ETENDERS

Contract award notice

Information

Published

Date of dispatch of this notice: 19/02/2015

External Reference: 2014-746465

TED Reference: 2015/S 038-065405

Contract award notice

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Contract award notice

Classic Sector

Directive 2004/18/EC

Services

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)

Name, addresses and contact point(s)

Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
N/A
Government Buildings
Upr Merrion Street  Dublin
IE
Contact point(s): Ken Barclay
Telephone: +353 16045018
E-mail: ken.barclay@per.gov.ie
Internet address(es):
Address of the buyer profile: http://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Supplier/CompanyInformation/Index/1887
Electronic access to information: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=83690&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE
I.2)

Type of the contracting authority

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions
I.3)

Main activity

  • Economic and financial affairs
  • General public services
I.4)

Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities

The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract:

RFT for the Provision of Managed Network and support services for Government Networks

II.1.2)

Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

Services
    Category No7:  Computer and related services
    Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance:

    Dublin

    NUTS code
    IRELAND
    II.1.4)

    Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

    The successful respondent to this RFT will be responsible for the management of all Government Networks core equipment and services. Government Networks comprises a number of rings nationally. These rings are provided at 10 gig/s speeds by a number of private providers. The Government Network (also known as the Government Cloud Network) uses MPLS and runs primarily on HP networking equipment. In addition there is a large base of Cisco equipment providing legacy services.

    II.1.5)

    Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

    72700000   Computer network services
    72600000   Computer support and consultancy services
    II.1.6)

    Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

    The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):  no
    II.2)

    Total final value of contract(s)

    II.2.1)

    Total final value of contract(s)

    Lowest offer 400000  and  highest offer 1000000 EUR
    Excluding VAT

    Section IV: Procedure

    IV.1)

    Type of procedure

    IV.1.1)

    Type of procedure

    Open
    IV.2)

    Award criteria

    IV.2.1)

    Award criteria

    The most economically advantageous tender in terms of
    1. Cost . Weighting 500
    2. Technical Merit (detailed in RFT) . Weighting 500
    IV.2.2)

    Information about electronic auction

    IV.3)

    Administrative information

    IV.3.2)

    Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

    Contract notice
    Notice number in the OJEU: 2014/S 249-442239  of 23.12.2014

    Section V: Award of contract

    Contract No: 1 Lot No: 1 - Lot title:

    RFT for the Provision of Managed Network and support services for Government Networks

    V.1)

    Date of contract award decision:

    19.02.2015
    V.2)

    Information about offers

    Number of offers received: 1
    Number of offers received by electronic means: 1
    V.3)

    Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken

    DQ Networks,
    426702
    15 Beverly Park,
    Knocklyon,  Dublin 16
    IE
    Telephone: +353 16852621
    E-mail: info@dqnetworks.ie
    Internet address: http://www.dqnetworks.ie
    V.4)

    Information on value of contract

    Initial estimated total value of the contract:
    Value: 600000 EUR
    Excluding VAT
    Total final value of the contract:
    If annual or monthly value:
    Number of years: 5
    V.5)

    Information about subcontracting

    The contract is likely to be sub-contracted: no

    Section VI: Complementary information

    VI.1)

    Information about European Union funds

    The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no