Provision of, installation, configuration and support of a Backup Solution

Legal Aid Board

The Legal Aid Board was established under the Civil Legal Aid Act, 1995. The Act makes provision for the granting by the State of legal aid and advice to persons of insufficient means in civil cases.
The Family Mediation Service (FMS) is a state run service to help couples who have decided to separate or divorce, or who have already separated, to negotiate their own terms of agreement. It has been in operation since 1986 and has been part of the Legal Aid Board since 2011.
Please note that the Legal Aid Board has charitable status and as such is entitled to any charitable discounts (or pricing structures) which are applicable.
Tenders are being sought from suitably qualified service providers for a Backup solution, including hardware infrastructure(eg servers, storage arrays, switches , tape units), software, installation, configuration and support as outlinedin the attached documentation

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2021-09-17. The procurement was published on 2021-08-17.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2021-08-17 Contract notice
2021-11-16 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2021-08-17)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Legal Aid Board
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: Quay Street
Postal town: Cahirciveen
Postal code: v23 rd36
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Contact person: Dave Fennell
Phone: +353 0669471059 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: davefennell@legalaidboard.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: http://www.legalaidboard.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/426 ๐ŸŒ
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=195732&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=195732&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
โ€œProvision of, installation, configuration and support of a Backup Solution LABIT/2021/004โ€
Products/services: Backup or recovery software package ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Short description:
โ€œThe Legal Aid Board was established under the Civil Legal Aid Act, 1995. The Act makes provision for the granting by the State of legal aid and advice to...โ€    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 160 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

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Additional products/services: Computer equipment and supplies ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Computer platforms ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Hardware ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Backup or recovery software development services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Main site or place of performance: Dublin
Description of the procurement:
โ€œThe Legal Aid Board was established under the Civil Legal Aid Act, 1995. The Act makes provision for the granting by the State of legal aid and advice to...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 160 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 60

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: 2021-09-17 12:30 ๐Ÿ“…
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2021-09-17 12:30 ๐Ÿ“…

Complementary information
Review body
Name: Ogp
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Source: OJS 2021/S 161-422422 (2021-08-17)
Contract award notice (2021-11-16)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 157 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name):
โ€œDemonstrated experience of providing services of a similar kind and nature (evidenced by way of three contracts of similar size and nature in the past three years).โ€    Show more
Quality criterion (weighting): 10%
Quality criterion (name): Technical Merit of Proposed solution
Quality criterion (weighting): 30%
Quality criterion (name): Proposed technical support and maintenance.
Quality criterion (weighting): 20%
Quality criterion (name): Cyber Security Protection offered by proposed solution
Price (weighting): 20%

Procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2021/S 161-422422

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title: Provision of, installation, configuration and support of a Backup Solution
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2021-11-16 ๐Ÿ“…
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 8
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 8
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Dell
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
The contractor is an SME
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 160 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Currency code: EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Lowest offer: 120000.00
Highest offer: 157000.00
Source: OJS 2021/S 225-590665 (2021-11-16)