The Provision of Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) services

Electricity Supply Board (ESB)

โ€ข the MPLS service would provide corporate and operational network services to locations, throughout the whole of the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and the UK;
โ€ข the service would carry business critical voice, video and data traffic and operational traffic over the IP protocol;
โ€ข the operational traffic would be part of the monitoring and control infrastructure for the ESB power network;
โ€ข the service provided must be highly available and reliable and provide mechanisms for quickly upgrading capacity when required.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2021-01-18. The procurement was published on 2020-12-09.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2020-12-09 Contract notice
2022-01-27 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2020-12-09)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Electricity Supply Board (ESB)
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: 2 Gateway, East Wall Road
Postal town: Dublin 3
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Contact person: Audrey O'Keeffe
Phone: +353 17026595 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: audrey.okeeffe2@esb.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: http://www.esb.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/377 ๐ŸŒ
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=179592&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=179592&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: The Provision of Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) services SSCON5643
Products/services: Telecommunications services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Short description:
โ€œโ€ข the MPLS service would provide corporate and operational network services to locations, throughout the whole of the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland...โ€    Show more

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Additional products/services: Telecommunications services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance: United Kingdom ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Place of performance: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Description of the procurement:
โ€œโ€ข the MPLS service would provide corporate and operational network services to locations, throughout the whole of the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland...โ€    Show more
Award criteria
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: 4
Information about options
Options โœ…
Description of options:
โ€œAt the date of issuing this PQQ it is envisaged that the framework will be initially for 3 years with an option to extend for a further 2 years and then a...โ€    Show more
Information about electronic catalogues
Tenders must be presented in the form of electronic catalogues or include an electronic catalogue
Description
Additional information:
โ€œPlease refer to the individual instructions for submission of bids relevant to each tender issued via the system.โ€

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions:
โ€œAs stated in procurement qualification questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID181570.โ€
Economic and financial standing
List and brief description of selection criteria:
โ€œAs stated in procurement qualification questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID181570.โ€
Technical and professional ability
List and brief description of selection criteria:
โ€œAs stated in procurement qualification questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID xxxxxx.โ€
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of rules and criteria:
โ€œAs stated in procurement qualification questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID181570.โ€
Deposits and guarantees required: Will be specified in the RFT.
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: Will be specified in the RFT.
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
โ€œAs stated in Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID181570.โ€
Conditions related to the contract
Contract performance conditions:
โ€œAs stated in Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID181570.โ€

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
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2021-01-18 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
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
Additional information

โ€œ1) It is our intention to use the Irish Government Procurement portal (www.etenders.gov.ie) for this competition. Access to this portal is free of charge....โ€    Show more
Review body
Name: Chief Registrar
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 18886000 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL: http://www.courts.ie ๐ŸŒ
Source: OJS 2020/S 243-602914 (2020-12-09)
Contract award notice (2022-01-27)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Electricity Supply Board ( ESB )
Postal address: 2 Gateway
Postal code: East Wall Road

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
โ€œโ€ข The MPLS Service would provide Corporate and Operational Network Services to locations, throughout the whole of the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland...โ€    Show more
Description
Description of the procurement:
โ€œโ€ข The MPLS Service would provide Corporate and Operational Network Services to locations, throughout the whole of the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland...โ€    Show more
Award criteria
Price
Information about options
Description of options:
โ€œAt the date of issuing this PQQ it is envisaged that the Framework will be initially for 3 years with an option to extend for a further 2 years and then a...โ€    Show more
Description
Additional information:
โ€œPlease refer to the individual instructions for submission of bids relevant to each tender issued via the system.โ€

Procedure
Information about framework agreement
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2020/S 243-602914

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title: The Provision of Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) services
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2022-01-19 ๐Ÿ“…
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
Name and address of the contractor
Name: eir Business
National registration number: 98789
Postal address: 2022 Bianconi Avenue, Citywest Business Campus
Postal town: Dublin 24
Postal code: Dublin
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

Complementary information
Additional information

โ€œ1) It is our intention to use the Irish Government Procurement portal (www.etenders.gov.ie) for this competition. Access to this Portal is free of charge....โ€    Show more
Source: OJS 2022/S 022-056166 (2022-01-27)
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