Openshift Container Platform Upgrade and Associated Services

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine invites tenders for the upgrade of existing software and infrastructure. The migration of workloads, establishment of standard operational procedures and on-going development of the Departmentโ€™s Red Hat OpenShift platform. The works will include the management and administration of applicable processes and toolsets and establishing best practices for the high availability of applications run on the platform. The contract will run for a term or 9 months.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2021-12-17. The procurement was published on 2021-11-12.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2021-11-12 Contract notice
2022-11-17 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2021-11-12)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: Agriculture House
Postal town: Dublin 2
Postal code: Kildare Street
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Contact person: Thomas Keenan
Phone: +353 16072760 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: thomas.keenan@agriculture.gov.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: http://www.agriculture.gov.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/307 ๐ŸŒ
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=201959&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=201959&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Openshift Container Platform Upgrade and Associated Services RFT 202674
Products/services: Platform interconnectivity software development services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Short description:
โ€œThe Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine invites tenders for the upgrade of existing software and infrastructure. The migration of workloads,...โ€    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 2 000 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

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Additional products/services: IT software development services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Software-related services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Software support services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Software configuration services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Description of the procurement:
โ€œThe Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine invites tenders for the upgrade of existing software and infrastructure. The migration of workloads,...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 2 000 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 9
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
This contract is subject to renewal โœ…
Description
Description of renewals: Two (2) possible renewals of up to three (3) months each

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2021-12-17 17:00 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: 6
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2021-12-17 17:00 ๐Ÿ“…

Complementary information
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Review body
Name: High Court of Ireland
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Source: OJS 2021/S 223-587357 (2021-11-12)
Contract award notice (2022-11-17)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 2 700 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Approach to tdelivery of the proposed solution
Quality criterion (weighting): 50
Quality criterion (name): Training
Quality criterion (weighting): 20
Price (weighting): 30% of the marks

Procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2021/S 223-587357

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title: Openshift Container Platform Upgrade and Associated Services
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2022-03-31 ๐Ÿ“…
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Red Hat Limited
National registration number: 6324873v
Postal address: 6700 Cork Airport Business Park
Postal town: Cork
Postal code: Cork
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 51810119 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: pgriffin@redhat.com ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: http://www.europe.redhat.com ๐ŸŒ
The contractor is an SME
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 2 700 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Source: OJS 2022/S 225-647971 (2022-11-17)