Date of dispatch of this notice: 07/09/2021
External Reference: 2021-212359
TED Reference: 2021/S 176-458840
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
Met Eireann
N/A
Glasnevin Hill,
Glasnevin
Dublin 9
IE
Contact person:
Brendan Butler
Telephone:
+353 18064291
E-mail:
IMITProcurement@met.ie
NUTS code:
IE -
IRELAND
Main address:
www.met.ie
Address of the buyer profile:
https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/255
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
Other activity:
National Meteorological Service
Section II: Object
II.1)
Scope of the procurement
II.1.1)
Title
ICT Migration and Managed Services for Met Éireann
Reference number:
IMaMS
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
Met Éireann, a line division of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, intend to seek a partner who will help Met Éireann to create a more flexible, responsive, geo resilient ICT Infrastructure. As part of this journey Met Éireann, along with their chosen technical partner, will:
• Design, procure, configure, integrate, test and deploy new ICT infrastructure in 2 Government Datacentres. This will include replacing the existing ICT infrastructure which will largely be end of life by Q4 2022.
• Migrate all data, applications, and physical and virtual machines from the current Met Éireann ICT infrastructure to the new infrastructure along with all network requirements.
• Provide a phased Managed Service for both infrastructure and Desk Side support services with on-site level 2 support and escalation to level 3.
Met Éireann requires that it’s systems are available on a 24*7*365 basis
For more information, please see attached document.
• Design, procure, configure, integrate, test and deploy new ICT infrastructure in 2 Government Datacentres. This will include replacing the existing ICT infrastructure which will largely be end of life by Q4 2022.
• Migrate all data, applications, and physical and virtual machines from the current Met Éireann ICT infrastructure to the new infrastructure along with all network requirements.
• Provide a phased Managed Service for both infrastructure and Desk Side support services with on-site level 2 support and escalation to level 3.
Met Éireann requires that it’s systems are available on a 24*7*365 basis
For more information, please see attached document.
II.1.6)
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
no
II.1.7)
Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
4272233.00
EUR
II.2)
Description
II.2.2)
Additional CPV code(s)
30200000
-
Computer equipment and supplies
30210000
-
Data-processing machines (hardware)
64227000
-
Integrated telecommunications services
72253000
-
Helpdesk and support services
72611000
-
Technical computer support services
30000000
-
Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages
II.2.3)
Place of performance
NUTS code:
IE -
IRELAND
Main site or place of performance:
Dublin 9
II.2.4)
Description of the procurement
Met Éireann, a line division of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, intend to seek a partner who will help Met Éireann on their journey to create a more flexible, responsive, geo resilient ICT Infrastructure. As part of this journey Met Éireann, along with their chosen partner, will:
• Design, procure, configure, integrate, test and deploy new ICT infrastructure in 2 Government Datacentres. This will include replacing the existing ICT infrastructure which will largely be end of life by Q4 2022.
• Migrate all data, applications, and physical and virtual machines from the current Met Éireann ICT infrastructure to the new infrastructure.
• Build the ICT network to support all migration to new infrastructure.
• Provide a phased Managed Service for both infrastructure and Desk Side support services with on-site level 2 support and escalation to level 3.
• The support will include Business Continuity and DR planning, backup service, routine administration and the housekeeping tasks to monitor and maintain the new infrastructure including putting the geo-resilience in place and ongoing management of services.
• The entire service will be in keeping with Government ICT Strategy.
• Over the lifetime of the contract Met Éireann will be looking to move to a more responsive method of delivering application upgrades and support so the vendor will be required to be familiar with a transition to Agile and DevOps methodologies.
Met Éireann requires that it’s systems are available on a 24*7*365 basis
For more information, please see attached document.
• Design, procure, configure, integrate, test and deploy new ICT infrastructure in 2 Government Datacentres. This will include replacing the existing ICT infrastructure which will largely be end of life by Q4 2022.
• Migrate all data, applications, and physical and virtual machines from the current Met Éireann ICT infrastructure to the new infrastructure.
• Build the ICT network to support all migration to new infrastructure.
• Provide a phased Managed Service for both infrastructure and Desk Side support services with on-site level 2 support and escalation to level 3.
• The support will include Business Continuity and DR planning, backup service, routine administration and the housekeeping tasks to monitor and maintain the new infrastructure including putting the geo-resilience in place and ongoing management of services.
• The entire service will be in keeping with Government ICT Strategy.
• Over the lifetime of the contract Met Éireann will be looking to move to a more responsive method of delivering application upgrades and support so the vendor will be required to be familiar with a transition to Agile and DevOps methodologies.
Met Éireann requires that it’s systems are available on a 24*7*365 basis
For more information, please see attached document.
II.2.5)
Award criteria
Criteria below
Quality criterion
-
Name:
Technical merit
/
Weighting:
30%
Quality criterion
-
Name:
continuous service improvements
/
Weighting:
20%
Quality criterion
-
Name:
Implementation and migration
/
Weighting:
15%
Price
-
Weighting:
35%
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
II.2.14)
Additional information
The costing provided in V.2.4 relates to 3 years with two 1 year optional extensions
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 013-028128
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: ICT Migration and Managed Services for Met Éireann
V.2)
Award of contract
V.2.1)
Date of conclusion of the contract
01/09/2021
V.2.2)
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received:
6
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators
:
noV.2.3)
Name and address of the contractor
Arkphire Ireland
7 Beckett Way, Park West
Dublin
D12X884
IE
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:
4272233.00
EUR
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4)
Procedures for review
VI.4.1)
Review body
The High Court
Four Courts, Inns Quay
Dublin 7
IE