Single Party Framework Agreement for the Provision of Replacement Storage Arrays and Managed Service of Enterprise Storage Environment

Dublin City Council

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:

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2020-02-24 Contract notice
2020-08-27 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2020-02-24)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Data storage services
Reference number: Enterprise Storage Environment
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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Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Data storage services 📦
Additional CPV: Computer storage units 📦
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.dublincity.ie 🌏
E-mail: claudio.libanori@dublincity.ie 📧
Phone: +353 12222222 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=162987&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=162987&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2020-02-24 📅
Submission deadline: 2020-03-27 📅
Publication date: 2020-02-27 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2020/S 041-097119
OJ-S issue: 41
Additional information
The date and time for opening tenders set out above may change at the discretion of Dublin City Council.

Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value: 2 000 000 EUR 💰
Estimated value excluding VAT: 2 000 000 EUR 💰
Duration: 48 months
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.
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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.
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Dublin City Council, Civic Offices, Wood Quay, Dublin 8.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Contract execution
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.
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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
Place: Dublin City Council, Civic Offices, Wood Quay, Dublin 8.
Additional information:
The date and time for opening tenders set out above may change at the discretion of Dublin City Council.

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Claudio Libanori
Internet address: www.dublincity.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=162987&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;
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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;
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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;
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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;
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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;
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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 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) 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: 1 913 071 EUR 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2020-08-27 📅
Publication date: 2020-09-01 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2020/S 169-409739
Refers to notice: 2020/S 041-097119
OJ-S issue: 169
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 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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Object
Scope of the procurement
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.
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
Award criteria
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 (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

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2020-06-01 📅
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 📧
Country: Dublin 🏙️
Internet address: http://www.fujitsu.com/ie 🌏
Total value of the procurement: 1 913 071 EUR 💰
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1

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.
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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.
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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.
Show more
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.
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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.
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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.
Source: OJS 2020/S 169-409739 (2020-08-27)
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