Helpdesk Support Services

Department of Foreign Affairs/An Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha

A highly efficient and professional ICT Support Service is required to support Department of Foreign Affairs staff across the Department in achieving their business objectives.
The successful service provider will be expected to provide quality, on-site resources for the ICT Support Service to support, maintain, and enhance ICT services. Engineers will respond to a wide range of ICT-related queries from staff at any office of the Department by email, telephone and online from the Department’s offices in 76-78 Harcourt Street and 23-27 Henry Street, Limerick, or via remote access where needed.
The ICT Support Service will also be expected to be involved in a range of critically required proactive support services including, but not limited to, designing, developing and implementing changes to the Department’s ICT Infrastructure (voice, telecommunications and data services), server and end-user device builds, as well as providing input to ICT development projects.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2021-07-08. The procurement was published on 2021-06-08.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2021-06-08 Contract notice
2024-01-03 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2021-06-08)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Department of Foreign Affairs/An Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: 80 St Stephen's Green
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Contact person: Patricia Owens
Phone: +353 14082000 📞
E-mail: consultant.tenders@dfa.ie 📧
Region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
URL: http://www.dfa.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/246 🌏
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=190809&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=190809&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Helpdesk Support Services
Products/services: Technical support services 📦
Short description:
“A highly efficient and professional ICT Support Service is required to support Department of Foreign Affairs staff across the Department in achieving their...”    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 2 944 750 💰

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Additional products/services: Support services of personal computers 📦
Additional products/services: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support 📦
Additional products/services: System and support services 📦
Additional products/services: Helpdesk and support services 📦
Additional products/services: Systems support services 📦
Additional products/services: Software support services 📦
Additional products/services: Data network management and support services 📦
Additional products/services: Data network support services 📦
Additional products/services: Computer support and consultancy services 📦
Additional products/services: Computer support services 📦
Additional products/services: Supporting services for the government 📦
Additional products/services: Office-support services 📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
Description of the procurement:
“A highly efficient and professional ICT Support Service is required to support Department of Foreign Affairs staff across the Department in achieving their...”    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 2 944 750 💰
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 60

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2021-07-08 17:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2021-07-08 17:00 📅

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Source: OJS 2021/S 112-293570 (2021-06-08)
Contract award notice (2024-01-03)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 2 944 750 💰
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Technical
Quality criterion (weighting): 70
Cost criterion (name): Financial
Cost criterion (weighting): 30

Procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2021/S 112-293570

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title: Helpdesk Support Services
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2021-09-01 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2
Name and address of the contractor
Name: IT Rollout Consultancy Ltd t/a IT Group
Postal address: 25 Western Parkway Business Centre, Ballymount Road, Dublin 12
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
The contractor is an SME
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 2 944 750 💰
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 2 900 000 💰
Source: OJS 2024/S 005-008679 (2024-01-03)