ETENDERS

Contract award notice

Information

Published

Date of dispatch of this notice: 05/12/2019

External Reference: 2019-278448

TED Reference: 2019/S 238-583317

Contract award notice

Contract award notice

Results of the procurement procedure

Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)

Name and addresses

Central Statistics Office
N/A
Skehard Road, Mahon
Cork
Cork
IE
Contact person: Eoin Sheppard
Telephone: +353 214535654
E-mail: Eoin.Sheppard@cso.ie
Internet address(es):
Main address: www.cso.ie
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/285

I.4)

Type of the contracting authority

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5)

Main activity

General public services

Section II: Object

II.1)

Scope of the procurement

II.1.1)

Title

CSO Storage Area Network tender 2019
II.1.2)

Main CPV code

30000000  -  Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages
II.1.3)

Type of contract

Supplies
II.1.4)

Short description

The CSO is tendering for the provision of two fully unified production SANs for our sites in Cork and Swords. Tenderers should also tender for separate backup devices for both sites.
The CSO’s primary objectives for this tender are to:
• Replace existing Dell EMC VNX production arrays in Cork and Swords
• Replace existing Dell EMC VNX backup arrays in Cork and Swords
• Provide Unified NAS (CIFS/NFS) and Block storage
• Provide availability, performance, and cross-site replication (including switchover/failover) for Block and File systems
• Cater for expansion of CSO’s storage requirements
II.1.6)

Information about lots

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

Total value of the procurement

Value excluding VAT:  600000.00  EUR
II.2)

Description

II.2.2)

Additional CPV code(s)

51600000  -  Installation services of computers and office equipment
72000000  -  IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
II.2.3)

Place of performance

Main site or place of performance:  
Skehard Road, Cork
II.2.4)

Description of the procurement

Replacement solution for 2 x DellEMC VNX5400 production SANs (One each in Cork and Swords sites) and 2 x DellEMC VNX 5100 Backup targets. (One each in Cork and Swords sites)
II.2.5)

Award criteria

Criteria below
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Functional Characteristics  /  Weighting:  300/1000
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Support and Maint  /  Weighting:  200/1000
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Training  /  Weighting:  100/1000
Price  -  Weighting:  400/1000
II.2.11)

Information about options

Options: yes
Description of options:
Tenderers may provide different options if they wish within the Mandatory Requirements listed.
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 178-432902
IV.2.9)

Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice

The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: 1

Title: CSO Storage Area Network tender 2019

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

Award of contract

V.2.1)

Date of conclusion of the contract

20/11/2019
V.2.2)

Information about tenders

Number of tenders received:  2
Number of tenders received by electronic means:  2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators :  no
V.2.3)

Name and address of the contractor

Novosco Ltd.
NI028408
Concourse Building 3
Belfast
BT3 9DT
UK
Telephone: +442 890454433
E-mail: andrew.knight@novosco.com

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:  600000.00  EUR
Total value of the contract/lot:  417000.00  EUR

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.4)

Procedures for review

VI.4.1)

Review body

High Court
Dublin 7, Dublin
Dublin
IE