ETENDERS

Contract notice

Information

Published

Date of dispatch of this notice: 21/05/2015

Expire date: 22/06/2015

External Reference: 2015-749798

TED Reference: 2015/S 099-180453

Contract notice

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Contract notice

Classic Sector

Directive 2004/18/EC

Services

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)

Name, addresses and contact point(s)

Raidió Teilifís Éireann ( RTÉ )
8T50578M
Donnybrook
Co. Dublin  Dublin
IE
For the attention of: Eamonn Reid
Telephone: +353 12083014
E-mail: purchasing@rte.ie
Fax: +353 12083176
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: http://www.rte.ie
Address of the buyer profile: http://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Supplier/CompanyInformation/Index/396
Electronic access to information: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=88499&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE
Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=88499&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE
Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from:The above mentioned contact point(s)
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: The above mentioned contact point(s)
I.2)

Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law
I.3)

Main activity

  • Recreation, culture and religion
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 by the contracting authority:

Virtualisation/Cloud Solution and Storage

II.1.2)

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

Services
    Category No26:  Recreational, cultural and sporting services
    Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance:

    Dublin

    NUTS code
    Dublin
    II.1.3)

    Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)

    The notice involves a public contract
    II.1.5)

    Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

    RTÉ are seeking companies who can design, supply, install, integrate and validate

    a Virtual Server and Storage Infrastructure environment, together with support,

    upon which applications and systems can be deployed for the entire organisation.

    II.1.6)

    Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

    Main vocabulary
    48800000   Information systems and servers
    Supplementary vocabulary
    30234000   Storage media
    32400000   Networks
    48200000   Networking, Internet and intranet software package
    48750000   Storage media loading software package
    48820000   Servers
    63121000   Storage and retrieval services
    72422000   Internet or intranet server application development services
    92200000   Radio and television services
    II.1.7)

    Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

    The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):  yes
    II.1.8)

    Lots

    This contract is divided into lots:  no
    II.1.9)

    Information about variants

    Variants will be accepted:  yes
    II.2)

    Quantity or scope of the contract

    II.2.1)

    Total quantity or scope:

    RTÉ are seeking companies who can design, supply, install, integrate and validate a Virtual Server and Storage Infrastructure environment, together with support, upon which applications and systems can be deployed for the entire organisation.

    II.2.2)

    Information about options

    Options: no
    II.2.3)

    Information about renewals

    This contract is subject to renewal: no
    II.3)

    Duration of the contract or time limit for completion

    Duration in months: 084 (from the award of the contract)

    Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

    III.1)

    Conditions relating to the contract

    III.1.1)

    Deposits and guarantees required:

    Details can be found in the documents at the eTenders.gov.ie website reference RFT95523 - 15030 - Virtualisation/Cloud Solution and Storage.

    III.1.2)

    Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them

    Details can be found in the documents at the eTenders.gov.ie website reference RFT95523 - 15030 - Virtualisation/Cloud Solution and Storage.

    III.1.3)

    Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

    Details can be found in the documents at the eTenders.gov.ie website reference RFT95523 - 15030 - Virtualisation/Cloud Solution and Storage.

    III.1.4)

    Other particular conditions

    The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: no
    III.2)

    Conditions for participation

    III.2.1)

    Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

    Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:

    Details can be found in the documents at the eTenders.gov.ie website reference RFT95523 - 15030 - Virtualisation/Cloud Solution and Storage.

    III.2.2)

    Economic and financial ability

    Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:

    Details can be found in the documents at the eTenders.gov.ie website reference RFT95523 - 15030 - Virtualisation/Cloud Solution and Storage.

    Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:

    Details can be found in the documents at the eTenders.gov.ie website reference RFT95523 - 15030 - Virtualisation/Cloud Solution and Storage.

    III.2.3)

    Technical capacity

    Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:

    Details can be found in the documents at the eTenders.gov.ie website reference RFT95523 - 15030 - Virtualisation/Cloud Solution and Storage.

    Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:

    Details can be found in the documents at the eTenders.gov.ie website reference RFT95523 - 15030 - Virtualisation/Cloud Solution and Storage.

    III.3)

    Conditions specific to services contracts

    III.3.1)

    Information about a particular profession

    Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: no
    III.3.2)

    Staff responsible for the execution of the service

    Legal persons should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service: no

    Section IV: Procedure

    IV.1)

    Type of procedure

    IV.1.1)

    Type of procedure

    competitive dialogue
    IV.1.2)

    Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate

    Envisaged number of operators:  5
    Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: 

    Details can be found in the documents at the eTenders.gov.ie website reference RFT95523 - 15030 - Virtualisation/Cloud Solution and Storage.

    IV.1.3)

    Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue

    Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated:  no
    IV.2)

    Award criteria

    IV.2.1)

    Award criteria

    The most economically advantageous tender in terms of , the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document
    IV.2.2)

    Information about electronic auction

    An electronic auction will be used: no
    IV.3)

    Administrative information

    IV.3.1)

    File reference number attributed by the contracting authority

    15030

    IV.3.2)

    Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

    no
    IV.3.3)

    Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document

    Payable documents: no
    IV.3.4)

    Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

    22.06.2015 - 13:00
    IV.3.6)

    Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up

    EN

    Section VI: Complementary information

    VI.1)

    Information about recurrence

    This is a recurrent procurement: no
    VI.2)

    Information about European Union funds

    The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
    VI.3)

    Additional information:

    Details can be found in the documents at the eTenders.gov.ie website reference RFT95523 - 15030 - Virtualisation/Cloud Solution and Storage.

    VI.4)

    Procedures for appeal

    VI.4.1)

    Body responsible for appeal procedures

    The Court Services
    15-24 Phoenix Street, Smithfield
    D7  Dublin
    IE
    Internet address:
     

    Body responsible for mediation procedures

    VI.4.2)

    Lodging of appeals

    Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals:
    VI.4.3)

    Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained