DESC: Hosting and Support Services

Drumcondra Education Centre

The Services required comprise hosting and support services including: โ€ข Take-on management and support of the existing Azure cloud infrastructure (including MS365) โ€ข Migration of on premise Active Directory and print services to Azure โ€ข Reconfiguration of on premise firewall to provide DHCP and DNS services โ€ข Migration of some applications to this platform, notably a new Course Management System (CMS) โ€ข Ongoing support and maintenance of the platform and certain applications โ€ข Ongoing support (including Helpdesk) of DESCโ€™s ICT technologies (Laptops, Large screens, network infrastructure, etc). โ€ข Optionally, migration and support of the telephone system.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2026-01-30. The procurement was published on 2025-12-19.

Who?

What?

Where?
  • โ€ข Aฯ„ฯ„ฮนฮบฮฎ โ€บ ฮ’ฯŒฯฮตฮนฮฟฯ‚ ฮคฮฟฮผฮญฮฑฯ‚ ฮ‘ฮธฮทฮฝฯŽฮฝ
  • โ€ข Eastern and Midland โ€บ Dublin

Procurement history
Date Document
2025-12-19 Contract notice
Contract notice (2025-12-19)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: DESC: Hosting and Support Services
Short description:
โ€œThe Services required comprise hosting and support services including: โ€ข Take-on management and support of the existing Azure cloud infrastructure...โ€    Show more
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Computer support services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 300 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Description
Description of the procurement:
โ€œThe Services required comprise hosting and support services including: โ€ข Take-on management and support of the existing Azure cloud infrastructure...โ€    Show more
Additional products/services: Computer network services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Computer back-up services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Technical support services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Technical computer support services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Helpdesk and support services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Computer support and consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Systems support services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Software support services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Duration: 6 (YEAR)
The time frame below is expressed in number of years.
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure โœ…
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2026-01-30 00:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2026-01-30 00:30:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7234972
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 180

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Drumcondra Education Centre
National registration number: 000000
Postal code: D09 CKC8
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: info@ecdrumcondra.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 857 6400 ๐Ÿ“ž
Address of the buyer profile: https://ecdrumcondra.ie/ ๐ŸŒ
Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
Main activity
Education
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=7234972 ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=7234972 ๐ŸŒ

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 1 8886000 ๐Ÿ“ž
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 1 8886000 ๐Ÿ“ž
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
Source: OJS 2025/S 247-858342 (2025-12-19)