2314 - Provision of Support and Maintenance for Checkpoint Firewalls
An Post_391
Within An Post, Group Technology Services (GTS), has responsibility for end to end management of the Checkpoint Firewall estate. Historically these have been deployed on premise spread across 2 x An Post owned and managed data centres located in the General Post Office (GPO) and Dublin Mail Centre (DMC). An Post is undergoing a modernisation program by which existing Information Systems and assets located in the GPO and DMC data centres are being migrated where possible to the cloud. Where there is an onsite requirement, those systems will be migrated to two new data centres which are based upon a co-located (CoLo) managed service model. Within the next 2 years the GPO data centre will be shut down while workloads in the Dublin Mail Centre (DMC) data centre will be greatly reduced. At present An Post has a number of physical and virtual Checkpoint Firewalls deployed across the GPO, DMC, CoLo1 and CoLo2 data centres. There are also a number of virtual Checkpoint firewalls in our cloud tenancies. An Post now wishes to tender for maintenance and support of these Checkpoint firewalls. The requirements contained in this notice are based on AN POST’S current requirements which are indicative only, are not exhaustive and are subject to change in line with the business needs and ongoing operational requirements of AN POST. NB - FOR THE PURPOSES OF PQQ, SUPPLIERS MUST SUBMIT A RESPONSE BY THE CLOSING DATE AS ADVERTISED.
DeadlineThe time limit for receipt of tenders was 2023-09-25. The procurement was published on 2023-08-23.
Who? What?- • Software maintenance and repair services › Maintenance of information technology software
- • Software-related services › Software support services
| Date | Document |
|---|---|
| 2023-08-23 | Contract notice |
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Maintenance of information technology software
Reference number: 2314
Short description:
“Within An Post, Group Technology Services (GTS), has responsibility for end to end management of the Checkpoint Firewall estate. Historically these have...”
Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Maintenance of information technology software 📦
Additional CPV: Software maintenance and repair services 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
Procedure
Procedure type: Negotiated procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender
Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Utilities entity
Awarding authority name: An Post_391
Postal address: General Post Office
Postal code: D01 F5P2
Postal town: Dublin 1
Contact
Internet address: https://www.etenders.gov.ie 🌏
E-mail: noelle.kenneally@anpost.ie 📧
Phone: +353 17057000 📞
URL for documents: https://www.etenders.gov.ie 🌏
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2023-08-23 📅
Submission deadline: 2023-09-25 📅
Publication date: 2023-08-28 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2023/S 164-517938
OJ-S issue: 164
Object
Scope of the procurement
Duration: 36 months
Description of renewals:
“Option to extend for further 24 months.”
Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0025
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Contracting authority
Contact
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.etenders.gov.ie 🌏
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie 🌏
Reference
Additional information
Estimated timing for further notices:
“2028”
Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Source: OJS 2023/S 164-517938 (2023-08-23)
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