Contract award notice

Results of the procurement procedure

Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)

Name and addresses

Louth County Council

N/A

County Hall, Millennium Centre,

Dundalk

A91 KFW6

Contact person: Helen Divilly

Telephone: +353 429324235

E-mail: helen.divilly@louthcoco.ie

NUTS code: IE0 - IRELAND

Internet address(es):

Main address: http://www.louthcoco.ie

Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/381

I.4)

Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

I.5)

Main activity

General public services

Section II: Object

II.1)

Scope of the procurement

II.1.1)

Title

Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure Solution & Associated Equipment and Services for Louth County Council

Reference number: 23-033

II.1.2)

Main CPV code

48820000 - Servers

II.1.3)

Type of contract

Supplies

II.1.4)

Short description

Hyperconverged Infrastructure Platform and Cloud DR and Backup Solution

II.1.6)

Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: no

II.1.7)

Total value of the procurement

Value excluding VAT: 499156.00 EUR

II.2)

Description

II.2.2)

Additional CPV code(s)

30200000 - Computer equipment and supplies

30211300 - Computer platforms

30233180 - Flash memory storage devices

48710000 - Backup or recovery software package

48800000 - Information systems and servers

48821000 - Network servers

48822000 - Computer servers

51610000 - Installation services of computers and information-processing equipment

72120000 - Hardware disaster-recovery consultancy services

72222300 - Information technology services

72250000 - System and support services

72251000 - Disaster recovery services

72253200 - Systems support services

72910000 - Computer back-up services

II.2.3)

Place of performance

NUTS code: IE062 - Mid-East

NUTS code: IE0 - IRELAND

Main site or place of performance:

County Hall, Dundalk, Co.Louth

II.2.4)

Description of the procurement

The Contracting Authority seeks a Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure solution comprising on-Premise Hyper-Converged Infrastructure and integrated Public/Private Cloud infrastructure, manageable via a single management interface to replace its legacy systems.
The Contracting Authority believes a Hybrid Cloud model will enable High Application availability, ensure Data Loss Prevention, efficient Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity, and enable the Contracting Authority to easily deploy Systems/Services on-premise or in the Cloud according to business requirements. The Contracting Authority requires an efficient, cost-effective solution that is flexible, scalable and will cater for future growth and business needs. The Contracting Authority also requires an efficient and cost-effective solution for data backup, including physical and virtual machines, application aware and file level backup, and for disaster recovery for business-critical applications. Cloud elements of the solution must be located in the European Union (EU). Data must be encrypted during transit and at rest in the DR solution. The Contracting Authority requires a secure, resilient, energy efficient solution that can cater for a wide range of applications and business needs including both structured data (databases) and unstructured data (emails, documents, video, etc.).
Support & maintenance of the complete solution is also required.

II.2.5)

Award criteria

Criteria below

Quality criterion - Name: Degree of Conformity of the Complete Solution and its Delivery in respect of The Contracting Authority’s Requirements / Weighting: 350

Quality criterion - Name: Quality of Professional Technical Services Team Proposed / Weighting: 50

Quality criterion - Name: Quality of Migration Solution / Weighting: 50

Quality criterion - Name: Quality of maintenance and ongoing support, including online technical support, after sales service and technical expertise / Weighting: 100

Quality criterion - Name: Quality of Proposed Training / Weighting: 50

Cost criterion - Name: Cost / Weighting: 400

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

Hyperconverged Infrastructure Platform and Hybrid DR and Backup Solution.

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 : no

IV.2)

Administrative information

IV.2.1)

Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number in the OJ S: 2023/S 053-157418

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: 1

Title: Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure Solution & Associated Equipment and Services for Louth County Council

A contract/lot is awarded: yes

V.2)

Award of contract

V.2.1)

Date of conclusion of the contract

02/08/2023

V.2.2)

Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 3

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators : no

V.2.3)

Name and address of the contractor

ProCloud Horizon Limited

Enterprise Center, Boyle, Co. Roscommon F25 DA34

Boyle

F25 DA34

NUTS code: IE - IRELAND

Internet address: https://procloud.ie/

The contractor is an SME : yes

V.2.4)

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

Lowest offer: 499156.00 EUR / Highest offer: 842798.00 EUR taken into consideration

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.4)

Procedures for review

VI.4.1)

Review body

High Court Chief Registrar

The Four Courts Dublin 7

Dublin

Telephone: +44 18886000

E-mail: HighCourtCentralOffice@courts.ie

Internet address: https://www.courts.ie/content/central-office-high-court

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