Date of dispatch of this notice: 29/11/2021
External Reference: 2021-219982
TED Reference: 2021/S 235-619077
Contract award notice
Information
Published
Contract award notice
Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)
Name and addresses
Fáilte Ireland-National Tourism Development Authority
N/A
88-95 Amiens Street
Dublin
D01 WR86
IE
Contact person:
Sabrina Jones
Telephone:
+353 18847888
E-mail:
procurement@failteireland.ie
NUTS code:
IE -
IRELAND
Main address:
www.failteireland.ie
Address of the buyer profile:
https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1169
I.4)
Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5)
Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1)
Scope of the procurement
II.1.1)
Title
Fixed Broadband and PSTN Services
Reference number:
IT/2021/06
II.1.2)
Main CPV code
64210000
-
Telephone and data transmission services
II.1.3)
Type of contract
Services
II.1.4)
Short description
Fáilte Ireland wish to engage with a single supplier to maintain and support existing telephony infrastructure. Fáilte Ireland are embarking on a new enhanced telephony solution to deliver Unified Communications using Microsoft Teams which will allow staff receive and make calls without the need for handsets. While this will replace the necessity for BRA’s and PRA’s we will still require some of our existing analogue lines which supports services that require dedicated lines, such as broadband, alarms and lifts.
II.1.6)
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
no
II.1.7)
Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
250000.00
EUR
II.2)
Description
II.2.2)
Additional CPV code(s)
32429000
-
Telephone network equipment
32552330
-
Telephone switching apparatus
45314200
-
Installation of telephone lines
64211000
-
Public-telephone services
64211100
-
Local telephone services
64211200
-
Long distance telephone services
64212000
-
Mobile-telephone services
64215000
-
IP telephone services
II.2.3)
Place of performance
NUTS code:
IE -
IRELAND
II.2.4)
Description of the procurement
Fáilte Ireland wish to engage with a single supplier to maintain and support existing telephony infrastructure. Fáilte Ireland are embarking on a new enhanced telephony solution to deliver Unified Communications using Microsoft Teams which will allow staff receive and make calls without the need for handsets. While this will replace the necessity for BRA’s and PRA’s we will still require some of our existing analogue lines which supports services that require dedicated lines, such as broadband, alarms and lifts.
II.2.5)
Award criteria
Criteria below
Quality criterion
-
Name:
Quality of Technical Solutions proposed
/
Weighting:
25
Quality criterion
-
Name:
Quality of Services Provision and Management
/
Weighting:
25
Cost criterion
-
Name:
Ultimate 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: 2021/S 191-496626
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 1
Title: Fixed Broadband and PSTN Services
V.2)
Award of contract
V.2.1)
Date of conclusion of the contract
29/11/2021
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
:
noV.2.3)
Name and address of the contractor
eir Business
98789
2022 Bianconi Avenue, Citywest Business Campus
Dublin 24
Dublin
IE
Telephone:
+353 851744917
E-mail:
noeline.hogg@eir.ie
Fax:
+353 14600282
NUTS code:
IE -
IRELAND
Internet address:
http://www.eir.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:
250000.00
EUR
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3)
Additional information
1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders website (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 (www.etenders.gov.ie)only. Registration is free of charge. The contracting authority 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 authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates, participants or tenderers;
4) Establishment of this contract will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities;
5) If for any reason it is not possible to conclude the contract with the designated successful tenderer emerging from this competitive process or if having concluded contract, the contracting authority considers that the successful tenderer has not met or cannot meet its obligations, the contracting authority reserves the right to contract with the next highest scoring tenderer on the basis of the same terms at any time during the tender validity period. This shall be without prejudice to the right of the contracting authority to cancel this competitive process and/or initiate a new contract award procedure at its sole discretion;
6) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process, at anytime;
7) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of tender responses with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, tenderers are advised to ensure that they return fully completed tenders in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition at the evaluation stage.
2) This is the sole call for competition for this service;
3) The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates, participants or tenderers;
4) Establishment of this contract will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities;
5) If for any reason it is not possible to conclude the contract with the designated successful tenderer emerging from this competitive process or if having concluded contract, the contracting authority considers that the successful tenderer has not met or cannot meet its obligations, the contracting authority reserves the right to contract with the next highest scoring tenderer on the basis of the same terms at any time during the tender validity period. This shall be without prejudice to the right of the contracting authority to cancel this competitive process and/or initiate a new contract award procedure at its sole discretion;
6) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process, at anytime;
7) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of tender responses with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, tenderers are advised to ensure that they return fully completed tenders in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition at the evaluation stage.
VI.4)
Procedures for review
VI.4.1)
Review body
High Court
Chief Registrar, The Four Courts
Dublin
7
IE
Telephone:
+353 18886000
Internet address:
www.courts.ie
VI.4.3)
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
The contracting authority will not conclude this contract to which a standstill period applies in accordance with Irish Statutory Instrument SI 130 of 2010, until after the expiry of the standstill period which commences on the day following the date of notification of concerned candidates and tenderers. The duration of the standstill period will be 14 calendar days where notifications are sent electronically or by fax and 16 calendar days where these are sent by any other means. The statutory instrument mentioned above provides that review procedures are available in the High Court to a person who has or has had an interest in obtaining the contract and alleges that he or she has been harmed or is at risk of being harmed by an infringement of the law in relation to that contract.