Contract award notice - utilities

Information

Published

Date of dispatch of this notice: 17/01/2019

External Reference: 2019-224701

TED Reference: 2019/S 015-032599

Contract award notice - utilities

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Contract award notice – utilities

Results of the procurement procedure

Services

Directive 2014/25/EU

Section I: Contracting entity

I.1)

Name and addresses

Electricity Supply Board ( ESB )
N/A
2 Gateway
Dublin 3
East Wall Road
IE
Contact person: Donie Cahalane
Telephone: +353 17026157
NUTS code:  IE061 -  Dublin
Internet address(es):
Main address: http://www.esb.ie

I.6)

Main activity

Electricity

Section II: Object

II.1)

Scope of the procurement

II.1.1)

Title

Supply and support of mid to high end storage capacity
Reference number:  SSCON3628
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

ESB wishes to invite expressions of interest from suitably qualified companies for the supply and support of additional IT data storage capacity
The proposed capacity solution will be deployed on the ESB data centre premises.
II.1.6)

Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: no
II.2)

Description

II.2.2)

Additional CPV code(s)

72900000  -  Computer back-up and catalogue conversion services
II.2.3)

Place of performance

NUTS code:  IE -  IRELAND
Main site or place of performance:  
Dublin
II.2.4)

Description of the procurement

ESB are procuring a mid to high end flash storage array in order to
• Host a new SAP Hana production environment
• Host additional non SAP Hana production environments
Requirement:
ESB wishes to invite expressions of interest from solution providers to supply, implement and support a mid to high end flash storage array capable of managing ESB’s needs.
In Scope:
• Provision, implementation and support of a scalable flash storage array with the potential to scale up/out over the next number of years.
• The proposed arrays must be certified by SAP to run production SAP Hana.
• An ability to service urgent onsite requirements in the greater Dublin area within a reasonable timeframe.
• The proposed capacity solution will be deployed on the ESB datacentre premises located in Dublin
• The proposed capacity solution will provide a minimum of 300Tb useable storage.
The contract will be awarded to the most economically advantageous proposal.
II.2.5)

Award criteria ( Agree to publish? yes )

Criteria below
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Technical  /  Weighting:  60%
Price  -  Weighting:  40%
II.2.11)

Information about options

Options: yes
Description of options:
ESB retains the right to extend the contract up to 2 years by mutual agreement with the successful tenderer.
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 the individual instructions for submission
of
bids relevant to each tender issued via the system.

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Description

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
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: 2018/S 045-099487

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: 1

Title: Supply and support of mid to high end storage capacity

A contract/lot is awarded: yes
V.2)

Award of contract

V.2.1)

Date of conclusion of the contract

17/01/2019
V.2.2)

Information about tenders ( Agree to publish? yes )

Number of tenders received:  7
Number of tenders received from SMEs:  4
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States:  7
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States:  0
Number of tenders received by electronic means:  7
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators :  no
V.2.3)

Name and address of the contractor ( Agree to publish? yes )

Triangle Computer Services
IE 632 9657R
Colm House, 91 Pembroke Road
Dublin
4
IE
Telephone: +353 16579700
NUTS code:  IE -  IRELAND
Internet address: http://www.triangle.ie/

The contractor is an SME : yes

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3)

Additional information

1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders website (http://www.etenders.gov.ie/) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications. All information relating to attachments, including clarifications and changes, will be published on the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal (http://www.etenders.gov.ie/) only. Registration is free of charge. The contracting entity will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties
2) This is the sole call for competition for this service.
3) The contracting entity will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers.
4) Contract award will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities.
5) It will be a condition of award that candidates are tax compliant.
6) If for any reason it is not possible to admit to the contract one or more of the tenderers invited following the conclusion of this competitive process, or having awarded a contract, the contracting entity reserves the right to invite the next highest scoring tenderer to join the contract and/or deliver the contract as appropriate to the circumstances pertaining to said contract.
7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting entity may elect to terminate this procurement process at any time.
8) Please note in relation to all documents, that where reference is made to a particular standard, make, source, process, trademark, type or patent, that this is not to be regarded as a de facto requirement. In all such cases, it should be understood that such indications are to be treated strictly and solely for reference purposes only, to which the words "or equivalent" will always be appended.
9) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting entity is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of questionnaires with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, candidates are advised to ensure that they return fully completed questionnaires in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition.
10) At Section II.2.9 we have indicated that 5 will be invited to tender, please note that the contracting entity reserves the right to invite at least 5, subject to that number qualifying.
VI.4)

Procedures for review

VI.4.1)

Review body

Chief Registrar
Four Courts, Inns Quay
Dublin 7
IE
Telephone: +353 18886000
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie

VI.4.2)

Body responsible for mediation procedures

Not Applicable
Ireland
Ireland
IE

VI.4.4)

Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained

Suppliers own legal advisor
Ireland
Ireland
IE