IRL-Dublin: computer-related services

Country:

Ireland

City/Locality:

DOYBLINO

Notice/Contract Number:

eu:183187-2008

Publication Date:

Jul 17, 2008

Deadline:

Aug 25, 2008

Buyer:

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS, ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES

Original Language:

English

Address:

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS, ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES
DUBLIN , IRELAND
Ireland

Web Site:

http://www.dcenr.ie

Notice Type: 2110
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Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 137/2008
, #
183187-2008
Contract Nature: Supply contract
Procedure Type: Open procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender

Summary:
CONTRACT NOTICE
Supplies
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): Department of Communications,
Energy and Natural Resources, 29-31 Adelaide Road, Contact: ISD Programme
Office, Attn: Mary Breslin, IRL-Dublin 2. Tel. (353) 16 78 22 20. E-mail:
mary.breslin@dcenr.ie. Fax (353) 16 78 22 09.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: http://www.dcenr.ie.
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.etenders.gov.ie/search/
Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA02323.
Further information can be obtained at: As in above-mentioned contact
point(s).
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for
competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at:
As in above-mentioned contact point(s).
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: As in above-mentioned
contact point(s).
I.2) TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their
regional or local sub-divisions.
General public services.
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
II.1) DESCRIPTION
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Request for Tender for a Storage Area Network.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Supplies.
Purchase.
Main place of delivery: IRL-Dublin.
NUTS code: IE.
II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): The Department
has a large existing and projected requirement for the storage of digital
data.
NOTE: Further information and additional documentation relating to this
notice may be available on the eTenders Web Site at
http://www.etenders.gov.ie/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=69072.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 72500000, 72510000,
72514000, 72514100, 72514300, 72521000, 72521100, 72530000.
II.1.7) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
Yes.
II.1.8) Division into lots: No.
II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope: Current data volumes are in the order of
70 terabytes, and it is projected to increase to 180 terabytes over time.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 500 000 EUR.
II.2.2) Options: No.
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.4) Other particular conditions to which the performance of the
contract is subject: No.
III.2) CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION
III.2.1) Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements
relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers: Information and
formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: (1) All
candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration
demonstrating that they are not bankrupt or the subject of an
administration order, are not being wound-up, have not granted a trust
deed, are not the subject of a petition presented for sequestration of
their estate, have not had a receiver, manager or administrator appointed
and are not otherwise apparently insolvent.
(2) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or
declaration demonstrating that the candidate, their directors, or any
other person who has powers of representation, decision or control of the
candidate has not been convicted of conspiracy, corruption, bribery, or
money laundering. Failure to provide such a declaration will result in the
candidate being declared ineligible and they will not be selected to
participate in this procurement process.
(3) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or
declaration demonstrating that they have not been convicted of a criminal
offence relating to the conduct of their business or profession.
(4) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or
declaration demonstrating that they have not committed an act of grave
misconduct in the course of their business or profession.
(5) All candidates must comply with the requirements of the State in which
they are established, regarding registration on the professional or trade
register.
(6) Any candidate found to be guilty of serious misrepresentation in
providing any information required, may be declared ineligible and not
selected to continue with this procurement process.
(7) All candidates will have to demonstrate that they are licensed, or a
member of the relevant organisation, in the State where they are
established, when the law of that State prohibits the provision of the
services, described in this notice, by a person who is not so licensed or
who is not a member of the relevant organisation.
(8) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or
declaration demonstrating that they have fulfilled obligations relating to
the payment of taxes under the law or of the relevant State in which the
economic operator is established.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met: (1) An indication of the proportion of
the contract which the services provider intends possibly to subcontract.
(2) A statement of the technicians or technical services available to the
candidate to carry out the work under the contract; or be involved in the
production of goods or the provision of services under the contract;
particularly those responsible for quality control, whether or not they
are independent of the candidate.
(3) A statement of the tools, plant or technical equipment available to
the service provider or contractor for carrying out the contract.
SECTION IV: PROCEDURE
IV.1) TYPE OF PROCEDURE
IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Open.
IV.2) AWARD CRITERIA
IV.2.1) Award criteria: The most economically advantageous tender in
terms of the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to
tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document.
IV.2.2) An electronic auction will be used: No.
IV.3) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
25.8.2008 - 12:30.
IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be
drawn up: English. Irish Gaelic.
IV.3.8) Conditions for opening tenders:
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: (ET Ref: 69072).
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 15.7.2008.

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