Contract award notice

Information

Published

Date of dispatch of this notice: 12/02/2020

External Reference: 2020-290214

TED Reference: 2020/S 032-074910

Contract award notice

Contract award notice

Results of the procurement procedure

Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)

Name and addresses

Mayo County Council
N/A
Aras an Chontae
Co. Mayo
Castlebar
IE
Contact person: Beatrice Heneghan
Telephone: +353 949064523
Internet address(es):
Main address: www.mayococo.ie

I.4)

Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority
I.5)

Main activity

General public services

Section II: Object

II.1)

Scope of the procurement

II.1.1)

Title

Hyper-converged IT Infrastructure, Associated Equipment and Services
Reference number:  154270
II.1.2)

Main CPV code

32424000  -  Network infrastructure
II.1.3)

Type of contract

Supplies
II.1.4)

Short description

• Supply, installation and commissioning of a resilient Active-Active software-defined hyper-converged Infrastructure solution to cover compute, storage, and networking requirements.
• Top of rack networking switches with sufficient redundancy for the active-active configuration.
• Solution must include a comprehensive, enterprise-level hardware and software, on-premise backup solution, with data, VMWare virtual machine, operating system and cloud-ready backup functionality. It must be possible to install the backup hardware in a site separate from either of the active-active hardware locations.
• Migration of existing VMWare servers and associated data to the new platform.
• Solution must leverage existing licencing already purchased by Mayo County Council and include the total cost of VMWare licensing for a minimum 5-year term.
• Unified support of all hardware and software components of the solution for a minimum of 5 years.
II.1.6)

Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: no
II.1.7)

Total value of the procurement

Value excluding VAT:  510000.00  EUR
II.2)

Description

II.2.2)

Additional CPV code(s)

32420000  -  Network equipment
48800000  -  Information systems and servers
48820000  -  Servers
48821000  -  Network servers
48822000  -  Computer servers
72910000  -  Computer back-up services
II.2.3)

Place of performance

Main site or place of performance:  
Castlebar
II.2.4)

Description of the procurement

• Supply, installation and commissioning of a resilient Active-Active software-defined hyper-converged Infrastructure solution to cover compute, storage, and networking requirements.
• Top of rack networking switches with sufficient redundancy for the active-active configuration.
• Solution must include a comprehensive, enterprise-level hardware and software, on-premise backup solution, with data, VMWare virtual machine, operating system and cloud-ready backup functionality. It must be possible to install the backup hardware in a site separate from either of the active-active hardware locations.
• Migration of existing VMWare servers and associated data to the new platform.
• Solution must leverage existing licencing already purchased by Mayo County Council and include the total cost of VMWare licensing for a minimum 5-year term.
• Unified support of all hardware and software components of the solution for a minimum of 5 years.
II.2.5)

Award criteria

Criteria below
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Overall Technical Solution  /  Weighting:  15%
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Functional Characteristics of the Proposed Solution  /  Weighting:  10%
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Proposed Support and Maintenance Services  /  Weighting:  10%
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Installation and Migration Plan  /  Weighting:  5%
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Lead Time  /  Weighting:  5%
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Environmental Characteristics  /  Weighting:  2%
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Proposed Training Plan  /  Weighting:  3%
Cost criterion  -  Name:  Cost  /  Weighting:  50%
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

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Description

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

Open procedure
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: 2019/S 137-336887

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: 1

Title: Hyper-converged IT Infrastructure, Associated Equipment and Services

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

Award of contract

V.2.1)

Date of conclusion of the contract

17/09/2019
V.2.2)

Information about tenders

Number of tenders received:  1
Number of tenders received from SMEs:  0
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:  1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators :  no
V.2.3)

Name and address of the contractor

Dell Products
70 Sir John Rogerson's Quay
Dublin 2
IE

The contractor is an SME : no
V.2.4)

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

Total value of the contract/lot:  510000.00  EUR

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.4)

Procedures for review

VI.4.1)

Review body

High Court Chief Registrar
The Four Courts
Dublin 7
IE

VI.4.2)

Body responsible for mediation procedures

High Court Chief Registrar
The Four Courts
Dublin 7
IE

VI.4.4)

Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained

High Court Chief Registrar
The Four Courts
Dublin 7
IE