred framework member under each relevant lot.
Clients permitted to avail of this framework agreement may directly engage with the appointed supplier in each lot.
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Additional information: All information relating to this tender is published on www.etenders.gov.ie
2️⃣ Scope of the procurement
Title:
“Lot 2: SDN Controlled, Bidirectional, in Line Erbium Doped Fibre Amplifier (EDFA)” Title
Lot Identification Number: 2
Description
Description of the procurement: SDN controlled, bidirectional, in line Erbium Doped Fibre Amplifier (EDFA).
Information about options
Description of options:
“The award of goods contracts under a framework agreement shall be made in accordance with the rules set out in the framework agreement at Appendix 5 to this...”
Description of options
The award of goods contracts under a framework agreement shall be made in accordance with the rules set out in the framework agreement at Appendix 5 to this RFT.
The tenderer appointed to each lot, (‘the Framework Members’), shall be appointed on the basis of the total score of their tender submitted under the relevant lot in response to this RFT, as evaluated by the evaluation team in line with procedures set out in Part 3 of the RFT. For avoidance of doubt, the highest scoring framework member under each lot shall be appointed as the preferred framework member under each relevant lot.
Clients permitted to avail of this framework agreement may directly engage with the appointed supplier in each lot.
3️⃣ Scope of the procurement
Title: Lot 3: Optical Fibre Switch
Title
Lot Identification Number: 3
Description
Description of the procurement: Optical fibre switch.
Information about options
Description of options:
“The award of goods contracts under a framework agreement shall be made in accordance with the rules set out in the framework agreement at Appendix 5 to this...”
Description of options
The award of goods contracts under a framework agreement shall be made in accordance with the rules set out in the framework agreement at Appendix 5 to this RFT.
The tenderer appointed to each lot, (‘the Framework Members’), shall be appointed on the basis of the total score of their tender submitted under the relevant lot in response to this RFT, as evaluated by the evaluation team in line with procedures set out in Part 3 of the RFT. For avoidance of doubt, the highest scoring framework member under each Lot shall be appointed as the preferred framework member under each relevant lot.
Clients permitted to avail of this framework agreement may directly engage with the appointed supplier in each lot.
4️⃣ Scope of the procurement
Title: Lot 4: Coherent Transponder System
Title
Lot Identification Number: 4
Description
Description of the procurement: Coherent transponder system.
5️⃣ Scope of the procurement
Title: Lot 5: Reconfigurable SDN Ethernet Whitebox Switches
Title
Lot Identification Number: 5
Description
Description of the procurement: Reconfigurable SDN Ethernet whitebox switches.
Legal, economic, financial and technical information Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions: Please see RFT document for further details.
Economic and financial standing
List and brief description of selection criteria: Please see RFT document for further details.
Conditions for participation
Please see RFT document for further details.
Technical and professional ability
List and brief description of selection criteria: Please see RFT document for further details.
Conditions for participation
Conditions for participation (technical and professional ability): Please see RFT document for further details.
Conditions related to the contract
Contract performance conditions: Please see RFT document for further details.
Procedure Type of procedure
Open procedure
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with several operators
Description
Envisaged maximum number of participants to the framework agreement: 5
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2021-01-15
14:00 📅
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: 48
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2021-01-15
14:00 📅
Complementary information Review body
Name: Office of the High Court
Postal address: Four Courts Ground Floor, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000📞
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie📧 Body responsible for mediation procedures
Name: Office of the High Court
Postal address: Four Courts Ground Floor, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪 Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: Office of the High Court
Postal address: Four Courts Ground Floor, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Source: OJS 2020/S 244-603847 (2020-12-10)
Additional information (2020-12-18) Object Scope of the procurement
Title:
“LGH1293F — FWA — Equipment for Optical Telecommunications Laboratory Testbed for Open Networking Apps”
Complementary information Original notice reference
Notice number in the OJ S: 2020/S 244-603847
Changes Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number: IV.2.2)
Place of text to be modified: Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Old value
Date: 2021-01-15 📅
Time: 14:00
New value
Date: 2021-01-20 📅
Time: 14:00
Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number: IV.2.7)
Place of text to be modified: Conditions for opening of tenders
Old value
Date: 2021-01-15 📅
Time: 14:00
New value
Date: 2021-01-20 📅
Time: 14:00
Other additional information
Approved by Contracting Authority
Source: OJS 2020/S 250-624486 (2020-12-18)
Contract award notice (2021-04-28) Contracting authority Name and addresses
Postal address: University of Limerick
Postal code: Co. Limerick
Object Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“Multi-lot single supplier framework agreement for the provision of of equipment for optical telecommunications laboratory testbed for open networking...”
Short description
Multi-lot single supplier framework agreement for the provision of of equipment for optical telecommunications laboratory testbed for open networking applications.
This framework agreement competition is split into five lots.
The highest ranked tenderer in each lot will be awarded that specific lot. Suppliers may tender for individual or multiple lots.
Please note that the initial estimate spend for Trinity College Dublin is approx. EUR 400 000 Ex VAT.
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Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 750 000 💰
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots ✅ Description
Main site or place of performance: Dublin.
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Quality/technical merit
Quality criterion (weighting): 55 %
Quality criterion (name): Warranty, after sales service, technical support
Quality criterion (weighting): 5 %
Quality criterion (name): Method
Quality criterion (weighting): 10 %
Price (weighting): 30 %
Procedure Information about framework agreement
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2020/S 244-603847
Award of contract
1️⃣
Contract Number: 1
Title:
“Lot 1: FlexGrid, Bidirectional, SDN Controlled, Reconfigurable Optical Add-Drop Multiplexer (ROADM) with Integrated Optical Amplifiers (EDFA)”
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2021-03-11 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Electronic Product Services Ltd
National registration number: IE8274494G
Postal address: Unit 17 Kinsealy Business Park
Postal town: Kinsealy
Postal code: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18417774📞
E-mail: shopkins@epsglobal.com📧
Region: Éire/Ireland🏙️
URL: http://www.epsglobal.com🌏
The contractor is an SME ✅ Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 150 000 💰
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 150 000 💰
2️⃣
Contract Number: 2
Title:
“Lot 2: SDN Controlled, Bidirectional, in Line Erbium Doped Fibre Amplifier (EDFA)” Information on non-award
No tenders or requests to participate were received or all were rejected
3️⃣
Contract Number: 3
Title: Lot 3: Optical Fibre Switch
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 150 000 💰
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 150 000 💰
4️⃣
Contract Number: 4
Title: Lot 4 Coherent transponder system
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 150 000 💰
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 150 000 💰
5️⃣
Contract Number: 5
Title: Lot 5: Reconfigurable SDN Ethernet Whitebox Switches
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 150 000 💰
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 150 000 💰
Complementary information Review body
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Source: OJS 2021/S 085-219459 (2021-04-28)