SIP Trunk Services

Central Bank of Ireland

The Central Bank intends to establish an agreement with a suitably experienced economic operator to design, provide, implement, operate, support and manage a telephony service, incorporating primarily VoIP SIP trunk services and related communications infrastructure across all Central Bank locations including North Wall Quay, Spencer Dock, Sandyford and any other future location(s) (โ€˜Premisesโ€™). There is also a requirement for broadband and analogue PSTN services.
Please see attached documentation for more information.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-12-14. The procurement was published on 2020-11-12.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2020-11-12 Contract notice
2021-04-07 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2020-11-12)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Central Bank of Ireland
Postal address: PO Box 559, New Wapping Street
Postal town: Dublin 1
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Contact person: Michael Kavanagh
Phone: +353 12246409 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: tenders@centralbank.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: http://www.centralbank.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/329 ๐ŸŒ
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=177969&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=177969&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: SIP Trunk Services 2020P002
Products/services: Telecommunications services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Short description:
โ€œThe Central Bank intends to establish an agreement with a suitably experienced economic operator to design, provide, implement, operate, support and manage...โ€    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 1 000 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

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Additional products/services: Telecommunications network ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Telecommunications equipment ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Telecommunications facilities ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Telecommunications system ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Postal and telecommunications services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: IP telephone services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Integrated telecommunications services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Main site or place of performance: Dublin.
Description of the procurement:
โ€œThe Central Bank intends to establish an agreement with a suitably experienced economic operator to design, provide, implement, operate, support and manage...โ€    Show more
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): SIP telephony requirements
Quality criterion (weighting): 200
Quality criterion (name): SIP circuit requirements
Quality criterion (name): Design and architecture
Quality criterion (weighting): 100
Quality criterion (name): Operate manage and support
Quality criterion (name): Information security
Price (weighting): 300
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 1 000 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 36
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
This contract is subject to renewal โœ…
Description
Description of renewals:
โ€œThe Central Bank may extend the term on the same terms and conditions for a period or periods of up to twelve (12) months with a maximum of twenty-four (24) months.โ€    Show more

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

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2020-12-14 12:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 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
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2020-12-14 12:00 ๐Ÿ“…

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court
Postal address: Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 18886511 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Fax: +353 18886125 ๐Ÿ“ 
URL: http://www.courts.ie/ ๐ŸŒ
Source: OJS 2020/S 224-550965 (2020-11-12)
Contract award notice (2021-04-07)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 486 358 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): SIP Telephony requirements
Quality criterion (name): SIP Circuit requirements

Procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2020/S 224-550965

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title: SIP Trunk Services
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2021-03-22 ๐Ÿ“…
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
Name and address of the contractor
Name: eircom
National registration number: 98789
Postal address: 2022 Bianconi Avenue, Citywest Business Campus
Postal town: Dublin 24
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 851744917 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: noeline.hogg@eir.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Fax: +353 14600282 ๐Ÿ“ 
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: http://www.eir.ie ๐ŸŒ
The contractor is an SME
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 1 000 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 486 358 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

Complementary information
Additional information

โ€œPlease note that The total value of the contract/lot awarded value includes variable cost elements which are subject to change.โ€
Source: OJS 2021/S 070-178970 (2021-04-07)