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Contract award notice

Results of the procurement procedure

Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)

Name and addresses

An Bord Pleanála

N/A

64 Marlborough Street

Dublin 1

D01 V902

Contact person: Ellen Morrin

Telephone: +353 18737273

E-mail: tenders@pleanala.ie

NUTS code: IE - IRELAND

Internet address(es):

Main address: www.pleanala.ie

Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/436

I.4)

Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

I.5)

Main activity

Other activity: Planning Appeals

Section II: Object

II.1)

Scope of the procurement

II.1.1)

Title

Single Party Framework Agreement for External Hosting and Related Services

Reference number: ABP/PP122

II.1.2)

Main CPV code

72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

II.1.3)

Type of contract

Services

II.1.4)

Short description

II.1.6)

Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: no

II.1.7)

Total value of the procurement

Value excluding VAT: 919320.58 EUR

II.2)

Description

II.2.2)

Additional CPV code(s)

32424000 - Network infrastructure

32571000 - Communications infrastructure

48000000 - Software package and information systems

48800000 - Information systems and servers

48810000 - Information systems

48820000 - Servers

48821000 - Network servers

48822000 - Computer servers

48825000 - Web servers

50332000 - Telecommunications-infrastructure maintenance services

72212517 - IT software development services

72262000 - Software development services

II.2.3)

Place of performance

NUTS code: IE - IRELAND

Main site or place of performance:

Dublin 1

II.2.4)

Description of the procurement

An Bord Pleanála’s requirements are primarily related to infrastructure services (processing, storage and networks) and end-to-end managed services– the exact nature to be discussed with participants invited to the dialogue phase. Hosting could extend to include PaaS, possibly SaaS requirements and other related services in the future.
Managed services to provide full end-to-end management of the above infrastructure services (and PaaS/SaaS if relevant); including, but not limited to, call and issue resolution, support, maintenance, monitoring, backup and business continuity, disaster recovery and related managed IT professional services.
Within the Scope of this framework ABP has the following requirements from providers who have access to a minimum of two data centres located within the European Economic Area (EEA) and which are subject to the provisions of EU law in relation to data storage and transmission and where the data centres have been certified to ISO 27001 or similar:
• Establishment and provision of a managed hosting service for ABP’s suite of applications CRM, Portal and GIS. This could be extended to include other applications in the future.
• Provision of an end-to-end managed support service for the external hosting environment supporting ABP’s suite of applications up to the application layer including management of the operational relationships with other third party suppliers.
• Provision of a mechanism, based on daily rates, to instigate necessary change, enhancement, improvements etc. to the infrastructure (virtual and physical) to support the needs of the organisation into the future for the duration of the framework.

II.2.5)

Award criteria

Criteria below

Quality criterion - Name: Fitness for purpose of Hosting & Hosting Support Services Proposed / Weighting: 2000

Quality criterion - Name: Fitness for Purpose of Managed Services Proposed / Weighting: 2000

Quality criterion - Name: Fitness for Purpose of Project Implementation, Migration Delivery (if relevant) and Training Services Proposed / Weighting: 2000

Quality criterion - Name: Reliability & Continuity of Supply / Weighting: 1000

Price - Weighting: 3000

II.2.11)

Information about options

Options: no

II.2.13)

Information about European Union funds

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

II.2.14)

Additional information

Please refer to instructions contained in documents available at www.etenders.gov.ie only

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Description

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

Competitive dialogue

IV.1.3)

Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system

The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement

IV.1.8)

Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: yes

IV.2)

Administrative information

IV.2.1)

Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number in the OJ S: 2017/S 061-114125

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: 1

Title: Single Party Framework Agreement for External Hosting and Related Services

A contract/lot is awarded: yes

V.2)

Award of contract

V.2.1)

Date of conclusion of the contract

13/02/2018

V.2.2)

Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 4

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1

Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0

Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0

Number of tenders received by electronic means: 4

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators : no

V.2.3)

Name and address of the contractor

eBECS Business Solutions Ireland

Dublin 9

NUTS code: IE - IRELAND

The contractor is an SME : no

V.2.4)

Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: 3000000.00 EUR

Total value of the contract/lot: 919320.58 EUR

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.4)

Procedures for review

VI.4.1)

Review body

The High Court

Four Courts Inns Quay

Dublin 3

Telephone: +353 18886000

E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie

Internet address: www.courts.ie

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