CommVault is used within the EirGrid Group for backup / restore functionality, and a Support and Maintenance contract is required in order to facilitate the smooth running of this afore mentioned backup / restore functionality from the product suite.
Base Requirements
- 24x7 Support and Maintenance, 365 days a year for all EirGrid Group comcells
- Support will include but not be restricted to:
o All Notifications of Software Updates
o All Product Fixes and Related Enhancements
o 24 hour access to CommVault Technical Assistance Centre (including Holidays)
o Quarterly Reports
o Purchase of additional software licences as required
- Support and Maintenance will be direct from CommVault however the purchase of this support and maintenance will be through the winning Tenderer.
- 3 year contract (the option to extend to years 4 and 5 using the same fixed price for products / services purchased during or currently licensed in years 1 - 3)
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2021-09-03.
The procurement was published on 2021-07-30.
Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
Object Scope of the procurement
Title: Third Party Resale of CommVault Support and Maintenance
ENQEIR766
Products/services: Software package and information systems📦
Short description:
“CommVault is used within the EirGrid Group for backup / restore functionality, and a Support and Maintenance contract is required in order to facilitate the...”
Short description
CommVault is used within the EirGrid Group for backup / restore functionality, and a Support and Maintenance contract is required in order to facilitate the smooth running of this afore mentioned backup / restore functionality from the product suite.
Base Requirements
- 24x7 Support and Maintenance, 365 days a year for all EirGrid Group comcells
- Support will include but not be restricted to:
o All Notifications of Software Updates
o All Product Fixes and Related Enhancements
o 24 hour access to CommVault Technical Assistance Centre (including Holidays)
o Quarterly Reports
o Purchase of additional software licences as required
- Support and Maintenance will be direct from CommVault however the purchase of this support and maintenance will be through the winning Tenderer.
- 3 year contract (the option to extend to years 4 and 5 using the same fixed price for products / services purchased during or currently licensed in years 1 - 3)
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Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 1 250 000 💰
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Additional products/services: Software package and information systems📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland🏙️
Main site or place of performance: Dublin
Description of the procurement:
“CommVault is used within the EirGrid Group for backup / restore functionality, and a Support and Maintenance contract is required in order to facilitate the...”
Description of the procurement
CommVault is used within the EirGrid Group for backup / restore functionality, and a Support and Maintenance contract is required in order to facilitate the smooth running of this afore mentioned backup / restore functionality from the product suite.
Base Requirements
- 24x7 Support and Maintenance, 365 days a year for all EirGrid Group comcells
- Support will include but not be restricted to:
o All Notifications of Software Updates
o All Product Fixes and Related Enhancements
o 24 hour access to CommVault Technical Assistance Centre (including Holidays)
o Quarterly Reports
o Purchase of additional software licences as required
- Support and Maintenance will be direct from CommVault however the purchase of this support and maintenance will be through the winning Tenderer.
- 3 year contract (the option to extend to years 4 and 5 using the same fixed price for products / services purchased during or currently licensed in years 1 - 3)
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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 1 250 000 💰
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 36
Information about options
Options ✅
Description of options:
“The total duration of this framework agreement will be 3 years, with the possibility to extend up to five years, The estimated spend of EUR 1 250 000 is...”
Description of options
The total duration of this framework agreement will be 3 years, with the possibility to extend up to five years, The estimated spend of EUR 1 250 000 is taking into account the full duration of the contract including the possible extension.
Legal, economic, financial and technical information Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions: Please see Request for Proposal attached to this notice.
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 for participation
List and brief description of rules and criteria: Please see Request for Proposal attached to this notice.
Deposits and guarantees required: Please see Request for Proposal attached to this notice.
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: Please see Request for Proposal attached to this notice.
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded: Please see Request for Proposal attached to this notice.
Conditions related to the contract
Contract performance conditions: Please see Request for Proposal attached to this notice.
Procedure Type of procedure
Open procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2021-09-03
12:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 12
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2021-09-03
12:00 📅
Complementary information Additional information
“1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for...”
1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications. All information relating to attachments, including clarifications and
changes, will be published on the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal (www.etenders.gov.ie) only. Registration is free of charge. The contracting authority will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties;
2) This is the sole call for competition for this service;
3) The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by Tenderers;
4) Contract award will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities;
5) It will be a condition of award that Tenderers are tax compliant and are in a position to produce a valid tax clearance certificate or eTax Clearance from the Revenue Commissioners when requested;
6) If for any reason it is not possible to award the contract one or more of the tenderers invited following the conclusion of this competitive process, the contracting authority reserves the right to award the contract to the next ranked tenderer as appropriate;
7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process or any contract awarded;
8) Please note in relation to all documents, that where reference is made to a particular standard, make, source, process, trademark, type or patent, that this is not to be regarded as a de facto requirement. In all such cases it should be understood that such indications are to be treated strictly and solely for reference purposes only, to which the words ‘or equivalent’ will always be appended;
9) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of questionnaires with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, Tenderers are advised to ensure that they return fully completed questionnaires in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition.
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Name: The High Courts
Postal address: Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000📞 Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
“The contracting authority will not conclude this contract to which a standstill period applies in accordance with Council Directive 2014/25/EU, until after...”
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures
The contracting authority will not conclude this contract to which a standstill period applies in accordance with Council Directive 2014/25/EU, until after the expiry of the standstill period which commences on the day following the date of notification on concerned candidates and tenderers. The duration of the standstill period will be 14 calendar days where notifications are sent electronically or by fax and 16 calendar days where these are sent by any other means. The Statutory Instrument mentioned above provides that review procedures
Are available in the High Court to a person who has or has had an interest in obtaining the reviewable public contract and alleges that he or she has been harmed or is at risk of being harmed by an infringement of the law in relation in this contract.
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Name: Central office of the High Courts (Appeal Section)
Postal address: Ground floor, East Wing, Inns Quay
Postal town: dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000📞
Source: OJS 2021/S 149-398153 (2021-07-30)
Contract award notice (2021-09-29) Object Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“This tender is now complete.
CommVault is used within the EirGrid Group for backup / restore functionality, and a Support and Maintenance contract is...”
Short description
This tender is now complete.
CommVault is used within the EirGrid Group for backup / restore functionality, and a Support and Maintenance contract is required in order to facilitate the smooth running of this afore mentioned backup / restore functionality from the product suite.
Base Requirements
- 24x7 Support and Maintenance, 365 days a year for all EirGrid Group comcells
- Support will include but not be restricted to:
o All Notifications of Software Updates
o All Product Fixes and Related Enhancements
o 24 hour access to CommVault Technical Assistance Centre (including Holidays)
o Quarterly Reports
o Purchase of additional software licences as required
- Support and Maintenance will be direct from CommVault however the purchase of this support and maintenance will be through the winning Tenderer.
- 3 year contract (the option to extend to years 4 and 5 using the same fixed price for products / services purchased during or currently licensed in years 1 - 3)
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Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 1 250 000 💰
Award criteria
Price
Procedure Information about framework agreement
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2021/S 149-398153
Award of contract
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Contract Number: 1
Title: Third Party Resale of CommVault Support and Maintenance
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2021-09-29 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 2
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 4
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Ireland Limited
National registration number: IE 3334222LH
Postal address: Liffey Park Technology Campus
Postal town: Leixlip, Co Kildare
Postal code: Barnhall Road
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 15684104📞
E-mail: rose.heverin@hpe.com📧
Region: Éire/Ireland🏙️
The contractor is an SME
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 1 250 000 💰
Complementary information Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
“The contracting authority did not conclude this contract to which a standstill period applied in accordance with Council Directive 2014/25/EU, until after...”
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures
The contracting authority did not conclude this contract to which a standstill period applied in accordance with Council Directive 2014/25/EU, until after the expiry of the standstill period which commenced on the day following the date of notification on concerned candidates and tenderers. The duration of the standstill period was 14 calendar days where notifications were sent electronically. The Statutory Instrument mentioned above provides that review procedures are available in the High Court to a person who has or has had an interest in obtaining the reviewable public contract and alleges that he or she has been harmed or is at risk of being harmed by an infringement of the law in relation in this contract.
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Source: OJS 2021/S 192-500957 (2021-09-29)