Dublin City Council (DCC) wishes to invite tenders using the open procedure to establish a single party framework agreement for the supply of 3 storage arrays. DCC is also seeking a managed service in respect of the replacement storage arrays together with existing ancillary services. Please see tender documents for further details.
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-03-27.
The procurement was published on 2020-02-24.
Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
Object Scope of the procurement
Title:
“Single Party Framework Agreement for the Provision of Replacement Storage Arrays and Managed Service of Enterprise Storage Environment
Enterprise Storage Environment”
Title
Single Party Framework Agreement for the Provision of Replacement Storage Arrays and Managed Service of Enterprise Storage Environment
Enterprise Storage Environment
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Products/services: Data storage services📦
Short description:
“Dublin City Council (DCC) wishes to invite tenders using the open procedure to establish a single party framework agreement for the supply of 3 storage...”
Short description
Dublin City Council (DCC) wishes to invite tenders using the open procedure to establish a single party framework agreement for the supply of 3 storage arrays. DCC is also seeking a managed service in respect of the replacement storage arrays together with existing ancillary services. Please see tender documents for further details.
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Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 2 000 000 💰
Dublin City Council (DCC) wishes to invite tenders using the open procedure to establish a single party framework agreement for the supply of 3 storage arrays. DCC is also seeking a managed service in respect of the replacement storage arrays together with existing ancillary services. Please see tender documents for further details.
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Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 2 000 000 💰
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:
“DCC currently has 3 EMC VNX 5 600 storage arrays approaching end of life. Dublin City Council (DCC) wishes to invite tenders using the open procedure to...”
Description of options
DCC currently has 3 EMC VNX 5 600 storage arrays approaching end of life. Dublin City Council (DCC) wishes to invite tenders using the open procedure to establish a single party framework agreement for the supply of 3 storage arrays.
DCC is also seeking a managed service in respect of the replacement storage arrays together with existing ancillary services including VPLEX, RecoverPoint and Fabric Switches. In addition, DCC is also seeking the technical professional services of suitably qualified engineers on a drawdown basis. The framework period will be for 4 years.
An initial contract will be awarded for a period of 3 years with an option to extend for 2 further periods of 12 months, at the sole discretion of Dublin City Council.
Legal, economic, financial and technical information 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 related to the contract
Contract performance conditions:
“Quality of service, based on adherence to the agreed SLA together with the availability of suitably qualified engineers/personnel to maintain and enhance...”
Contract performance conditions
Quality of service, based on adherence to the agreed SLA together with the availability of suitably qualified engineers/personnel to maintain and enhance the service for the duration of the contract will be the main criteria for measuring performance. It is expected that the successful tenderer(s) will take a proactive role in monitoring performance with a view to making appropriate recommendations where necessary.
Procedure Type of procedure
Open procedure
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with a single operator
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2020-03-27
12:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Irish 🗣️
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 12
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2020-03-27
12:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): Dublin City Council, Civic Offices, Wood Quay, Dublin 8.
Conditions for opening of tenders (Information about authorised persons and opening procedure):
“The date and time for opening tenders set out above may change at the discretion of Dublin City Council.”
Complementary information Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
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...”
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 information services 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 165916 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 16.3.2020 before 17.00 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.
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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 041-097119 (2020-02-24)
Contract award notice (2020-08-27) Object Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“Dublin City Council (DCC) wishes to invite tenders using the open procedure to establish a single party framework agreement for the supply of three (3)...”
Short description
Dublin City Council (DCC) wishes to invite tenders using the open procedure to establish a single party framework agreement for the supply of three (3) Storage arrays. DCC is also seeking a managed service in respect of the replacement storage arrays together with existing ancillary services. Please see tender documents for further details.
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Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 1 913 071 💰
Description
Description of the procurement:
“Dublin City Council (DCC) wishes to invite tenders using the open procedure to establish a single party framework agreement for the supply of three (3)...”
Description of the procurement
Dublin City Council (DCC) wishes to invite tenders using the open procedure to establish a single party framework agreement for the supply of three (3) Storage arrays. DCC is also seeking a managed service in respect of the replacement storage arrays together with existing ancillary services. Please see tender documents for further details.
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Quality criterion (name): Quality of proposed storage array replacement and implementation plan
Quality criterion (weighting): 3000
Quality criterion (name):
“Quality of approach to managed service support, maintenance and monitoring of the replacement storage arrays and managed service of enterprise storage environment”
Quality criterion (name)
Quality of approach to managed service support, maintenance and monitoring of the replacement storage arrays and managed service of enterprise storage environment
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Quality criterion (weighting): 2000
Quality criterion (name): Quality of technical professional services
Quality criterion (weighting): 1000
Quality criterion (name): Value added service
Quality criterion (weighting): 500
Cost criterion (name): Cost
Cost criterion (weighting): 3500
Information about options
Description of options:
“DCC currently has three (3) EMC VNX 5600 storage arrays approaching end of life. Dublin City Council (DCC) wishes to invite tenders using the open procedure...”
Description of options
DCC currently has three (3) EMC VNX 5600 storage arrays approaching end of life. Dublin City Council (DCC) wishes to invite tenders using the open procedure to establish a single party framework agreement for the supply of three (3) Storage arrays.
DCC is also seeking a managed service in respect of the replacement storage arrays together with existing ancillary services including VPLEX, RecoverPoint and Fabric Switches. In addition, DCC is also seeking the technical professional services of suitably qualified engineers on a drawdown basis. The framework period will be for 4 years.
An initial contract will be awarded for a period of 3 years with an option to extend for two further periods of 12 months, at the sole discretion of Dublin City Council.
Procedure Information about framework agreement
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2020/S 041-097119
Award of contract
1️⃣
Contract Number: 1
Title:
“Single Party Framework Agreement for the Provision of Replacement Storage Arrays and Managed Service of Enterprise Storage Environment”
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2020-06-01 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Fujitsu (Ireland) Ltd
National registration number: 9710451V
Postal address: Fujitsu House, Unit 100 Airside Business Park, Co. Dublin
Postal town: Swords
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18136000📞
E-mail: dlirelandbidteam@uk.fujitsu.com📧
Fax: +353 18136100 📠
Region: Dublin🏙️
URL: http://www.fujitsu.com/ie🌏
The contractor is an SME
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 1 913 071 💰
Complementary information 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...”
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 subcontractors (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 Information Services 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 165916. 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 16 March 2020 before 17.00 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.
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Source: OJS 2020/S 169-409739 (2020-08-27)