Date of dispatch of this notice: 08/04/2020
External Reference: 2020-265549
TED Reference: 2020/S 072-173220
Contract award notice - utilities
Information
Published
Contract award notice - utilities
Contract award notice – utilities
Results of the procurement procedure
Services
Directive 2014/25/EU
Section I: Contracting entity
I.1)
Name and addresses
Electricity Supply Board ( ESB )
N/A
2 Gateway
Dublin 3
East Wall Road
IE
Contact person:
Donie Cahalane
Telephone:
+353 17026157
E-mail:
donie.cahalane@esb.ie
Internet address(es):
Main address:
http://www.esb.ie
Address of the buyer profile:
https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/377
I.6)
Main activity
Electricity
Section II: Object
II.1)
Scope of the procurement
II.1.1)
Title
The supply and support of Veritas Netbackup Software and Hardware
Reference number:
SSCON4695
II.1.2)
Main CPV code
72000000
-
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
II.1.3)
Type of contract
Services
II.1.4)
Short description
It is proposed that the Contract will include (non-exhaustive list – high level scope):
• The supply and management of licences and associated maintenance support for ESB's Veritas NetBackup environment which is running on x86 servers, physical and virtual machines, on premise, in Remote offices or in Microsoft’s Azure Cloud.
• Netbackup Software Licences (Capacity and NEVC)
o Support and Maintenance of New & existing Licences
• Netbackup Hardware Appliances
o Support and Maintenance of New & existing Appliances
• Netbackup Compatible ATL (LTO 7 Drives)
• The supply and management of licences and associated maintenance support for ESB's Veritas NetBackup environment which is running on x86 servers, physical and virtual machines, on premise, in Remote offices or in Microsoft’s Azure Cloud.
• Netbackup Software Licences (Capacity and NEVC)
o Support and Maintenance of New & existing Licences
• Netbackup Hardware Appliances
o Support and Maintenance of New & existing Appliances
• Netbackup Compatible ATL (LTO 7 Drives)
II.1.6)
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
no
II.2)
Description
II.2.2)
Additional CPV code(s)
72000000
-
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
72600000
-
Computer support and consultancy services
II.2.3)
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance:
Dublin
II.2.4)
Description of the procurement
It is proposed that the Contract will include (non-exhaustive list – high level scope):
• The supply and management of licences and associated maintenance support for ESB's Veritas NetBackup environment which is running on x86 servers, physical and virtual machines, on premise, in Remote offices or in Microsoft’s Azure Cloud.
• Netbackup Software Licences (Capacity and NEVC)
o Support and Maintenance of New & existing Licences
• Netbackup Hardware Appliances
o Support and Maintenance of New & existing Appliances
• Netbackup Compatible ATL (LTO 7 Drives)
ESB currently has approximately 1000+ clients protected by NetBackup, which is likely to increase over the contract period. ESB will indicate the volume ranges in the RFT.
ESB’s licence footprint contains a mix of Capacity (240TB) and NEVC (88 Sockets). The current environment is a mix of NetBackup 5230’s and 5240’s with 2 Oracle StorageTek SL150’s.
Vendors must indicate that they are a registered Veritas Gold Partner or higher for the supply and support of NetBackup.
• The supply and management of licences and associated maintenance support for ESB's Veritas NetBackup environment which is running on x86 servers, physical and virtual machines, on premise, in Remote offices or in Microsoft’s Azure Cloud.
• Netbackup Software Licences (Capacity and NEVC)
o Support and Maintenance of New & existing Licences
• Netbackup Hardware Appliances
o Support and Maintenance of New & existing Appliances
• Netbackup Compatible ATL (LTO 7 Drives)
ESB currently has approximately 1000+ clients protected by NetBackup, which is likely to increase over the contract period. ESB will indicate the volume ranges in the RFT.
ESB’s licence footprint contains a mix of Capacity (240TB) and NEVC (88 Sockets). The current environment is a mix of NetBackup 5230’s and 5240’s with 2 Oracle StorageTek SL150’s.
Vendors must indicate that they are a registered Veritas Gold Partner or higher for the supply and support of NetBackup.
II.2.5)
Award criteria ( Agree to publish? yes )
Criteria below
Quality criterion
-
Name:
Technical
/
Weighting:
30%
Price
-
Weighting:
70%
II.2.11)
Information about options
Options:
yes
Description of options:
ESB retains the option of extending the contract up to 24 months.
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 individual instructions for submission
of
bids relevant to each tender issued via the system.
of
bids relevant to each tender issued via the system.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1)
Description
IV.1.1)
Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
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: 2019/S 125-306990
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 1
Title: The supply and support of Veritas Netbackup Software and Hardware
V.2)
Award of contract
V.2.1)
Date of conclusion of the contract
24/03/2020
V.2.2)
Information about tenders ( Agree to publish? yes )
Number of tenders received:
3
Number of tenders received from SMEs:
3
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States:
3
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States:
0
Number of tenders received by electronic means:
3
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators
:
noV.2.3)
Name and address of the contractor ( Agree to publish? yes )
Sabeo Technologies Limited
IE6351752M
The Courtyard
Sandyford
Carmanhall Road
IE
Telephone:
+353 14064600
E-mail:
paul.goti@sabeo.com
Fax:
+353 14064699
The contractor is an SME : yes
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3)
Additional information
1) It is our intention to use the Irish Government Procurement portal (http://www.etenders.gov.ie/) for this competition. Access to this Portal is free of charge. Interested parties must formally register their expression of interest for this competition on eTenders before they can gain access to the PQQ documentation. All information relating to and including the pre-qualification documents, any clarifications and changes will be issued/published via this portal. The contracting entity 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 entity will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers;
4) Contract award will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities;
5) It will be a condition of award that candidates are tax compliant;
6) If for any reason it is not possible to admit to the contract one or more of the tenderers invited following the conclusion of this competitive process, or having awarded a contract, the contracting entity reserves the right to invite the next highest scoring tenderer to join the contract and/or deliver the contract as appropriate to the circumstances pertaining to the contract;
7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting entity may elect to terminate this procurement process, the contract awarded at any time;
8) Please note in relation to all documents, that where reference is made to a particular standard, make, source, process, trademark, type or patent, that this is not to be regarded as a de facto requirement. In all such cases it should be understood that such indications are to be treated strictly and solely for reference purposes only, to which the words "or equivalent" will always be appended;
9) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting entity is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of questionnaires with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, candidates are advised to ensure that they return fully completed questionnaires in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition;
10) At Section II.2.9 we have indicated that 5 will be invited to tender, please note that the contracting entity reserves the right to invite at least 5 subject to that number qualifying.
2) This is the sole call for competition for this service;
3) The contracting entity will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers;
4) Contract award will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities;
5) It will be a condition of award that candidates are tax compliant;
6) If for any reason it is not possible to admit to the contract one or more of the tenderers invited following the conclusion of this competitive process, or having awarded a contract, the contracting entity reserves the right to invite the next highest scoring tenderer to join the contract and/or deliver the contract as appropriate to the circumstances pertaining to the contract;
7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting entity may elect to terminate this procurement process, the contract awarded at any time;
8) Please note in relation to all documents, that where reference is made to a particular standard, make, source, process, trademark, type or patent, that this is not to be regarded as a de facto requirement. In all such cases it should be understood that such indications are to be treated strictly and solely for reference purposes only, to which the words "or equivalent" will always be appended;
9) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting entity is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of questionnaires with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, candidates are advised to ensure that they return fully completed questionnaires in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition;
10) At Section II.2.9 we have indicated that 5 will be invited to tender, please note that the contracting entity reserves the right to invite at least 5 subject to that number qualifying.
VI.4)
Procedures for review
VI.4.1)
Review body
Chief Registrar
Four Courts, Inns Quay
Dublin 7
IE
Telephone:
+353 18886000
Internet address:
http://www.courts.ie
VI.4.2)
Body responsible for mediation procedures
Not Applicable
Ireland
IE
VI.4.4)
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Supplier's own legal advisor
Ireland
Ireland
IE