Donegal County Council - invites tenders for the supply of SD-WAN hardware, provision of required software licensing, and maintenance and support services for its multi-site network estate.

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Donegal County Council invites tenders for the provision, management, maintenance and support of an SD-WAN (Software Defined-Wide Area Network) solution across multiple sites within County Donegal to enable efficient delivery of Council services to its citizens, staff and councillors. This RFT is divided into Lots and includes clear implementation and contractual timelines, flexibility to add/remove sites, and options for hardware purchase or hardware-as-a-service.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2026-02-14. The procurement was published on 2025-12-29.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2025-12-29 Contract notice
Contract notice (2025-12-29)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Donegal County Council - invites tenders for the supply of SD-WAN hardware, provision of required software licensing, and maintenance and support services for its multi-site network estate.
Short description:
Donegal County Council invites tenders for the provision, management, maintenance and support of an SD-WAN (Software Defined-Wide Area Network) solution across multiple sites within County Donegal to enable efficient delivery of Council services to its citizens, staff and councillors. This RFT is divided into Lots and includes clear implementation and contractual timelines, flexibility to add/remove sites, and options for hardware purchase or hardware-as-a-service.
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Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Wide area network services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 75 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots โœ…
Maximum number of lots that may be awarded to one tenderer: 3
Tenders may be submitted for maximum number of lots: 3
Tenders may be submitted for all lots โœ…

1๏ธโƒฃ
Internal identifier: 1
Title: Supply of SD-WAN Hardware This can be delivered by way of a Managed Service OR Purchase of Hardware as a Service
Additional products/services: Aim of strategic procurement: Reduction of environmental impacts
Tenderers must describe the environmental measures which your organisation will apply in carrying out this contract which will have a measurable impact in reducing emissions, energy use, resource consumption or waste. These may relate to any aspect of the services being provided but must be specific to the contract activities
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Approach to reducing environmental impacts: Other
Green Procurement Criteria: Other Green Public Procurement criteria
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Place of performance: Border ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Duration: 36 months
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001

2๏ธโƒฃ
Internal identifier: 2
Title: Supply of SD-WAN Software Licensing (SD-WAN/security/cloud management subscriptions, LTE failover where applicable)
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0002

3๏ธโƒฃ
Internal identifier: 3
Title: Maintenance and Support of the SD-WAN Network (managed service and/or support of DCC-owned hardware)
Maintenance & Support of the SD-WAN Network (managed service and/or support of DCC-owned hardware)
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0003

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure โœ…
Legal basis: Directive 2014/24/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2026-02-14 00:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2026-02-15 00:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7254141
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 days
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2026-02-15 00:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7254141
Electronic payment will be used โœ…
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2026-01-20 00:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Donegal County Council_1193
National registration number: 8F28103W
Postal address: County House
Postal code: F93 Y622
Postal town: Lifford
Region: Border ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: procurement@donegalcoco.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 749153900 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL: https://www.donegalcoco.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.donegalcoco.ie ๐ŸŒ
Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
Main activity
General public services
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=7254141 ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=7254141 ๐ŸŒ
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
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
Same as: Review body
Source: OJS 2025/S 251-866767 (2025-12-29)