The Provision of Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) services

Electricity Supply Board (ESB)

• 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;
• the service would carry business critical voice, video and data traffic and operational traffic over the IP protocol;
• the operational traffic would be part of the monitoring and control infrastructure for the ESB power network;
• 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:

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2020-12-09 Contract notice
2022-01-27 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2020-12-09)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Telecommunications services
Reference number: SSCON5643
Short description:
• 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; • the service would carry business critical voice, video and data traffic and operational traffic over the IP protocol; • the operational traffic would be part of the monitoring and control infrastructure for the ESB power network; • the service provided must be highly available and reliable and provide mechanisms for quickly upgrading capacity when required.
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Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Telecommunications services 📦
Additional CPV: Telecommunications services 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: United Kingdom 🏙️

Procedure
Procedure type: Negotiated procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Utilities entity
Awarding authority name: Electricity Supply Board (ESB)
Postal address: 2 Gateway, East Wall Road
Postal town: Dublin 3
Contact
Internet address: http://www.esb.ie 🌏
E-mail: audrey.okeeffe2@esb.ie 📧
Phone: +353 17026595 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=179592&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=179592&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2020-12-09 📅
Submission deadline: 2021-01-18 📅
Publication date: 2020-12-14 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2020/S 243-602914
OJ-S issue: 243
Additional information
Please refer to the individual instructions for submission of bids relevant to each tender issued via the system.

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
• 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;
• the service would carry business critical voice, video and data traffic and operational traffic over the IP protocol;
• the operational traffic would be part of the monitoring and control infrastructure for the ESB power network;
• the service provided must be highly available and reliable and provide mechanisms for quickly upgrading capacity when required.
Duration: 36 months
Description of options:
At 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 further 2 years, (a potential 7-year framework).
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
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:
As stated in procurement qualification questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID181570.
Economic and financial standing:
As stated in procurement qualification questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID181570.
Technical and professional ability:
As stated in procurement qualification questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID xxxxxx.
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 ID181570.
Contract execution
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:
As stated in Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID181570.
Contract performance conditions:
As stated in Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID181570.

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0025
Envisaged number of candidates: 4
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender validity period: 12 months

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Audrey O'Keeffe
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/377 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=179592&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Additional information
1) 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. Interested parties must formally register their expression of interest for this competition on eTenders before they can gain access to the PQQ documentation. All information relating to and including the pre-qualification documents, any clarifications and changes will be issued/published via this portal. The contracting entity will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties.
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2) This is the sole call for competition for this service.
3) The contracting entity will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers.
4) Contract award will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities.
5) It will be a condition of award that candidates are tax compliant.
6) If for any reason it is not possible to admit to the framework agreement one or more of the tenderers invited following the conclusion of this competitive process, or having awarded a contract under the framework agreement, the contracting entity reserves the right to invite the next highest scoring tenderer to join the framework agreement and/or deliver the contract as appropriate to the circumstances pertaining to the framework.
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7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting entity may elect to terminate this procurement process, the framework agreement or any contract awarded under the framework agreement at any time.
8) 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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9) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting entity is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of questionnaires with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, candidates are advised to ensure that they return fully completed questionnaires in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition.
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10) At section II.2.9) we have indicated that 5 will be invited to tender, please note that the contracting entity reserves the right to invite at least 5 subject to that number qualifying.

Complementary information
Review body
Name: Chief Registrar
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Source: OJS 2020/S 243-602914 (2020-12-09)
Contract award notice (2022-01-27)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
• 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. • The service would carry business critical voice, video and data traffic and operational traffic over the IP protocol. • The operational traffic would be part of the monitoring and control infrastructure for the ESB power network. • The service provided must be highly available and reliable and provide mechanisms for quickly upgrading capacity when required.
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Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable
Award criteria
Lowest price

Contracting authority
Identity
Awarding authority name: Electricity Supply Board ( ESB )
Postal address: 2 Gateway
Postal code: East Wall Road

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2022-01-27 📅
Publication date: 2022-02-01 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2022/S 022-056166
Refers to notice: 2020/S 243-602914
OJ-S issue: 22
Additional information
Please refer to the individual instructions for submission of bids relevant to each tender issued via the system.

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
• 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.
• The service would carry business critical voice, video and data traffic and operational traffic over the IP protocol.
• The operational traffic would be part of the monitoring and control infrastructure for the ESB power network.
• The service provided must be highly available and reliable and provide mechanisms for quickly upgrading capacity when required.
Description of options:
At 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 further 2 years, (a potential 7 year framework)
Additional information:
Please refer to the individual instructions for submission
of
bids relevant to each tender issued via the system.

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2022-01-19 📅
Name: eir Business
National registration number: 98789
Postal address: 2022 Bianconi Avenue, Citywest Business Campus
Postal town: Dublin 24
Postal code: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 851744917 📞
E-mail: noeline.hogg@eir.ie 📧
Internet address: http://www.eir.ie 🌏
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1

Reference
Additional information
1) 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. Interested parties must formally register their expression of interest for
this competition on eTenders before they can gain access to the PQQ
documentation. All information relating to and including the pre-qualification
documents, any clarifications and changes will be issued/published via this
portal. The contracting entity will not accept responsibility for information relayed
(or not relayed) via third parties
3) The contracting entity will not be responsible for any costs, charges or
expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers.
6) If for any reason it is not possible to admit to the framework agreement one or
more of the tenderers invited following the conclusion of this competitive
process, or having awarded a contract under the framework agreement, the
contracting entity reserves the right to invite the next highest scoring tenderer to
join the framework agreement and/or deliver the contract as appropriate to the
circumstances pertaining to the framework.
7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting entity may elect to terminate this
procurement process, the framework agreement or any contract awarded under
the framework agreement at any time.
8) 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.
9) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting entity is
not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of questionnaires with
missing or incomplete information. Therefore, candidates are advised to ensure
that they return fully completed questionnaires in order to avoid the risk of
elimination from the competition.
10) At Section II.2.9 we have indicated that 5 will be invited to tender, please
note that the contracting entity reserves the right to invite at least 5 subject to
that number qualifying.
Source: OJS 2022/S 022-056166 (2022-01-27)
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