Met Éireann, a line division of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, intend to seek a partner who will help Met Éireann to create a more flexible, responsive, geo resilient ICT Infrastructure. As part of this journey Met Éireann, along with their chosen technical partner, will:
• design, procure, configure, integrate, test and deploy new ICT infrastructure in 2 Government Datacentres. This will include replacing the existing ICT infrastructure which will largely be end of life by Q4 2022.;
• migrate all data, applications, and physical and virtual machines from the current Met Éireann ICT infrastructure to the new infrastructure along with all network requirements;
• provide a phased managed service for both infrastructure and Desk Side support services with on-site level 2 support and escalation to level 3.
Met Éireann requires that it’s systems are available on a 24*7*365 basis.
For more information, please see attached document.
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2021-03-12.
The procurement was published on 2021-01-15.
Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
Object Scope of the procurement
Title: ICT Migration and Managed Services for Met Éireann
IMaMS
Products/services: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support📦
Short description:
“Met Éireann, a line division of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, intend to seek a partner who will help Met Éireann to create a...”
Short description
Met Éireann, a line division of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, intend to seek a partner who will help Met Éireann to create a more flexible, responsive, geo resilient ICT Infrastructure. As part of this journey Met Éireann, along with their chosen technical partner, will:
• design, procure, configure, integrate, test and deploy new ICT infrastructure in 2 Government Datacentres. This will include replacing the existing ICT infrastructure which will largely be end of life by Q4 2022.;
• migrate all data, applications, and physical and virtual machines from the current Met Éireann ICT infrastructure to the new infrastructure along with all network requirements;
• provide a phased managed service for both infrastructure and Desk Side support services with on-site level 2 support and escalation to level 3.
Met Éireann requires that it’s systems are available on a 24*7*365 basis.
For more information, please see attached document.
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Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 7 500 000 💰
Met Éireann, a line division of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, intend to seek a partner who will help Met Éireann on their journey to create a more flexible, responsive, geo resilient ICT Infrastructure. As part of this journey Met Éireann, along with their chosen partner, will:
• design, procure, configure, integrate, test and deploy new ICT infrastructure in 2 Government Datacentres. This will include replacing the existing ICT infrastructure which will largely be end of life by Q4 2022;
• migrate all data, applications, and physical and virtual machines from the current Met Éireann ICT infrastructure to the new infrastructure;
• build the ICT network to support all migration to new infrastructure;
• provide a phased Managed Service for both infrastructure and desk side support services with on-site level 2 support and escalation to level 3;
• the support will include Business Continuity and DR planning, backup service, routine administration and the housekeeping tasks to monitor and maintain the new infrastructure including putting the geo-resilience in place and ongoing management of services;
• the entire service will be in keeping with Government ICT Strategy;
• over the lifetime of the contract Met Éireann will be looking to move to a more responsive method of delivering application upgrades and support so the vendor will be required to be familiar with a transition to Agile and DevOps methodologies;
Met Éireann requires that it’s systems are available on a 24*7*365 basis
For more information, please see attached document.
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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 7 500 000 💰
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 ✅ Description
Description of renewals: Up to another 2 years at the sole discretion of Met Éireann.
Legal, economic, financial and technical information Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions: As per documentation.
Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
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
Open procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2020/S 209-510459
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2021-03-12
15:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender must be valid until: 2021-07-12 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2021-03-12
15:00 📅
Complementary information Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Source: OJS 2021/S 013-028128 (2021-01-15)
Additional information (2021-03-22) Object Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“Met Éireann, a line division of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, intend to seek a partner who will help Met Éireann to create a...”
Short description
Met Éireann, a line division of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, intend to seek a partner who will help Met Éireann to create a more flexible, responsive, geo resilient ICT Infrastructure. As part of this journey Met Éireann, along with their chosen technical partner, will:
• design, procure, configure, integrate, test and deploy new ICT infrastructure in 2 Government Datacentres. This will include replacing the existing ICT infrastructure which will largely be end of life by Q4 2022.
• migrate all data, applications, and physical and virtual machines from the current Met Éireann ICT infrastructure to the new infrastructure along with all network requirements.
• provide a phased managed service for both infrastructure and Desk Side support services with on-site level 2 support and escalation to level 3.
Met Éireann requires that it’s systems are available on a 24*7*365 basis.
For more information, please see attached document.
Complementary information Original notice reference
Notice number in the OJ S: 2021/S 013-028128
Changes Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number: IV.2.2)
Place of text to be modified: Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Old value
Date: 2021-03-12 📅
Time: 15:00
New value
Date: 2021-03-26 📅
Time: 15:00
Other additional information
“Please note clarifications outlining extension to tender submission date (now no later than 26 March 2021 at 15.00)”
Source: OJS 2021/S 060-152335 (2021-03-22)
Contract award notice (2021-09-07) Contracting authority Name and addresses
Postal address: Glasnevin Hill,
Postal town: Glasnevin
Postal code: Dublin 9
Object Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“Met Éireann, a line division of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, intend to seek a partner who will help Met Éireann to create a...”
Short description
Met Éireann, a line division of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, intend to seek a partner who will help Met Éireann to create a more flexible, responsive, geo resilient ICT Infrastructure. As part of this journey Met Éireann, along with their chosen technical partner, will:
• Design, procure, configure, integrate, test and deploy new ICT infrastructure in 2 Government Datacentres. This will include replacing the existing ICT infrastructure which will largely be end of life by Q4 2022.
• Migrate all data, applications, and physical and virtual machines from the current Met Éireann ICT infrastructure to the new infrastructure along with all network requirements.
• Provide a phased Managed Service for both infrastructure and Desk Side support services with on-site level 2 support and escalation to level 3.
Met Éireann requires that it’s systems are available on a 24*7*365 basis
For more information, please see attached document.
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Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 4 272 233 💰
Description
Main site or place of performance: Dublin 9
Description of the procurement:
“Met Éireann, a line division of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, intend to seek a partner who will help Met Éireann on their...”
Description of the procurement
Met Éireann, a line division of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, intend to seek a partner who will help Met Éireann on their journey to create a more flexible, responsive, geo resilient ICT Infrastructure. As part of this journey Met Éireann, along with their chosen partner, will:
• Design, procure, configure, integrate, test and deploy new ICT infrastructure in 2 Government Datacentres. This will include replacing the existing ICT infrastructure which will largely be end of life by Q4 2022.
• Migrate all data, applications, and physical and virtual machines from the current Met Éireann ICT infrastructure to the new infrastructure.
• Build the ICT network to support all migration to new infrastructure.
• Provide a phased Managed Service for both infrastructure and Desk Side support services with on-site level 2 support and escalation to level 3.
• The support will include Business Continuity and DR planning, backup service, routine administration and the housekeeping tasks to monitor and maintain the new infrastructure including putting the geo-resilience in place and ongoing management of services.
• The entire service will be in keeping with Government ICT Strategy.
• Over the lifetime of the contract Met Éireann will be looking to move to a more responsive method of delivering application upgrades and support so the vendor will be required to be familiar with a transition to Agile and DevOps methodologies.
Met Éireann requires that it’s systems are available on a 24*7*365 basis
For more information, please see attached document.
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Quality criterion (name): Technical merit
Quality criterion (weighting): 30%
Quality criterion (name): continuous service improvements
Quality criterion (weighting): 20%
Quality criterion (name): Implementation and migration
Quality criterion (weighting): 15%
Price (weighting): 35%
Description
Additional information:
“The costing provided in V.2.4 relates to 3 years with two 1 year optional extensions”
Procedure Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2021/S 013-028128
Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice
Award of contract
1️⃣
Contract Number: 1
Title: ICT Migration and Managed Services for Met Éireann
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2021-09-01 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 6
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Arkphire Ireland
Postal address: 7 Beckett Way, Park West
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: D12X884
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Region: Éire/Ireland🏙️
The contractor is an SME
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 4 272 233 💰
Source: OJS 2021/S 176-458840 (2021-09-07)