Tender for the provision of Fixed Voice and VoIP Services

Courts Service

The Courts Service wishes to procure the provision of Fixed Voice and VoIP Services. Tenderers are required to quote for all service delivery modes currently deployed in the Courts Service โ€“ SIP, ISDN, PSTN analogue
This public procurement competition will be tendered as a single-supplier Framework Agreement. An initial Contract for the provision of Fixed Voice and VoIP Services will be awarded to the 1st ranked provider.
The Courts Services will draw down requirements for Additional Services over the life of the Framework Agreement based on the mechanism as set out in the Framework Agreement (Appendix 7).
Tenderers should note that they are required to complete a confidentiality undertaking to receive the full suite of Tender Documents.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2021-12-14. The procurement was published on 2021-11-11.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2021-11-11 Contract notice
2021-12-09 Additional information
2021-12-15 Additional information
2022-06-27 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2021-11-11)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Courts Service
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: Phoenix House
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 15/24 Phoenix St. No
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Contact person: Peter Smyth
Phone: +353 18886097 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: grahamclifford@courts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: www.courts.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/378 ๐ŸŒ
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=201915&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=201915&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Tender for the provision of Fixed Voice and VoIP Services
Products/services: Telephone and data transmission services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Short description:
โ€œThe Courts Service wishes to procure the provision of Fixed Voice and VoIP Services. Tenderers are required to quote for all service delivery modes...โ€    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 950 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

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Additional products/services: Telecommunications services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Description of the procurement:
โ€œThe Courts Service wishes to procure the provision of Fixed Voice and VoIP Services. Tenderers are required to quote for all service delivery modes...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 950 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 48
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
This contract is subject to renewal โœ…
Description
Description of renewals:
โ€œThe Initial Framework will be awarded for Two Years with provision for 2 extensions of up to 12 Months each. An initial Contract will be awarded from the...โ€    Show more

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions: See Tender Documents
Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Conditions related to the contract
Contract performance conditions: See Tender Documents

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with a single operator
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2021-12-14 15:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Tender must be valid until: 2022-06-14 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2021-12-14 15:00 ๐Ÿ“…

Complementary information
Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement โœ…
Estimated timing for further notices to be published: November 2026
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Source: OJS 2021/S 222-585224 (2021-11-11)
Additional information (2021-12-09)

Complementary information
Original notice reference
Notice number in the OJ S: 2021/S 222-585224

Changes
Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number: Iv.
Place of text to be modified: IV.2.2
Old value
Date: 2021-12-14 ๐Ÿ“…
Time: 15:00
New value
Date: 2021-12-16 ๐Ÿ“…
Time: 15:00
Source: OJS 2021/S 242-638782 (2021-12-09)
Additional information (2021-12-15)

Changes
Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number: Iv.
Place of text to be modified: IV.2.7
Old value
Date: 2021-12-14 ๐Ÿ“…
Time: 15:00
New value
Date: 2021-12-16 ๐Ÿ“…
Time: 15:00
Source: OJS 2021/S 246-651203 (2021-12-15)
Contract award notice (2022-06-27)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 950 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Overall Technical Quality
Quality criterion (weighting): 50
Price (weighting): 50

Procedure
Information about framework agreement
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2021/S 222-585224

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title: Tender for the provision of Fixed Voice and VoIP Services
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2022-01-25 ๐Ÿ“…
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
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: 4
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Vodafone
National registration number: 326967
Postal address: Mountainview, Leopardstown
Postal town: Dublin 18
Postal code: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 879370754 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: shelah.mcmahon@vodafone.com ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: http://www.vodafone.com ๐ŸŒ
The contractor is an SME
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 950 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 950 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Source: OJS 2022/S 125-355543 (2022-06-27)