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Contract award notice

Information

Published

Date of dispatch of this notice: 03/01/2024

External Reference: 2024-260495

TED Reference: 2024/S 005-008934

Contract award notice

Contract award notice

Results of the procurement procedure

Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)

Name and addresses

Wicklow County Council
N/A
County Buildings
Wicklow
Wicklow
IE
Contact person: Bebhinn Daly
Telephone: +353 40420100
E-mail: BDaly@wicklowcoco.ie
NUTS code:  IE052 -  South-East
Internet address(es):
Main address: www.wicklow.ie
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1216

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

Establishment of a Single Party framework agreement for provision of services for a Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure Solution with Backup and Disaster Recovery
Reference number:  WCC082023
II.1.2)

Main CPV code

72910000  -  Computer back-up services
II.1.3)

Type of contract

Services
II.1.4)

Short description

Wicklow County Council seeks a Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure solution comprising of an on-Premise Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) and integrated Public/Private Cloud infrastructure, controlled via a single management interface to replace its legacy systems.
II.1.6)

Information about lots

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

Total value of the procurement

Value excluding VAT:  5000000.00  EUR
II.2)

Description

II.2.2)

Additional CPV code(s)

30200000  -  Computer equipment and supplies
32424000  -  Network infrastructure
48710000  -  Backup or recovery software package
48821000  -  Network servers
48822000  -  Computer servers
48823000  -  File servers
51611100  -  Hardware installation services
71311300  -  Infrastructure works consultancy services
72100000  -  Hardware consultancy services
72120000  -  Hardware disaster-recovery consultancy services
72251000  -  Disaster recovery services
72910000  -  Computer back-up services
II.2.3)

Place of performance

NUTS code:  IE052 -  South-East
Main site or place of performance:  
Wicklow
II.2.4)

Description of the procurement

Wicklow County Council seeks a Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure solution comprising of an on-Premise Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) and integrated Public/Private Cloud infrastructure, controlled via a single management interface to replace its legacy systems.
This solution must ensure Data Loss Prevention, offer a robust Backup/Disaster Recovery solution and provide Business Continuity, enabling the WCC to easily and quickly deploy Systems/Services on-Premise or in the Cloud according to business requirements.
WCC requires an efficient, cost-effective solution that is flexible, scalable and will cater for future growth and business needs.
WCC requires a fully managed hosted Disaster Recovery solution for a number of business-critical systems including file servers, applications servers and database servers. WCC is operating in a dynamic environment and will have requirements to replicate additional Virtual Machines (VMs), cease replication/remove VMs, and modify resources on VMs from a single portal. WCC also has VMs in a protected DMZ which would need to be comprehended in the proposed solution.
II.2.5)

Award criteria

Criteria below
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Degree of conformance with Technical Specification & Functional Characteristics of the proposed Solution  /  Weighting:  30%
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Methodology, Effective Management, Communication & Contract Management  /  Weighting:  15%
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Proposed Programme  /  Weighting:  15%
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Technical Merit of the Team  /  Weighting:  10%
Price  -  Weighting:  30%
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

Competitive procedure with negotiation
IV.1.3)

Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system

The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
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: 2023/S 026-076755

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: 1

Title: Establishment of a Single Party framework agreement for provision of services for a Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure Solution with Backup and Disaster Recovery

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

Award of contract

V.2.1)

Date of conclusion of the contract

06/12/2023
V.2.2)

Information about tenders

Number of tenders received:  2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators :  no
V.2.3)

Name and address of the contractor

PFH Technology Group
2 Ballymoss Road, Sandyford Business Park, Dublin 18
Dublin
IE
NUTS code:  IE061 -  Dublin

The contractor is an SME : yes
V.2.4)

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

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:  5000000.00  EUR
Lowest offer:  521715.00  EUR / Highest offer:  521715.00  EUR   taken into consideration

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.4)

Procedures for review

VI.4.1)

Review body

High Court
Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Dublin
IE