The Establishment of a Single Party Framework Agreement for ICT Professional Services

Defence Forces Ireland

The Defence Forces (DF) provides the majority of ICT support requirements from internal resources. The Communications and Information Service (CIS) corps is responsible for the provision of ICT infrastructure, strategic applications and network services to the wider Defence Forces.
The Defence Forces network is privately hosted and maintained with a high percentage of the infrastructure virtualised. To ensure an efficient operational tempo of this infrastructure the DF will engage an external ICT professional services organisation(s).
The DF will provide supplementary technical description documents to candidates (maximum of 5) selected to participate in the competitive dialogue process subject to the signing of a confidentiality agreement.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-03-09. The procurement was published on 2020-02-07.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2020-02-07 Contract notice
2023-02-08 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2020-02-07)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Defence Forces Ireland
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: McKee Barracks, Blackhorse Ave.
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Contact person: Chris Donegan
Phone: +353 18046928 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: chris.donegan@defenceforces.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: www.military.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1144 ๐ŸŒ
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=162270&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=162270&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
โ€œThe Establishment of a Single Party Framework Agreement for ICT Professional Services A15/3473/DG02/20โ€
Products/services: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Short description:
โ€œThe Defence Forces (DF) provides the majority of ICT support requirements from internal resources. The Communications and Information Service (CIS) corps is...โ€    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 6 500 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

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Additional products/services: Data services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Data-processing services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Database services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Internet services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Computer-related services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Computer support and consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Main site or place of performance: McKee Barracks, Blackhorse Avenue, Dublin 7.
Description of the procurement:
โ€œThe Defence Forces (DF) provides the majority of ICT support requirements from internal resources. The Communications and Information Service (CIS) Corps is...โ€    Show more
Award criteria
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 6 500 000 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: 1 + 1.

Procedure
Type of procedure
Competitive dialogue
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2020-03-09 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: 12

Complementary information
Review body
Name: Budget and Plans Office DCIS (J6)
Postal address: Makee Barracks, Blackhorse Avenue
Postal town: Dublin 7
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Source: OJS 2020/S 029-067508 (2020-02-07)
Contract award notice (2023-02-08)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Postal address: McKee Barracks
Postal town: Dublin 7.
Postal code: Blackhorse Ave.
Phone: +353 018046928 ๐Ÿ“ž

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
โ€œThe Establishment of a Single Party Framework Agreement for ICT Professional Services. A15/3473/DG02/20โ€
Short description:
โ€œThe Defence Forces (DF) provides the majority of ICT support requirements from internal resources. The Communications and Information Service (CIS) Corps is...โ€    Show more
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 6 500 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots โœ…
Title
Lot Identification Number: 1
Description
Main site or place of performance: McKee Barracks, Blackhorse Avenue, Dublin 7
Award criteria
Price

Procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2020/S 029-067508

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title:
โ€œThe Establishment of a Single Party Framework Agreement for ICT Professional Services.โ€
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2019-02-01 ๐Ÿ“…
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 6
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Pfh
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
The contractor is an SME โœ…
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 6 500 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

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Contract Number: 2
Title: Lot 1 Single Party Framework BAU, PMO, Training
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Evros
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 6 500 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

3๏ธโƒฃ
Contract Number: 3
Title: Lot 2 Single Party Framework Cyber / IT Security
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Fujitsu
Postal town: dublin
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 6 500 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Source: OJS 2023/S 031-091426 (2023-02-08)