The contracting entity intends to procure a supply, implementation and support Contract for the VMWare suite of products across the ESB VMWare Estate.
All renewals of the existing subscription estate and procurement of future subscriptions will be covered by the proposed contract
It is proposed that the contract will include:
• support and subscription services for ESB's existing VMWare Suite of products;
• an enterprise purchasing program for additional licences;
• ability to log support cases on a 24 x 7 basis;
• access to VMWare and reseller certified support staff;
• telephone and e-mail support locally;
• reseller consultancy services as required.
Applicants must confirm they are certified to supply, implement, and support VMWare licenses.
It is envisaged that the contract will be for an initial 3-year period with the option to extend for 2 years by mutual agreement, for a total contract period of 5 years (3 + 2 years).
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-09-29.
The procurement was published on 2020-08-20.
Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
Object Scope of the procurement
Title: Supply, Implementation, and Support of VMWare Software
SS CON 5183
Products/services: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support📦
Short description:
“The contracting entity intends to procure a supply, implementation and support Contract for the VMWare suite of products across the ESB VMWare Estate.
All...”
Short description
The contracting entity intends to procure a supply, implementation and support Contract for the VMWare suite of products across the ESB VMWare Estate.
All renewals of the existing subscription estate and procurement of future subscriptions will be covered by the proposed contract
It is proposed that the contract will include:
• support and subscription services for ESB's existing VMWare Suite of products;
• an enterprise purchasing program for additional licences;
• ability to log support cases on a 24 x 7 basis;
• access to VMWare and reseller certified support staff;
• telephone and e-mail support locally;
• reseller consultancy services as required.
Applicants must confirm they are certified to supply, implement, and support VMWare licenses.
It is envisaged that the contract will be for an initial 3-year period with the option to extend for 2 years by mutual agreement, for a total contract period of 5 years (3 + 2 years).
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Additional products/services: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support📦
Place of performance: Ireland🏙️
Description of the procurement:
“ESB uses VMWare ESX Hypervisor to provide Server virtualisation in its Datacentres. ESB currently deploy 597 vSphere licenses, across 255 VMWare ESX Servers...”
Description of the procurement
ESB uses VMWare ESX Hypervisor to provide Server virtualisation in its Datacentres. ESB currently deploy 597 vSphere licenses, across 255 VMWare ESX Servers hosting over 2 500 virtual servers.
The contracting entity intends to procure a supply, implementation and support Contract for the VMWare suite of products across the ESB VMWare Estate.
All renewals of the existing subscription estate and procurement of future subscriptions will be covered by the proposed contract.
It is proposed that the contract will include:
• support and subscription services for ESB's existing VMWare Suite of products;
• an enterprise purchasing program for additional licences;
• ability to log support cases on a 24 x 7 basis;
• access to VMWare and reseller certified support staff;
• telephone and e-mail support locally;
• reseller consultancy services as required.
Applicants must confirm they are certified to supply, implement, and support VMWare licenses.
It is envisaged that the contract will be for an initial 3-year period with the option to extend for 2 years by mutual agreement, for a total contract period of 5 years (3 + 2 years).
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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: 36
Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged number of candidates: 5
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: As stated in the pre-qualification questionnaire document on eTenders.
Description
Additional information:
“Please refer to the individual instructions for submission of bids relevant to each tender issued via the system.”
Legal, economic, financial and technical information Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions:
“As stated in procurement qualification questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 174898” 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
List and brief description of rules and criteria:
“As stated in procurement qualification questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 174898”
Deposits and guarantees required:
“As stated in procurement qualification questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 174898”
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
“As stated in procurement qualification questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 174898”
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
“As stated in procurement qualification questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 174898” Conditions related to the contract
Contract performance conditions:
“As stated in procurement qualification questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 174898” Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract
Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract
Procedure Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with a single operator
Information about reduction of the number of solutions or tenders during negotiation or dialogue
Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2020-09-29
12:00 📅
Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates: 2020-11-02 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 12
Complementary information Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
Additional information
“As stated in procurement qualification questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 174898.” Review body
Name: Chief Registrar
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000📞
URL: http://www.courts.ie🌏
Source: OJS 2020/S 164-399471 (2020-08-20)
Contract award notice (2021-08-20) Contracting authority Name and addresses
Name: Electricity Supply Board ( ESB )
Postal address: 2 Gateway
Postal code: East Wall Road
Object Scope of the procurement
Title: Supply, Implementation, & Support of VMWare Software
SS CON 5183
Short description:
“The Contracting Entity intends to procure a supply, implementation and support Contract for the VMWare suite of products across the ESB VMWare Estate.
All...”
Short description
The Contracting Entity intends to procure a supply, implementation and support Contract for the VMWare suite of products across the ESB VMWare Estate.
All renewals of the existing subscription estate and procurement of future subscriptions will be covered by the proposed contract
It is proposed that the Contract will include:
• Support and Subscription services for ESB's existing VMWare Suite of products
• An Enterprise Purchasing Program for additional licences
• Ability to Log Support cases on a 24x7 basis
• Access to VMWare and Reseller Certified Support Staff
• Telephone and e-mail support locally
• Reseller Consultancy services as required
Applicants must confirm they are certified to supply, implement, and support VMWare licenses.
It is envisaged that the contract will be for an initial three year period with the option to extend for two years by mutual agreement, for a total contract period of five years (3 + 2 years)
Show more Description
Description of the procurement:
“ESB uses VMWare ESX Hypervisor to provide Server virtualisation in its Datacentres. ESB currently deploy 597 vSphere licenses, across 255 VMWare ESX Servers...”
Description of the procurement
ESB uses VMWare ESX Hypervisor to provide Server virtualisation in its Datacentres. ESB currently deploy 597 vSphere licenses, across 255 VMWare ESX Servers hosting over 2,500 Virtual Servers.
The Contracting Entity intends to procure a supply, implementation and support Contract for the VMWare suite of products across the ESB VMWare Estate.
All renewals of the existing subscription estate and procurement of future subscriptions will be covered by the proposed contract
It is proposed that the Contract will include:
• Support and Subscription services for ESB's existing VMWare Suite of products
• An Enterprise Purchasing Program for additional licences
• Ability to Log Support cases on a 24x7 basis
• Access to VMWare and Reseller Certified Support Staff
• Telephone and e-mail support locally
• Reseller Consultancy services as required
Applicants must confirm they are certified to supply, implement, and support VMWare licenses.
It is envisaged that the contract will be for an initial three year period with the option to extend for two years by mutual agreement, for a total contract period of five years (3 + 2 years)
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Additional information:
“Please refer to the individual instructions for submission
of
bids relevant to each tender issued via the system.”
Procedure Information about framework agreement
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2020/S 164-399471
Award of contract
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Contract Number: 1
Title: Supply, Implementation, & Support of VMWare Software
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2021-06-30 📅
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Triangle Computer Services (Ireland) Limited
National registration number: IE 632 9657R
Postal address: Colm House 91 Pembroke Road
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: Dublin 4
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 16579700📞
E-mail: e-tenders@triangle.ie📧
Region: Ireland🏙️
URL: http://www.triangle.ie/🌏
The contractor is an SME
Complementary information Additional information
“As stated in Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 174898”
Source: OJS 2021/S 164-431972 (2021-08-20)