Date of dispatch of this notice: 12/02/2021
Expire date: 23/03/2021
External Reference: 2021-229958
TED Reference: 2021/S 033-082628
Contract notice
Information
Published
Contract notice
Contract notice
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)
Name and addresses
Westmeath County Council
N/A
Áras An Chontae, Mountstreet, N91 FH4N
County Westmeath
Mullingar
IE
Contact person:
Niall McCormack
Telephone:
+353 0449332086
E-mail:
niall.mccormack@westmeathcoco.ie
Fax:
+353 0449342330
Internet address(es):
Main address:
http://www.westmeathcoco.ie/
Address of the buyer profile:
https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1140
I.3)
Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at:
http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=182967&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLEAdditional information can be obtained from
the abovementioned address:
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted
electronically via:
http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=182967&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted
to the abovementioned address
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
Provision of Hyperconverged Infrastructure Solution, Associated Equipment and Services
Reference number:
Hyperconverged Solution
II.1.2)
Main CPV code
72317000
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Data storage services
II.1.3)
Type of contract
Services
II.1.4)
Short description
The Contracting Authority seeks an on-Premise Hyper Converged Infrastructure which can be integrated with Public/Private Cloud infrastructure manageable via a single management interface to replace its legacy systems
The Contracting Authority also requires an efficient and cost- effective solution for data backup, including physical and virtual machines, application aware and file level backup, and for disaster recovery for business-critical applications.
The Contracting Authority requires a Disaster Recovery solution hosted on site. The Disaster Recovery solution must cater for a range of scenarios such as the recovery of a single Virtual Machine to a catastrophic failure of the production site. The solution must facilitate the relocation of the production environment to the Disaster Recovery site.
The Contracting Authority also requires an efficient and cost- effective solution for data backup, including physical and virtual machines, application aware and file level backup, and for disaster recovery for business-critical applications.
The Contracting Authority requires a Disaster Recovery solution hosted on site. The Disaster Recovery solution must cater for a range of scenarios such as the recovery of a single Virtual Machine to a catastrophic failure of the production site. The solution must facilitate the relocation of the production environment to the Disaster Recovery site.
II.1.5)
Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: 300000.00
EUR
II.1.6)
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
no
II.2)
Description
II.2.2)
Additional CPV code(s)
32420000
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Network equipment
32424000
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Network infrastructure
48800000
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Information systems and servers
48820000
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Servers
48822000
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Computer servers
48823000
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File servers
48825000
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Web servers
72910000
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Computer back-up services
II.2.4)
Description of the procurement
The Contracting Authority seeks an on-Premise Hyper Converged Infrastructure which can be integrated with Public/Private Cloud infrastructure manageable via a single management interface to replace its legacy systems
.
The Contracting Authority requires a cost-effective solution that is flexible, scalable and will cater for future growth and business needs.
The Contracting Authority also requires an efficient and cost- effective solution for data backup, including physical and virtual machines, application aware and file level backup, and for disaster recovery for business-critical applications.
The Contracting Authority requires a Disaster Recovery solution hosted on site. The Disaster Recovery solution must cater for a range of scenarios such as the recovery of a single Virtual Machine to a catastrophic failure of the production site. The solution must facilitate the relocation of the production environment to the Disaster Recovery site in Athlone Civic Centre with minimal downtime. The Contracting Authority requires an RPO (Recovery Point Objective) of 1 hour or less and an RTO (Recovery Time Objective) of 1 hour or less for all Virtual Machines in the Disaster Recovery facility.
The Contracting Authority is operating in a dynamic environment and will have requirements to replicate additional Virtual Machines (VMs) to the DR facility, cease replication and remove VMs from DR, and modify resources on VMs which are being replicated.
The Contracting Authority requires a secure, resilient, energy efficient solution that can cater for a wide range of applications and business needs including both structured data (databases) and unstructured data (emails, documents, video, etc.).
It will be the responsibility of Tenderers to accept full responsibility for the entirety of the solution they propose. Submissions will be evaluated in accordance with designated Award Criteria and associated rules and weightings, to identify the best solution.
.
The Contracting Authority requires a cost-effective solution that is flexible, scalable and will cater for future growth and business needs.
The Contracting Authority also requires an efficient and cost- effective solution for data backup, including physical and virtual machines, application aware and file level backup, and for disaster recovery for business-critical applications.
The Contracting Authority requires a Disaster Recovery solution hosted on site. The Disaster Recovery solution must cater for a range of scenarios such as the recovery of a single Virtual Machine to a catastrophic failure of the production site. The solution must facilitate the relocation of the production environment to the Disaster Recovery site in Athlone Civic Centre with minimal downtime. The Contracting Authority requires an RPO (Recovery Point Objective) of 1 hour or less and an RTO (Recovery Time Objective) of 1 hour or less for all Virtual Machines in the Disaster Recovery facility.
The Contracting Authority is operating in a dynamic environment and will have requirements to replicate additional Virtual Machines (VMs) to the DR facility, cease replication and remove VMs from DR, and modify resources on VMs which are being replicated.
The Contracting Authority requires a secure, resilient, energy efficient solution that can cater for a wide range of applications and business needs including both structured data (databases) and unstructured data (emails, documents, video, etc.).
It will be the responsibility of Tenderers to accept full responsibility for the entirety of the solution they propose. Submissions will be evaluated in accordance with designated Award Criteria and associated rules and weightings, to identify the best solution.
II.2.5)
Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6)
Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: 300000.00
EUR
II.2.7)
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months:
60
This contract is subject to renewal:
yes
Description of renewals:
Possible 4 added years, see tender documents for details.
II.2.10)
Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
no
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 III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1)
Conditions for participation
III.2)
Conditions related to the contract
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
: no
IV.2)
Administrative information
IV.2.2)
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
23/03/2021
Local time:
17:00
IV.2.4)
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
IV.2.7)
Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
23/03/2021
Local time:
17:00
Place:
Westmeath County Council,
Aras on Chontae,
Mullingar,
Co. Westmeath.
Aras on Chontae,
Mullingar,
Co. Westmeath.
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)
Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
no
VI.4)
Procedures for review
VI.4.1)
Review body
Westmeath County Council
Aras on Chontae
Mullingar
IE