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Contract award notice

Information

Published

Date of dispatch of this notice: 21/12/2022

External Reference: 2022-270859

TED Reference: 2022/S 248-715621

Contract award notice

Contract award notice

Results of the procurement procedure

Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)

Name and addresses

Courts Service
N/A
Phoenix House
Dublin
15/24 Phoenix St. No
IE
Contact person: John Collins
E-mail: johncollins@courts.ie
NUTS code:  IE0 -  IRELAND
Internet address(es):
Main address: www.courts.ie

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

Public order and safety

Section II: Object

II.1)

Scope of the procurement

II.1.1)

Title

Network, Azure and Office 365 Detection and Response Solution
II.1.2)

Main CPV code

48730000  -  Security software package
II.1.3)

Type of contract

Supplies
II.1.4)

Short description

This competition is for a solution to provide detection and automated response against threats/attacks including ‘zero day’ across our On Premise, Office 365 and Azure Estates. We require a solution that detects anomalies based on assessing normal behaviour and can automatically shut down an attack while allowing normal behaviour to continue uninterrupted. The solution must be able to contain a threat/attack by itself and also by integration into third party solutions such as anti virus and firewalls. The solution must operate using multiple forms of Artificial Intelligence (unsupervised Machine Learning, Supervised Machine Learning and Deep Learning). The solution must provide a single pane of glass view for all components, incorporating On Premise, Email, Office 365 and Azure environments into a single dashboard.
II.1.6)

Information about lots

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

Total value of the procurement

Value excluding VAT:  995000.00  EUR
II.2)

Description

II.2.2)

Additional CPV code(s)

48731000  -  File security software package
48732000  -  Data security software package
II.2.3)

Place of performance

NUTS code:  IE -  IRELAND
II.2.4)

Description of the procurement

This competition is for a solution to provide detection and automated response against threats/attacks including ‘zero day’ across our On Premise, Office 365 and Azure Estates. We require a solution that detects anomalies based on assessing normal behaviour and can automatically shut down an attack while allowing normal behaviour to continue uninterrupted. The solution must be able to contain a threat/attack by itself and also by integration into third party solutions such as anti virus and firewalls. The solution must operate using multiple forms of Artificial Intelligence (unsupervised Machine Learning, Supervised Machine Learning and Deep Learning). The solution must provide a single pane of glass view for all components, incorporating On Premise, Email, Office 365 and Azure environments into a single dashboard.
II.2.5)

Award criteria

Criteria below
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Technical Quality  /  Weighting:  60
Price  -  Weighting:  40
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: 2022/S 182-514479
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: Network, Azure and Office 365 Detection and Response Solution

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

Award of contract

V.2.1)

Date of conclusion of the contract

14/11/2022
V.2.2)

Information about tenders

Number of tenders received:  2
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:  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

Darktrace Holdings Ltd
Maurice Wilkes Building, St John's Innovation Park, Cowley Road
Cambridge
CB4 0DS
UK
Telephone: +353 830209756
E-mail: harry.spain@darktrace.com
NUTS code:  UK -  UNITED KINGDOM

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:  995000.00  EUR
Total value of the contract/lot:  994536.00  EUR

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.4)

Procedures for review

VI.4.1)

Review body

High Court of Ireland
Four Courts, Inns Quay
Dublin
Dublin 7
IE