Provision of Satellite Data Communication Services for GNI

Ervia

The key objective of this requirement is to install and maintain new and existing equipment and associated data links required to deliver this. This new service will provide:
1) a highly available broadband service that transverses over a major satellite network provider;
2) a secure and highly available datalink between remote telemetry sites and the GNI SCADA primary and DR Datacentres;
3) a corrective and preventative maintenance support model for the existing satellite sites;
4) a civil and engineering installation and commissioning services for all new installs in both UK, NI and ROI;
5) a proactive monitoring service to ensure the datalinks run at a 99.99 % availability SLA;
6) an Internet of things (IoT) service through Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN);
7) a GPRS/3G type service over satellite;
8) Cyber Security best practice and NIS Directive awareness.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-04-29. The procurement was published on 2020-03-30.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2020-03-30 Contract notice
2021-07-07 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2020-03-30)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Ervia
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: PO Box 900, Webworks, Eglinton Street
Postal town: Cork
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Contact person: Clodagh Florish
Phone: +353 214239000 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: tenders@ervia.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: http://www.ervia.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/376 ๐ŸŒ
Communication
Documents URL: www.etenders.gov.ie ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: www.etenders.gov.ie ๐ŸŒ

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Provision of Satellite Data Communication Services for GNI 19/094
Products/services: Telecommunications services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Short description:
โ€œThe key objective of this requirement is to install and maintain new and existing equipment and associated data links required to deliver this. This new...โ€    Show more

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Additional products/services: Satellite-related communications equipment ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Satellite communications equipment ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Satellite dishes ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Communication satellites ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Satellite circuit rental services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Main site or place of performance: Multiple โ€” Ireland/UK.
Description of the procurement: 19/094 provision of satellite data communication services for GNI.
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: 60
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
This contract is subject to renewal โœ…
Description
Description of renewals: 1 + 1 years.
Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged number of candidates: 15
Information about variants
Variants will be accepted โœ…
Description
Additional information:
โ€œYou must submit through the eTenders system before the deadline. It is very important that you commence the scanning and uploading of your response in a...โ€    Show more

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions:
โ€œPlease refer to tender documents available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie only.โ€
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
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
โ€œRequests to participate may be submitted by single entities or by groups of service providers. A group will not be required to convert into a specific legal...โ€    Show more

Procedure
Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2019/S 086-207990
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2020-04-29 12:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Irish ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 6

Complementary information
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
Additional information

โ€œYou must submit through the etenders system before the deadline. The submission deadline is strict and no submissions will be possible after the date and...โ€    Show more
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: The Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 18886000 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
URL: http://www.courts.ie ๐ŸŒ
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
โ€œPlease refer to Statutory Instrument 131 of 2010, European Communities (Award of Contracts by Utility Undertaking) (Review Procedures) Regulations 2010 (and...โ€    Show more
Source: OJS 2020/S 065-156197 (2020-03-30)
Contract award notice (2021-07-07)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Postal code: Cork
Contact person: Tender Admin

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
โ€œThe key objective of this requirement is to install and maintain new and existing equipment and associated data links required to deliver this. This new...โ€    Show more
Description
Description of the procurement: 19/094 Provision of Satellite Data Communication Services for GNI.
Additional information:
โ€œYou must submit through the eTenders system before the deadline. It is very important that you commence the scanning and uploading of your response in a...โ€    Show more

Procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2020/S 065-156197

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title: 19/094 Provision of Satellite Data Communication Services for GNI
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2021-06-28 ๐Ÿ“…
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
Name and address of the contractor
Name: EMR Integrated Solutions
Postal town: Co. Meath
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
The contractor is an SME

Complementary information
Additional information

โ€œYou must submit through the etenders system before the deadline. The submission deadline is strict and no submissions will be possible after the date and...โ€    Show more
Review body
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Source: OJS 2021/S 132-352225 (2021-07-07)