Contract award notice

Information

Published

Date of dispatch of this notice: 17/11/2022

External Reference: 2022-248921

TED Reference: 2022/S 225-647971

Contract award notice

Contract award notice

Results of the procurement procedure

Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)

Name and addresses

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
N/A
Agriculture House
Dublin 2
Kildare Street
IE
Contact person: Thomas Keenan
Telephone: +353 16072760
NUTS code:  IE -  IRELAND
Internet address(es):
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

Openshift Container Platform Upgrade and Associated Services
Reference number:  RFT 202674
II.1.2)

Main CPV code

72212211  -  Platform interconnectivity software development services
II.1.3)

Type of contract

Services
II.1.4)

Short description

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine invites tenders for the upgrade of existing software and infrastructure. The migration of workloads, establishment of standard operational procedures and on-going development of the Department’s Red Hat OpenShift platform. The works will include the management and administration of applicable processes and toolsets and establishing best practices for the high availability of applications run on the platform. The contract will run for a term or 9 months.
II.1.6)

Information about lots

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

Total value of the procurement

Value excluding VAT:  2700000.00  EUR
II.2)

Description

II.2.2)

Additional CPV code(s)

72212517  -  IT software development services
72260000  -  Software-related services
72261000  -  Software support services
72265000  -  Software configuration services
II.2.3)

Place of performance

NUTS code:  IE -  IRELAND
II.2.4)

Description of the procurement

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine invites tenders for the upgrade of existing software and infrastructure. The migration of workloads, establishment of standard operational procedures and on-going development of the Department’s Red Hat OpenShift platform. The works will include the management and administration of applicable processes and toolsets and establishing best practices for the high availability of applications run on the platform. The contract will run for a term or 9 months.
II.2.5)

Award criteria

Criteria below
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Approach to tdelivery of the proposed solution  /  Weighting:  50
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Training  /  Weighting:  20
Price  -  Weighting:  30% of the marks
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 223-587357

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: 1

Title: Openshift Container Platform Upgrade and Associated Services

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

Award of contract

V.2.1)

Date of conclusion of the contract

31/03/2022
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

Red Hat Limited
6324873v
6700 Cork Airport Business Park
Cork
Cork
IE
Telephone: +353 51810119
NUTS code:  IE -  IRELAND

The contractor is an SME : no
V.2.4)

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

Total value of the contract/lot:  2700000.00  EUR

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.4)

Procedures for review

VI.4.1)

Review body

High Court of Ireland
Dublin
IE