Request for Tenders for the provision of a COTS WMO, EU and ICAO Meteorological Message Switching, File Switching, Data Conversion and Dissemination System

Met Eireann

In summary, the Services comprise: Met Éireann is the National Meteorological Service of Ireland. It wishes to procure a Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) WMO, EU and ICAO Meteorological Message Switching, File Switching, Data Conversion and Dissemination System to replace existing in-house developed systems. The new system will be an on-premise application and geo-resilient. The new system will be installed in two Government data centres located in Dublin, Ireland and a cold standby system located in Met Éireann’s Offices in Shannon Airport (Met Éireann Aviation Services, Shannon Airport, Co. Clare, V14 KC92, Ireland). Further detail with regard to the requirements of the Services are set out in Appendix 1: Requirements and Specifications of this RFT.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2023-10-11. The procurement was published on 2023-08-22.

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Procurement history
Date Document
2023-08-22 Contract notice
2023-09-14 Additional information
2023-10-18 Additional information
Contract notice (2023-08-22)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Met Eireann
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: shay.greene@met.ie 📧
Region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.etenders.gov.ie 🌏
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie 🌏
Procurement tool URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie 🌏

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
“Request for Tenders for the provision of a COTS WMO, EU and ICAO Meteorological Message Switching, File Switching, Data Conversion and Dissemination System”
Products/services: Telecommunications services 📦
Short description:
“In summary, the Services comprise: Met Éireann is the National Meteorological Service of Ireland. It wishes to procure a Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS)...”    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 1 900 000 💰

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Additional products/services: Telecommunication services except telephone and data transmission services 📦
Additional products/services: Integrated telecommunications services 📦
Additional products/services: Computer-related equipment 📦
Additional products/services: Miscellaneous computer equipment 📦
Additional products/services: Telecommunications network 📦
Additional products/services: Telecommunications equipment and supplies 📦
Additional products/services: Telecommunications equipment 📦
Additional products/services: Telecommunications facilities 📦
Additional products/services: Telecommunications system 📦
Additional products/services: Installation of telecommunications equipment 📦
Additional products/services: Computer servers 📦
Additional products/services: Miscellaneous software package and computer systems 📦
Additional products/services: Telecommunications-infrastructure maintenance services 📦
Additional products/services: Telecommunication consultancy services 📦
Additional products/services: Weather-forecasting services 📦
Additional products/services: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support 📦
Additional products/services: Miscellaneous software development services and computer systems 📦
Additional products/services: Computer-related services 📦
Additional products/services: Computer-related management services 📦
Additional products/services: Computer-related professional services 📦
Additional products/services: Computer support and consultancy services 📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
Description of the procurement:
“In summary, the Services comprise: Met Éireann is the National Meteorological Service of Ireland. It wishes to procure a Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS)...”    Show more
Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 1 900 000 💰
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 84
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
This contract is subject to renewal
Description
Description of renewals:
“The Contracting Authority has reserved the the right to extend the Term for a period or periods of up to twelve months with a maximum of three such...”    Show more

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions: See tender documents
Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Conditions related to the contract
Contract performance conditions: See tender documents

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2023-10-11 12:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 4
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2023-10-11 12:30 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): On line

Complementary information
Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement
Estimated timing for further notices to be published:
“The Contracting Authority has reserved the the right to extend the Term for a period or periods of up to twelve months with a maximum of three such...”    Show more
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
Review body
Name: High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Source: OJS 2023/S 163-515934 (2023-08-22)
Additional information (2023-09-14)

Complementary information
Original notice reference
Notice number in the OJ S: 2023/S 163-515934

Changes
Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number: IV.2.2)
Old value
Date: 2023-10-11 📅
Time: 12:00
New value
Date: 2023-11-01 📅
Time: 12:00
Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number: IV.2.7)
Old value
Date: 2023-10-11 📅
Time: 12:30
New value
Date: 2023-11-01 📅
Time: 12:30
Other additional information
The deadline for the receipt of tenders is extended
Source: OJS 2023/S 180-563130 (2023-09-14)
Additional information (2023-10-18)

Changes
Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number: IV.2.2)
Old value
Date: 2023-10-11 📅
Time: 12:00
New value
Date: 2023-11-08 📅
Time: 12:00
Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number: IV.2.7)
Old value
Date: 2023-10-11 📅
Time: 12:30
New value
Date: 2023-11-08 📅
Time: 12:30
Other additional information
The deadline for the receipt of tenders is extended
Source: OJS 2023/S 204-642428 (2023-10-18)