Fibre-optic connections

EirGrid plc

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting entity: Ireland-UK Fibre Optic Cable - Offer for Sale of Fibre Capacity and/or Managed Services. The objective of this process is to identify potential customers who wish to purchase services on the Fibe Optic Cable between Ireland and the UK and the price which they are willing to pay and who are also, as part of a further process, prepared to enter into binding commitments to do so. The provision of this document does not constitute an offer to enter into a contract and neither the document itself nor any of the information set out therein should be regarded as a commitment or representation on behalf of EirGrid, the proposed Commercial Entity, or any other person or entity to enter into a contractual arrangement concerning the provision of services on the Fibe Optic Cable. Any agreement ensuing from this process will be subject to the detailed terms and conditions of contracts which will be negotiated with the successful customers.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2009-07-01. The procurement was published on 2009-06-09.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2009-06-05 Contract notice
Contract notice (2009-06-05)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Fibre-optic connections
Full text:
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Place of performance
ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Service contract
Regulation: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
Original language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ

Procedure
Procedure type: Negotiated procedure
Award criteria
The most economic tender
Type of bid: Global tender
Awarding authority type: Utilities
Main activity: Electricity

Contracting authority
Identity
Awarding authority name: EirGrid plc
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Contact
Internet address: www.eirgrid.com ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Dates
Publication date: 2009-06-09 ๐Ÿ“…
Date received: 2009-06-05 ๐Ÿ“…
Date dispatched: 2009-06-05 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2009-07-01 ๐Ÿ“…
Date for dispatch of contract documents: 2009-07-01 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number (legacy): 156334-2009
OJ-S issue: 108/2009

Object
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Fibre-optic connections ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Code: Optical-fibre cables for information transmission ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Code: Optical telecommunication cables ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Code: Optical-fibre cables for data transmission ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Source: OJS 2009/S 108-156334 (2009-06-05)