Strategic, economic, commercial and technical advisory services to support the Digital Connectivity Office of the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications. .
Department of the Environment Climate and Communications
The Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications invites interested parties to submit responses to this request for tenders for strategic, economic, commercial and technical advisory services to support the Digital Connectivity Office. The services required will be tendered as four individual lots.
DeadlineThe time limit for receipt of tenders was 2024-02-16. The procurement was published on 2024-01-12.
Who? What?- • Financial consultancy, financial transaction processing and clearing-house services › Financial consultancy services
- • Postal and telecommunications services › Telecommunications services
Procurement history
| Date | Document |
|---|---|
| 2024-01-12 | Contract notice |
Contract notice (2024-01-12)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Strategic, economic, commercial and technical advisory services to support the Digital Connectivity Office of the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications. .
Short description:
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Telecommunications services 📦
Estimated value excluding VAT: 16 320 000 EUR 💰
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots ✅
Maximum number of lots that may be awarded to one tenderer: 4
Tenders may be submitted for maximum number of lots: 4
1️⃣
Internal identifier:
Title: Lot 1 Managed Technical Services
Quantity: 1
Estimated value excluding VAT: 6 560 000 EUR 💰
Description of the procurement:
Additional products/services: Telecommunications services
📦
Not applicable
The use of accessibility criteria for persons with disabilities in the technical specifications: Accessibility criteria for persons with disabilities are not included because the procurement is not intended for use by natural persons
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Place of performance: Dublin 🏙️
Maximum renewals: 2
Information about options
Options ✅
Description of options:
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents.
Title
Lot Identification Number:
2️⃣
Internal identifier:
Title: Lot 2 Technical Subject Matter Expert (SMEs) Services required to support technical activities of the DCO
Estimated value excluding VAT: 6 160 000 EUR 💰
Description of the procurement:
Title
Lot Identification Number:
3️⃣
Internal identifier:
Title: Lot 3 Technical, Financial and Commercial Advisory Services for Galway-Mayo Ducting Project
Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 200 000 EUR 💰
Description of the procurement:
Additional products/services: Financial consultancy services
📦
Not applicable.
Title
Lot Identification Number:
4️⃣
Internal identifier:
Title: Lot 4 Strategy and Economic advisory services
Estimated value excluding VAT: 2 400 000 EUR 💰
Description of the procurement:
Products/services: Financial consultancy services
📦
Title
Lot Identification Number:
Description
Town: Dublin
Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure ✅
Legal basis: Directive 2014/24/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2024-02-16 12:00:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2024-02-16 12:30:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=2933510
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 9 months
Information about negotiation
The contracting authority reserves the right to award the contract on the basis of the initial tenders without conducting negotiations ✅
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2024-02-16 12:30:00 📅
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=2933510
Electronic invoicing: Required
Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of rules and criteria:
Description of exclusion grounds: Please refer to the procurement documents for further information.
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Department of the Environment Climate and Communications
National registration number:
Department: Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications
Postal address: 29-31 Adelaide Road
Postal code: D02 X285
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Contact point: DCO Procurement Unit
E-mail: susan.fleming@decc.gov.ie 📧
Phone: 01 678 2000 📞
Information exchange endpoint (URL): http://www.decc.gov.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.decc.gov.ie 🌏
Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Main activity
Environment
Information about joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body ✅
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=2933510 🌏
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/eawarding/showTenderList.do?resourceId=2933510 🌏
Electronic submission: Required
Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number:
Department: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Phone: +353 1 8886000 📞
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Source: OJS 2024/S 011-030147 (2024-01-12)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Strategic, economic, commercial and technical advisory services to support the Digital Connectivity Office of the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications. .
Short description:
The Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications invites interested parties to submit responses to this request for tenders for strategic, economic, commercial and technical advisory services to support the Digital Connectivity Office. The services required will be tendered as four individual lots.
Show more
Products/services: Telecommunications services 📦
Estimated value excluding VAT: 16 320 000 EUR 💰
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots ✅
Maximum number of lots that may be awarded to one tenderer: 4
Tenders may be submitted for maximum number of lots: 4
1️⃣
Internal identifier:
1
Title: Lot 1 Managed Technical Services
Quantity: 1
Estimated value excluding VAT: 6 560 000 EUR 💰
Description of the procurement:
Services under this Lot are associated with the day to day management of the NBII contract and other key DCO initiatives including general technical advisory services, network and project cost modelling, mapping assessment, benchmarking and regulatory, quality assurance, environmental, design and build milestone approval and technical services to support the copper switch-off project and gigabit infrastructure act. Details of the services required are provided in Appendix 1B of the procurement document.
Show more
Not applicable
The use of accessibility criteria for persons with disabilities in the technical specifications: Accessibility criteria for persons with disabilities are not included because the procurement is not intended for use by natural persons
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Place of performance: Dublin 🏙️
Maximum renewals: 2
Information about options
Options ✅
Description of options:
The Contracting Authority reserves the right to extend the Term for a period or periods of up to one (1) year with a maximum of two (2) such extension or extensions on the same terms and conditions, subject to the Contracting Authority’s obligations at law.
Show more
Quality criterion (name): Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents.
Title
Lot Identification Number:
LOT-0001
2️⃣
Internal identifier:
2
Title: Lot 2 Technical Subject Matter Expert (SMEs) Services required to support technical activities of the DCO
Estimated value excluding VAT: 6 160 000 EUR 💰
Description of the procurement:
The tenderer will be required to provide a sufficient number of suitably qualified/experienced Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to support the activities of the DCO. The services, qualifications and experience requirements are described in Appendix 1B of the procurement document and will be needed for the duration of this contract to assist in the management of the NBII contract and other related work.
Show more
Lot Identification Number:
LOT-0002
3️⃣
Internal identifier:
3
Title: Lot 3 Technical, Financial and Commercial Advisory Services for Galway-Mayo Ducting Project
Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 200 000 EUR 💰
Description of the procurement:
The scope of services for the Galway-Mayo ducting project includes specialist technical advice on wholesale duct, dark fibre and managed capacity business in addition to network management and maintenance requirements, health and safety matters, interconnection requirements, marketing proposals to stimulate the use of infrastructure. Details of the services required are provided in Appendix 1B of the procurement document.
Show more
Not applicable.
Title
Lot Identification Number:
LOT-0003
4️⃣
Internal identifier:
4
Title: Lot 4 Strategy and Economic advisory services
Estimated value excluding VAT: 2 400 000 EUR 💰
Description of the procurement:
The provision of advisory services associated with;
o delivering the national gigabit policy based on the Digital Connectivity Strategy. The scope will include engagement with a range of public and private bodies and the development and monitoring of an implementation plan to deliver the targets in the Digital Connectivity Strategy;
o Universal Service Obligations, to support public policy thinking and eventual decisions around public policy tools, the meaning of adequate broadband and how affordability will be assessed and where necessary addressed. The process will involve significant engagement with the communications regulator, ComReg, and many other stakeholders, including through public consultation;
o strategy and economic advisory services to support the Gigabit Infrastructure Act and copper switch-off.
Details of the services required are provided in Appendix 1B of the procurement document.
Show more
Title
Lot Identification Number:
LOT-0004
Description
Town: Dublin
Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure ✅
Legal basis: Directive 2014/24/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2024-02-16 12:00:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2024-02-16 12:30:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=2933510
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 9 months
Information about negotiation
The contracting authority reserves the right to award the contract on the basis of the initial tenders without conducting negotiations ✅
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2024-02-16 12:30:00 📅
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=2933510
Electronic invoicing: Required
Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of rules and criteria:
Lot 1 Managed Technical Services: Selection criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
Exclusion ground: Purely national exclusion grounds
Description of exclusion grounds: Please refer to the procurement documents for further information.
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Department of the Environment Climate and Communications
National registration number:
4002073W
Department: Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications
Postal address: 29-31 Adelaide Road
Postal code: D02 X285
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Contact point: DCO Procurement Unit
E-mail: susan.fleming@decc.gov.ie 📧
Phone: 01 678 2000 📞
Information exchange endpoint (URL): http://www.decc.gov.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.decc.gov.ie 🌏
Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Main activity
Environment
Information about joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body ✅
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=2933510 🌏
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/eawarding/showTenderList.do?resourceId=2933510 🌏
Electronic submission: Required
Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number:
The High Court of Ireland
Department: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Phone: +353 1 8886000 📞
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Source: OJS 2024/S 011-030147 (2024-01-12)
New procurements in related categories 🆕