Single Party Framework Agreement for the Design, Supply, Installation and Management of Community and Public WiFi Services across Dublin City Council

Dublin City Council

The requirement of this tender is to provide the delivery of end-to-end WiFi connectivity and managed service solutions on behalf of Dublin City Council (including site surveys, delivery of access points, installation, wiring, filtering, support services, and backhaul) at multiple sites across the administrative area.
This framework will be used initially to deploy WiFi services under the WiFi4EU initiative to approx. 44 site locations. It may also be used to include other public WiFi services on behalf of Dublin City Council including connectivity for Euro 2020 Fan Zones and other events or programs across the administrative area in order to support digital connectivity and inclusion.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-03-27. The procurement was published on 2020-02-25.

Suppliers

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

• Virgin Media Ireland Ltd

Who?

• Dublin City Council

What?

Where?

• Eastern and Midland › Dublin

Procurement history

Date	Document
2020-02-25	Contract notice
2021-01-13	Contract award notice

Contract notice (2020-02-25)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Reference number: DCC_Free Public WiFi Framework
Short description:

The requirement of this tender is to provide the delivery of end-to-end WiFi connectivity and managed service solutions on behalf of Dublin City Council (including site surveys, delivery of access points, installation, wiring, filtering, support services, and backhaul) at multiple sites across the administrative area. This framework will be used initially to deploy WiFi services under the WiFi4EU initiative to approx. 44 site locations. It may also be used to include other public WiFi services on behalf of Dublin City Council including connectivity for Euro 2020 Fan Zones and other events or programs across the administrative area in order to support digital connectivity and inclusion.

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: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support 📦
Additional CPV: Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Dublin 🏙️

Procedure
Procedure type: Open procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Regional or local authority
Awarding authority name: Dublin City Council
Postal address: Civic Offices, Wood Quay
Postal town: Dublin 8
Contact
Internet address: http://www.smartdublin.ie 🌏
E-mail: nicola.graham@smartdublin.ie 📧
Phone: +353 12226297 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=162518&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=162518&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2020-02-25 📅
Submission deadline: 2020-03-27 📅
Publication date: 2020-02-28 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2020/S 042-099469
OJ-S issue: 42
Additional information

Additional Information – Dublin City Council 1) Dublin City Council is subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act (FOI) 2014. If you consider that any of the information supplied by you is either commercially sensitive or confidential in nature, this should be highlighted and the reasons for the sensitivity specified. In such cases, the relevant material, will in response to the FOI request; be examined in the light of the exemptions provided for in the Acts. 2) It will be a condition for the award of any contract by Dublin City Council that the successful tenderer and all sub-contractors (if applicable) produce a valid Tax Clearance Certificate from the Revenue Commissioners in compliance with Circular (43) 2006 (or as amended) and that the certificate will be maintained for the duration of the contract and will be on a 12 month basis. In the case of a non-resident tenderer, a statement of suitability from the Revenue Commissioners will be required; 3) Suppliers must register their interest on the eTenders website (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications; 4) 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; 5) Please note also that all information relating to attachments, including clarifications and changes, will be published on the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal (www.etenders.gov.ie) only. Registration is free of charge. Dublin City Council will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties; 6) The framework agreement is primarily for use by the Environment and Transportation Department, but may also be extended for use by other divisions of Dublin City Council as requirements arise; 7) Emailed/faxed/late tenders will not be accepted. Tenders may be submitted in English or in the Irish language; 8) All queries regarding this tender must be submitted through the eTenders messaging facility, RFT ID 165463 Queries must be in question format. Responses will be circulated to those candidates/tenderers that have registered an interest in this notice on the Irish Government procurement opportunities portal www.etenders.gov.ie. The details of the party making the query will not be disclosed when circulating the response. All queries must be submitted by 9.3.2020 to enable issue of responses to all interested parties; 9) Please note that where documents are made available in both PDF and Word format, in the event that there is any discrepancy between the documents, the PDF version will take precedence.

Additional information

Additional Information – Dublin City Council

1) Dublin City Council is subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act (FOI) 2014. If you consider that any of the information supplied by you is either commercially sensitive or confidential in nature, this should be highlighted and the reasons for the sensitivity specified. In such cases, the relevant material, will in response to the FOI request; be examined in the light of the exemptions provided for in the Acts.

2) It will be a condition for the award of any contract by Dublin City Council that the successful tenderer and all sub-contractors (if applicable) produce a valid Tax Clearance Certificate from the Revenue Commissioners in compliance with Circular (43) 2006 (or as amended) and that the certificate will be maintained for the duration of the contract and will be on a 12 month basis. In the case of a non-resident tenderer, a statement of suitability from the Revenue Commissioners will be required;

3) Suppliers must register their interest on the eTenders website (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications;

4) 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;

5) Please note also that all information relating to attachments, including clarifications and changes, will be published on the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal (www.etenders.gov.ie) only. Registration is free of charge. Dublin City Council will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties;

6) The framework agreement is primarily for use by the Environment and Transportation Department, but may also be extended for use by other divisions of Dublin City Council as requirements arise;

7) Emailed/faxed/late tenders will not be accepted. Tenders may be submitted in English or in the Irish language;

8) All queries regarding this tender must be submitted through the eTenders messaging facility, RFT ID 165463 Queries must be in question format. Responses will be circulated to those candidates/tenderers that have registered an interest in this notice on the Irish Government procurement opportunities portal www.etenders.gov.ie. The details of the party making the query will not be disclosed when circulating the response. All queries must be submitted by 9.3.2020 to enable issue of responses to all interested parties;

9) Please note that where documents are made available in both PDF and Word format, in the event that there is any discrepancy between the documents, the PDF version will take precedence.

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

This framework will be used initially to deploy WiFi services under the WiFi4EU initiative to approx. 44 site locations. It may also be used to include other public WiFi services on behalf of Dublin City Council including connectivity for Euro 2020 Fan Zones and other events or programs across the administrative area in order to support digital connectivity and inclusion.

Estimated total value: 600 000 EUR 💰
Short description:

Dublin City Council through its Smart City program was successful in achieving a maximum allocation of four vouchers worth 15 000 EUR each to install or upgrade public or community WiFi services across the administrative area as part of the recent WiFi4EU funding call. The vouchers will cover the cost of the equipment, installations and connections only. All tenderer’s must register as a supplier on the WiFi4EU platform in order to claim payment for the vouchers. See: https://wifi4eu.ec.europa.eu/#/supplier-landing

Note: the WiFi4EU voucher element must be drawn down by the successful tenderer directly from the EU. Further information regarding the WiFi4EU initiative, criteria, payment procedures and processes and other general information can be found via this link: https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/wifi4eu-questions-and-answers#Implementation.

The Department of Rural and Community Development will match the funding provided by the European Commission, doubling the value of the investment in public Wi-Fi networks and supporting installation costs and extension of the network in local authorities.

All additional costs will be invoiced directly to Dublin City Council.

Estimated value excluding VAT: 600 000 EUR 💰
Duration: 36 months
Description of renewals:

The contracting authority reserves the right to extend the term of the framework agreement for a maximum period of up to 1 year, such extensions will be on the same terms and conditions as the initial framework agreement, subject to the contracting authority’s obligations at law.

Name of EU-financed project or programme: The WiFi4EU (https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/wifi4eu-free-wi-fi-europeans) initiative is a European Commission scheme to support the provision of free WiFi access in indoor or outdoor public spaces (e.g. public administrations premises, health centres, public parks and squares).
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Dublin City Council Administrative Area.

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Irish 🗣️
Tender validity period: 12 months
Tender opening date: 2020-03-27 📅
Tender opening time: 12:00

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Nicola Graham
Internet address: www.smartdublin.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/267 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=162518&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Additional information

Additional Information – Dublin City Council

1) Dublin City Council is subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act (FOI) 2014. If you consider that any of the information supplied by you is either commercially sensitive or confidential in nature, this should be highlighted and the reasons for the sensitivity specified. In such cases, the relevant material, will in response to the FOI request; be examined in the light of the exemptions provided for in the Acts.

2) It will be a condition for the award of any contract by Dublin City Council that the successful tenderer and all sub-contractors (if applicable) produce a valid Tax Clearance Certificate from the Revenue Commissioners in compliance with Circular (43) 2006 (or as amended) and that the certificate will be maintained for the duration of the contract and will be on a 12 month basis. In the case of a non-resident tenderer, a statement of suitability from the Revenue Commissioners will be required;

3) Suppliers must register their interest on the eTenders website (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications;

4) 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;

5) Please note also that all information relating to attachments, including clarifications and changes, will be published on the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal (www.etenders.gov.ie) only. Registration is free of charge. Dublin City Council will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties;

6) The framework agreement is primarily for use by the Environment and Transportation Department, but may also be extended for use by other divisions of Dublin City Council as requirements arise;

7) Emailed/faxed/late tenders will not be accepted. Tenders may be submitted in English or in the Irish language;

8) All queries regarding this tender must be submitted through the eTenders messaging facility, RFT ID 165463 Queries must be in question format. Responses will be circulated to those candidates/tenderers that have registered an interest in this notice on the Irish Government procurement opportunities portal www.etenders.gov.ie. The details of the party making the query will not be disclosed when circulating the response. All queries must be submitted by 9.3.2020 to enable issue of responses to all interested parties;

9) Please note that where documents are made available in both PDF and Word format, in the event that there is any discrepancy between the documents, the PDF version will take precedence.

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Chief Registrar, High Court, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Source: OJS 2020/S 042-099469 (2020-02-25)

Contract award notice (2021-01-13)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

The requirement of this tender is to provide the delivery of end-to-end WiFi connectivity and managed service solutions on behalf of Dublin City Council (including site surveys, delivery of access points, installation, wiring, filtering, support services, and backhaul) at multiple sites across the administrative area. This framework will be used initially to deploy WiFi services under the WiFi4EU initiative to approx.44 site locations. It may also be used to include other public WiFi services on behalf of Dublin City Council including connectivity for Euro 2020 Fan Zones and other events or programs across the administrative area in order to support digital connectivity and inclusion.

Total value of the procurement: 600 000 EUR 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2021-01-13 📅
Publication date: 2021-01-18 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2021/S 011-023094
Refers to notice: 2020/S 042-099469
OJ-S issue: 11
Additional information

Additional Information – Dublin City Council 1) Dublin City Council is subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act (FOI) 2014. If you consider that any of the information supplied by you is either commercially sensitive or confidential in nature, this should be highlighted and the reasons for the sensitivity specified. In such cases, the relevant material, will in response to the FOI request; be examined in the light of the exemptions provided for in the Acts. 2) It will be a condition for the award of any contract by Dublin City Council that the successful tenderer and all sub-contractors (if applicable) produce a valid tax clearance certificate from the Revenue Commissioners in compliance with Circular (43) 2006 (or as amended) and that the certificate will be maintained for the duration of the contract and will be on a 12 month basis. In the case of a non-resident Tenderer, a statement of suitability from the Revenue Commissioners will be required. 3) Suppliers must register their interest on the eTenders web site (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications. 4) 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. 5) Please note also that all information relating to attachments, including clarifications and changes, will be published on the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal (www.etenders.gov.ie) only. Registration is free of charge. Dublin City Council will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties. 6) The framework agreement is primarily for use by the Environment and Transportation Department, but may also be extended for use by other divisions of Dublin City Council as requirements arise. 7) Emailed/faxed/late tenders will not be accepted. Tenders may be submitted in English or in the Irish language. 8) All queries regarding this tender must be submitted through the etenders messaging facility, RFT ID 165463 Queries must be in question format. Responses will be circulated to those candidates/tenderers that have registered an interest in this notice on the Irish Government procurement opportunities portal www.etenders.gov.ie. The details of the party making the query will not be disclosed when circulating the response. All queries must be submitted by 9 March 2020 to enable issue of responses to all interested parties. 9) Please note that where documents are made available in both PDF and Word format, in the event that there is any discrepancy between the documents, the PDF version will take precedence.

Additional information

Additional Information – Dublin City Council

1) Dublin City Council is subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act (FOI) 2014. If you consider that any of the information supplied by you is either commercially sensitive or confidential in nature, this should be highlighted and the reasons for the sensitivity specified. In such cases, the relevant material, will in response to the FOI request; be examined in the light of the exemptions provided for in the Acts.

2) It will be a condition for the award of any contract by Dublin City Council that the successful tenderer and all sub-contractors (if applicable) produce a valid tax clearance certificate from the Revenue Commissioners in compliance with Circular (43) 2006 (or as amended) and that the certificate will be maintained for the duration of the contract and will be on a 12 month basis. In the case of a non-resident Tenderer, a statement of suitability from the Revenue Commissioners will be required.

3) Suppliers must register their interest on the eTenders web site (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications.

4) 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.

5) Please note also that all information relating to attachments, including clarifications and changes, will be published on the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal (www.etenders.gov.ie) only. Registration is free of charge. Dublin City Council will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties.

6) The framework agreement is primarily for use by the Environment and Transportation Department, but may also be extended for use by other divisions of Dublin City Council as requirements arise.

7) Emailed/faxed/late tenders will not be accepted. Tenders may be submitted in English or in the Irish language.

8) All queries regarding this tender must be submitted through the etenders messaging facility, RFT ID 165463 Queries must be in question format. Responses will be circulated to those candidates/tenderers that have registered an interest in this notice on the Irish Government procurement opportunities portal www.etenders.gov.ie. The details of the party making the query will not be disclosed when circulating the response. All queries must be submitted by 9 March 2020 to enable issue of responses to all interested parties.

9) Please note that where documents are made available in both PDF and Word format, in the event that there is any discrepancy between the documents, the PDF version will take precedence.

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

This framework will be used initially to deploy WiFi services under the WiFi4EU initiative to approx.44 site locations. It may also be used to include other public WiFi services on behalf of Dublin City Council including connectivity for Euro 2020 Fan Zones and other events or programs across the administrative area in order to support digital connectivity and inclusion.

Dublin City Council through its Smart City program was successful in achieving a maximum allocation of four vouchers worth EUR 15 000 each to install or upgrade public or community WiFi services across the administrative area as part of the recent WiFi4EU funding call. The vouchers will cover the cost of the equipment, installations and connections only. All tenderer’s must register as a supplier on the WiFi4EU platform in order to claim payment for the vouchers. See: https://wifi4eu.ec.europa.eu/#/supplier-landing

Note: The WiFi4EU voucher element must be drawn down by the successful tenderer directly from the EU. Further information regarding the WiFi4EU initiative, criteria, payment procedures and processes and other general information can be found via this link: https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/wifi4eu-questions-and-answers#Implementation.

Description of options: 3 years with the option to extend for 1 additional year.

Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Proposed methodology for deployment of Wifi4EU requirements and associated service level contract
Quality criterion (weighting): 250
Quality criterion (name): Site location work plan and delivery schedule
Innovation led added value
Quality criterion (weighting): 150
Cost criterion (name): Ultimate cost
Cost criterion (weighting): 350

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2020-12-23 📅
Name: Virgin Media Ireland Ltd
National registration number: 435668
Postal address: P2, Eastpoint Business P
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 877580308 📞
E-mail: aidan.darcy@virginmedia.ie 📧
Country: Dublin 🏙️
Total value of the procurement: 600 000 EUR 💰
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 6

Reference
Additional information

2) It will be a condition for the award of any contract by Dublin City Council that the successful tenderer and all sub-contractors (if applicable) produce a valid tax clearance certificate from the Revenue Commissioners in compliance with Circular (43) 2006 (or as amended) and that the certificate will be maintained for the duration of the contract and will be on a 12 month basis. In the case of a non-resident Tenderer, a statement of suitability from the Revenue Commissioners will be required.

3) Suppliers must register their interest on the eTenders web site (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications.

6) The framework agreement is primarily for use by the Environment and Transportation Department, but may also be extended for use by other divisions of Dublin City Council as requirements arise.

7) Emailed/faxed/late tenders will not be accepted. Tenders may be submitted in English or in the Irish language.

8) All queries regarding this tender must be submitted through the etenders messaging facility, RFT ID 165463 Queries must be in question format. Responses will be circulated to those candidates/tenderers that have registered an interest in this notice on the Irish Government procurement opportunities portal www.etenders.gov.ie. The details of the party making the query will not be disclosed when circulating the response. All queries must be submitted by 9 March 2020 to enable issue of responses to all interested parties.

Complementary information
Review body
Information about review deadlines: Please contact your solicitor.
Source: OJS 2021/S 011-023094 (2021-01-13)

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