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.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2023-08-22 Contract notice
2023-09-14 Additional information
2023-10-18 Additional information
Contract notice (2023-08-22)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: 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) 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.
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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: Telecommunications services 📦
Additional CPV: Telecommunication services except telephone and data transmission services 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️

Procedure
Procedure type: Open procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Body governed by public law
Awarding authority name: Met Eireann
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: https://www.etenders.gov.ie 🌏
E-mail: shay.greene@met.ie 📧
URL for documents: https://www.etenders.gov.ie 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2023-08-22 📅
Submission deadline: 2023-10-11 📅
Publication date: 2023-08-25 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2023/S 163-515934
OJ-S issue: 163

Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value: 1 900 000 EUR 💰
Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 900 000 EUR 💰
Duration: 84 months
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 extension or extensions on the same terms and conditions, subject to the Contracting Authority’s obligations at law. The tender may be further extended by way of tender at the end of or in lieu of any of the extensions.
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Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity: See tender documents
Contract execution
Contract performance conditions: See tender documents

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender validity period: 4 months
Tender opening date: 2023-10-11 📅
Tender opening time: 12:30
Place: On line

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:
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 extension or extensions on the same terms and conditions, subject to the Contracting Authority’s obligations at law. The tender may be further extended by way of tender at the end of or in lieu of any of the extensions.
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Complementary information
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)
Object
Notice metadata
Document type: Additional information
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Miscellaneous computer equipment 📦

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2023-09-14 📅
Submission deadline: 2023-11-01 📅
Publication date: 2023-09-19 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2023/S 180-563130
Refers to notice: 2023/S 163-515934
OJ-S issue: 180
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)
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2023-10-18 📅
Submission deadline: 2023-11-08 📅
Publication date: 2023-10-23 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2023/S 204-642428
OJ-S issue: 204
Source: OJS 2023/S 204-642428 (2023-10-18)
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