ETENDERS

Contract award notice

Information

Published

Date of dispatch of this notice: 16/08/2021

External Reference: 2021-252074

TED Reference: 2021/S 161-423274

Contract award notice

Contract award notice

Results of the procurement procedure

Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)

Name and addresses

University College Dublin ( UCD )
IE6517386K
Procurement and Contracts Office
Belfield
Roebuck Offices
IE
Contact person: Turlough Kieran
Telephone: +353 7167618
E-mail: turlough.kieran1@ucd.ie
NUTS code:  IE061 -  Dublin
Internet address(es):
Main address: http://www.ucd.ie
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1222

I.4)

Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law
I.5)

Main activity

Education

Section II: Object

II.1)

Scope of the procurement

II.1.1)

Title

Provision of Enterprise Data Back Up Solution
Reference number:  UCDOPP5094
II.1.2)

Main CPV code

30200000  -  Computer equipment and supplies
II.1.3)

Type of contract

Supplies
II.1.4)

Short description

UCD IT Services provides all central IT applications, support and infrastructure for staff and students throughout the University. As part of our annual refresh of critical Infrastructure equipment, UCD IT Services have the following requirement:
UCD IT Services are looking to upgrade or replace our existing on-campus Backup Solutions. The main objective being to move UCD to one backup solution that includes backup to disk and archive to cloud. The overall solution must include Enterprise class backup software to backup our physical and virtual servers, an on-campus backup to disk deduplication device, as well as native archive to cloud capability. The Cloud solution must also provide a good level of future proofing for backup/data retention policies. The solution should also include a native solution to manage the cloud based backup data only; this should include archival to cloud and automatic cloud storage tiering.
II.1.6)

Information about lots

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

Total value of the procurement

Value excluding VAT:  230000.00  EUR
II.2)

Description

II.2.2)

Additional CPV code(s)

48000000  -  Software package and information systems
48200000  -  Networking, Internet and intranet software package
48600000  -  Database and operating software package
48900000  -  Miscellaneous software package and computer systems
72000000  -  IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
72300000  -  Data services
72700000  -  Computer network services
II.2.3)

Place of performance

NUTS code:  IE061 -  Dublin
Main site or place of performance:  
Dublin
II.2.4)

Description of the procurement

UCD IT Services provides all central IT applications, support and infrastructure for staff and students throughout the University. As part of our annual refresh of critical Infrastructure equipment, UCD IT Services have the following requirement:
UCD IT Services are looking to upgrade or replace our existing on-campus Backup Solutions. The main objective being to move UCD to one backup solution that includes backup to disk and archive to cloud. The overall solution must include Enterprise class backup software to backup our physical and virtual servers, an on-campus backup to disk deduplication device, as well as native archive to cloud capability. The Cloud solution must also provide a good level of future proofing for backup/data retention policies. The solution should also include a native solution to manage the cloud based backup data only; this should include archival to cloud and automatic cloud storage tiering.
II.2.5)

Award criteria

Criteria below
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Mandatory requirements  /  Weighting:  10
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Quality of proposed technical solution  /  Weighting:  20
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Quality of proposed support & maintenance services  /  Weighting:  20
Price  -  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
II.2.14)

Additional information

Please refer to the tender documentation.

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.2.1)

Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number in the OJ S: 2021/S 012-024413

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: 1

Title: Provision of Enterprise Data Back Up Solution

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

Award of contract

V.2.1)

Date of conclusion of the contract

24/05/2021
V.2.2)

Information about tenders

Number of tenders received:  10
Number of tenders received from SMEs:  8
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States:  0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States:  2
Number of tenders received by electronic means:  10
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators :  no
V.2.3)

Name and address of the contractor

Version 1 Software
Dublin
IE
NUTS code:  IE061 -  Dublin

The contractor is an SME : yes
V.2.4)

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

Total value of the contract/lot:  151307.00  EUR

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3)

Additional information

Please refer to the tender documentation.
VI.4)

Procedures for review

VI.4.1)

Review body

Courts Service
Four Courts
Dublin
IE