Establishment of a Single Party framework agreement for provision of services for a Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure Solution with Backup and Disaster Recovery
Wicklow County Council seeks a Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure solution comprising of an on-Premise Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) and integrated Public/Private Cloud infrastructure, controlled via a single management interface to replace its legacy systems.
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2023-03-06.
The procurement was published on 2023-02-01.
Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
Object Scope of the procurement
Title:
“Establishment of a Single Party framework agreement for provision of services for a Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure Solution with Backup and Disaster Recovery
WCC082023”
Title
Establishment of a Single Party framework agreement for provision of services for a Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure Solution with Backup and Disaster Recovery
WCC082023
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Products/services: Computer back-up services📦
Short description:
“Wicklow County Council seeks a Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure solution comprising of an on-Premise Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) and integrated...”
Short description
Wicklow County Council seeks a Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure solution comprising of an on-Premise Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) and integrated Public/Private Cloud infrastructure, controlled via a single management interface to replace its legacy systems.
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Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 5 000 000 💰
Wicklow County Council seeks a Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure solution comprising of an on-Premise Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) and integrated Public/Private Cloud infrastructure, controlled via a single management interface to replace its legacy systems.
This solution must ensure Data Loss Prevention, offer a robust Backup/Disaster Recovery solution and provide Business Continuity, enabling the WCC to easily and quickly deploy Systems/Services on-Premise or in the Cloud according to business requirements.
WCC requires an efficient, cost-effective solution that is flexible, scalable and will cater for future growth and business needs.
WCC requires a fully managed hosted Disaster Recovery solution for a number of business-critical systems including file servers, applications servers and database servers. WCC is operating in a dynamic environment and will have requirements to replicate additional Virtual Machines (VMs), cease replication/remove VMs, and modify resources on VMs from a single portal. WCC also has VMs in a protected DMZ which would need to be comprehended in the proposed solution.
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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 5 000 000 💰
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 ✅ Description
Description of renewals:
“The framework agreement will initially be for four (4) years, with the option to extend for a further two (2) years, up to a maximum of six (6) years...”
Description of renewals
The framework agreement will initially be for four (4) years, with the option to extend for a further two (2) years, up to a maximum of six (6) years subject to satisfactory performance, business needs and budgetary constraints. The extended duration of the framework is justified on the grounds of the considerable disruption that a change within a shorter period would entail.
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Envisaged number of candidates: 3
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
Competitive procedure with negotiation
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: 2023-03-06
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Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Complementary information Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement ✅
Estimated timing for further notices to be published: 6 years
Review body
Name: High Court
Postal address: Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Source: OJS 2023/S 026-076755 (2023-02-01)
Contract award notice (2024-01-03) Object Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 5 000 000 💰
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name):
“Degree of conformance with Technical Specification & Functional Characteristics of the proposed Solution”
Quality criterion (weighting): 30%
Quality criterion (name): Methodology, Effective Management, Communication & Contract Management
Quality criterion (weighting): 15%
Quality criterion (name): Proposed Programme
Quality criterion (name): Technical Merit of the Team
Quality criterion (weighting): 10%
Price (weighting): 30%
Procedure Information about framework agreement
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2023/S 026-076755
Award of contract
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Contract Number: 1
Title:
“Establishment of a Single Party framework agreement for provision of services for a Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure Solution with Backup and Disaster Recovery”
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2023-12-06 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Name and address of the contractor
Name: PFH Technology Group
Postal address: 2 Ballymoss Road, Sandyford Business Park, Dublin 18
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Region: Dublin🏙️
The contractor is an SME ✅ Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 5 000 000 💰
Currency code: EUR 💰
Lowest offer: 521715.00
Highest offer: 521715.00
Source: OJS 2024/S 005-008934 (2024-01-03)