Dublin City Council (DCC) wishes to invite tenders using the Open Procedure to establish a Single Party Framework Agreement for the Provision of an Email filtering, DNS Management and Associated Services with a 24/7/365 SLA to provide email transport, security and filtering, to include live statistics, reporting, email continuity and supplementary services. A managed DNS services is also required, to include registration, maintenance and hosting of the DCC’s DNS records. The approach must be a software as a service (SaaS) solution with no local installation required.The framework period will be for 4 years.However, contracts may be awarded which extend beyond the lifetime of the Framework.An initial contract will be awarded for a period of 2 years with an option to extend for 2 further periods of 12 months,at the sole discretion of Dublin City Council.
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2022-09-12.
The procurement was published on 2022-08-05.
Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
Object Scope of the procurement
Title:
“Single Party Framework Agreement the Provision of an Email filtering, DNS Management and associated services to Dublin City Council
SPFA - DCC - Email Filtering”
Title
Single Party Framework Agreement the Provision of an Email filtering, DNS Management and associated services to Dublin City Council
SPFA - DCC - Email Filtering
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Products/services: Electronic mail services📦
Short description:
“Dublin City Council (DCC) wishes to invite tenders using the Open Procedure to establish a Single Party Framework Agreement for the Provision of an Email...”
Short description
Dublin City Council (DCC) wishes to invite tenders using the Open Procedure to establish a Single Party Framework Agreement for the Provision of an Email filtering, DNS Management and Associated Services with a 24/7/365 SLA to provide email transport, security and filtering, to include live statistics, reporting, email continuity and supplementary services. A managed DNS services is also required, to include registration, maintenance and hosting of the DCC’s DNS records. The approach must be a software as a service (SaaS) solution with no local installation required.The framework period will be for 4 years.However, contracts may be awarded which extend beyond the lifetime of the Framework.An initial contract will be awarded for a period of 2 years with an option to extend for 2 further periods of 12 months,at the sole discretion of Dublin City Council.
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Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 800 000 💰
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Additional products/services: Data security software development services📦
Additional products/services: Internet services📦
Additional products/services: Internet domain names📦
Place of performance: Dublin🏙️
Description of the procurement:
“Dublin City Council (DCC) wishes to invite tenders using the Open Procedure to establish a Single Party Framework Agreement for the Provision of an Email...”
Description of the procurement
Dublin City Council (DCC) wishes to invite tenders using the Open Procedure to establish a Single Party Framework Agreement for the Provision of an Email filtering, DNS Management and Associated Services with a 24/7/365 SLA to provide email transport, security and filtering, to include live statistics, reporting, email continuity and supplementary services. A managed DNS services is also required, to include registration, maintenance and hosting of the DCC’s DNS records.
The approach must be a software as a service (SaaS) solution with no local installation required.
The framework period will be for four years. However, contracts may be awarded which extend beyond the lifetime of the Framework. An initial contract will be awarded for a period of 2 years with an option to extend for two further periods of 12 months, at the sole discretion of Dublin City Council.
DCC may award additional contracts in respect of other related services including but not limited to additional cover, per diem drawdowns, additional related services etc. during the course of the Framework.
DCC fully reserves the right not to use this framework and to engage the services of Third Party partners in respect of other available framework agreements or contracts.
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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 800 000 💰
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 48
Information about options
Options ✅
Description of options:
“An initial contract will be awarded for a period of 2 years with an option to extend for two further periods of 12 months, at the sole discretion of Dublin...”
Description of options
An initial contract will be awarded for a period of 2 years with an option to extend for two further periods of 12 months, at the sole discretion of Dublin City Council.
Legal, economic, financial and technical information Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions: Please see tender documents for details.
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: Please see tender documents for details.
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: 2022-09-12
12:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Irish 🗣️
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: 2022-09-12
12:15 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): Dublin City Council, Civic Offices, Wood Quay, Dublin 8
Conditions for opening of tenders (Information about authorised persons and opening procedure):
“The date and time for opening tenders set out above may change at the discretion of Dublin City Council.”
Complementary information Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
Additional information
“1. Dublin City Council is subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act (FOI) 2014. If you consider that any of the information supplied by...”
1. Dublin City Council is subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act (FOI) 2014. If you consider that any of the information supplied by you is either commercially sensitive or confidential in nature, this should be highlighted and the reasons for the sensitivity specified. In such cases, the relevant material, will in response to the FOI request; be examined in the light of the exemptions provided for in the Act.
2. It will be a condition for the award of any contract by Dublin City Council that the successful Tenderer and all sub-contractors (if applicable) produce a valid Tax Clearance Certificate from the Revenue Commissioners in compliance with Circular (43) 2006 (or as amended) and that the certificate will be maintained for the duration of the contract and will be on a 12 month basis. In the case of a non-resident Tenderer, a statement of suitability from the Revenue Commissioners will be required.
3. Suppliers must register their interest on the eTenders web site (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications.
4. 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.
5. Please note also that 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. Dublin City Council will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties.
6. The framework agreement is primarily for use by the Information Systems Department, but may also be extended for use by other divisions of Dublin City Council as requirements arise.
7. Emailed/faxed/late tenders will not be accepted.
8. Tenders may be submitted in English or in the Irish language.
9. All queries regarding this expression of tender must be directed to the messaging facility on www.etenders.gov.ie. RFT ID: 217761. Queries must be in question format. Responses will be circulated to those candidates/tenderers that have registered an interest in this notice on the Irish Government procurement opportunities portal www.etenders.gov.ie. The details of the party making the query will not be disclosed when circulating the response. All queries must be submitted by 12 noon (Irish Time) on UPDATE DATE to enable issue of responses to all interested parties.
10. Please note that where documents are made available in both PDF and Word format, in the event that there is any discrepancy between the documents, the PDF version will take precedence.
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Name: The High Court
Postal address: Chief Registrar, High Court, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000📞
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie📧
Source: OJS 2022/S 153-437677 (2022-08-05)
Contract award notice (2023-05-17) Object Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 800 000 💰
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Quality of approach to the provision of the service
Quality criterion (weighting): 40
Quality criterion (name): Qaulity of approach to the SLA
Quality criterion (weighting): 20
Cost criterion (name): Cost
Cost criterion (weighting): 40
Procedure Information about framework agreement
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2022/S 153-437677
Award of contract
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Contract Number: 1
Title:
“Single Party Framework Agreement the Provision of an Email filtering, DNS Management and associated services to Dublin City Council”
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2023-01-01 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 3
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Topsec Cloud Solutions
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: Unit 1F, Three Rock Road, Sandyford
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 014263300📞
E-mail: nmackey@topsec.com📧
Region: Dublin🏙️
URL: http://www.topsec.com🌏
The contractor is an SME ✅ Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 800 000 💰
Complementary information Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: Please consult your solicitor
Source: OJS 2023/S 097-303301 (2023-05-17)