ETENDERS

Contract award notice

Information

Published

Date of dispatch of this notice: 23/02/2023

External Reference: 2023-245148

TED Reference: 2023/S 042-124577

Contract award notice

Contract award notice

Results of the procurement procedure

Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)

Name and addresses

National Transport Authority
0000
Dun Sceine, Iveagh Court Harcourt Lane
Dublin 2
D02WT20
IE
Contact person: Carolyn Keegan
Telephone: +353 18798300
E-mail: procurement@nationaltransport.ie
Fax: +353 18798333
NUTS code:  IE -  IRELAND
Internet address(es):
Main address: www.nationaltransport.ie
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1149

I.4)

Type of the contracting authority

National or federal agency/office
I.5)

Main activity

Other activity:  Transport

Section II: Object

II.1)

Scope of the procurement

II.1.1)

Title

Provision of Amazon Web Services Cloud Consumption
II.1.2)

Main CPV code

48000000  -  Software package and information systems
II.1.3)

Type of contract

Supplies
II.1.4)

Short description

This competition is solely for the provision of AWS cloud consumption (compute and storage)
only under the Public and Community IaaS/PaaS (Infrastructure as a Service / Platform as a
Service). Private IaaS is currently covered by the Authority’s Datacentres. Note there is no requirement for Cloud management services (people) under this competition. The Authority currently has 12 AWS (Amazon Web Services) accounts managed in the AWS cloud.
Full details of all requirements are available in the RFT document attached to this notice
II.1.6)

Information about lots

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

Total value of the procurement

Value excluding VAT:  3100000.00  EUR
II.2)

Description

II.2.2)

Additional CPV code(s)

48100000  -  Industry specific software package
48218000  -  License management software package
48517000  -  IT software package
48800000  -  Information systems and servers
48900000  -  Miscellaneous software package and computer systems
II.2.3)

Place of performance

NUTS code:  IE -  IRELAND
II.2.4)

Description of the procurement

This competition is solely for the provision of AWS cloud consumption (compute and storage) only under the Public and Community IaaS/PaaS (Infrastructure as a Service / Platform as a Service). Private IaaS is currently covered by the Authority’s Datacentres.
Note there is no requirement for Cloud management services (people) under this competition. See RFT for full list of main AWS services currently in use. The Authority currently has 12 AWS (Amazon Web Services) accounts managed in the AWS cloud. For operational reasons the Authority requires that the successful tenderer must maintain a structure without any impact to IT operations. To achieve this the tenderer must confirm as part of their response that the Authority will be able to maintain this structure which allows the following: AWS Single Sign-On (SSO), AWS Config is centrally deployed, centralise billing and the ability to apply saving plans shared across multiple accounts, separate AWS Organization into three different Operational areas and No root (administrator) access is required by the Tenderer or inherited on Authority’s accounts.
Full details of all requirements are available in the RFT document attached to this notice
II.2.5)

Award criteria

Criteria below
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Account Structure  /  Weighting:  30
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Quality Assurance System  /  Weighting:  8
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Billing Management  /  Weighting:  6
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

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 118-332554

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: 1

Title: Provision of Amazon Web Services Cloud Consumption

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

Award of contract

V.2.1)

Date of conclusion of the contract

15/02/2023
V.2.2)

Information about tenders

Number of tenders received:  1
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:  0
Number of tenders received by electronic means:  1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators :  no
V.2.3)

Name and address of the contractor

Amazon Web Services EMEA SARL
LU 26888617
38 avenue John F. Kennedy
Luxembourg
L-1855
LU
Telephone: +352 876771206
E-mail: aws-emea-capture@amazon.com
NUTS code:  LU0 -  LUXEMBOURG

The contractor is an SME : no
V.2.4)

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

Total value of the contract/lot:  3100000.00  EUR

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3)

Additional information

The NTA will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or
tenderers relating to any of the contract award procedures irrespective of the outcome the
competition, or if the competition is postponed or cancelled.
Any contract award will be subject to a number of preconditions, including production of a current tax clearance certificate or tax clearance statement from the Revenue Commissioners in Ireland. The contracting authority may terminate this competition (or any part thereof), or change the basis of, and the procedures for, the bidding process, at any time, or procure the services by alternative means if it appears that the services can thereby be more advantageously procured. The most economically advantageous or any tender will not automatically be accepted.
VI.4)

Procedures for review

VI.4.1)

Review body

High Court of Ireland
Four Courts, Ground Floor (East Wing), Inns Quay
Dublin
D7
IE
Telephone: +353 18886000
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie
Fax: +353 18886125
Internet address: https://www.courts.ie

VI.4.3)

Review procedure

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: 
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
As set out in S.I. No. 130/2010 European Communities (Award of Public Sector Contracts)
(Review Procedures) Regulations 2010 (in particular Regulation 7 thereof).