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IRL-Dublin: data-processing machines (hardware)

Request For Proposals

General Information
Country:   Ireland
City/Locality:   DUBLIN
Notice/Contract Number:   eu:258552-2009
Publication Date:   Sep 18, 2009
Deadline:   Oct 14, 2009
Buyer:   ELECTRICITY SUPPLY BOARD
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   ELECTRICITY SUPPLY BOARD
DUBLIN, Dublin
Ireland
Web Site:   www.esb.ie

Goods, Works and Services

 

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Notice Type: 2540 - Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 180/2009, #258552-2009
Contract Nature: Supply contract
Procedure Type: Negotiated procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global or partial tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender

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CONTRACT NOTICE – UTILITIES
Supplies
SECTION I: CONTRACTING ENTITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): Electricity Supply Board, 27
Lower Fitzwilliam Street, Contact: Procurement, Shared Services, Attn:
Brendan Kennedy, IRL-Dublin 2. Tel. +353 17027390. E-mail:
sharedservices.procurement@esb.ie. Fax +353 16384797.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting entity: www.esb.ie.
Further information can be obtained at: As in above-mentioned contact
point(s).
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for 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) MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES OF THE CONTRACTING ENTITY: Electricity.
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
II.1) DESCRIPTION
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting entity:
Supply, Maintenance & Support of Unix Servers and Support of VMS Systems.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Supplies.
Purchase.
Main place of delivery: Dublin.
NUTS code: IE021.
II.1.3) The notice involves: The establishment of a framework agreement.
II.1.4) Information on framework agreement: Framework agreement with
several operators
Maximum number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged:3.
Duration of the framework agreement Duration in year(s): Up to 5.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): Electricity
Supply Board (ESB) has an ongoing requirement to purchase enterprise UNIX
servers. The contract will also cover:
(a) the maintenance of the items purchased;
(b) the maintenance of existing Unix servers & AIX Software in ESB;
(c) the maintenance of existing VMS hardware & software in ESB.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 30210000, 72610000.
II.1.7) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
Yes.
II.1.8) Division into lots: Yes.
Tenders should be submitted for: one or more lots.
II.1.9) Variants will be accepted: No.
II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope: Electricity Supply Board (ESB) has an
ongoing requirement to purchase enterprise UNIX (AIX or equivalent)
servers, which will be used to run mission critical applications. It is
intended that the contract will provide for a drawdown arrangement,
allowing ESB to call down requirements at regular intervals, and the
ongoing maintenance of the items purchased. The contract will also cover
the maintenance of existing Unix hardware and AIX software in ESB. In
addition, the 4th Lot covers the maintenance of legacy VMS hardware &
software which ESB expects to phase out within the lifetime of the
contract.
II.2.2) Options: No.
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME LIMIT FOR COMPLETION: Duration in
months: Up to 60 (from the award of the contract).
INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS
LOT NO 1
TITLE Supply of Unix Servers
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: This Lot covers the ongoing supply of enterprise
UNIX servers to ESB.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 30210000.
LOT NO 2
TITLE Maintenance of New Unix Servers
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: This Lot covers the maintenance of the items
purchased under Lot 1 above.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 72610000.
LOT NO 3
TITLE Maintenance of Existing Unix Servers
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: This Lot covers the maintenance of existing Unix
servers & AIX Software in ESB.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 72610000.
LOT NO 4
TITLE Maintenance of Existing VMS Hardware & Software
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: This Lot covers the provision of maintenance for
existing VMS hardware & software in ESB.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 72610000.
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the grouping of economic operators to
whom the contract is to be awarded: A grouping, if successful, will be
required to contract as a single entity with joint and several liability.
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) Vendor
name and address;
(2) Full contact details (phone, fax, email) of the representative
handling this express of interest;
(3) A brief profile of the vendors organisation, including date of
establishment, overall structure, number of employees per function,
location, and principal activities (both services and products);
(4) Indicate the Lot(s) in which you are interested;
(5) Details of the total numbers of Unix servers and/or VMS systems
currently supported by vendor in the EU and in Ireland;
(6) A detailed description of three sites where the vendors UNIX systems
have been deployed into organisations to support large Enterprise Resource
Planning applications e.g. SAP R/3, Oracle Financials etc.;
(7) Advise of any accreditations to any relevant representative
organisation, institute or governing body, etc.
III.2.4) Reserved contracts: No.
III.3) CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO SERVICES CONTRACTS
III.3.1) Execution of the service is reservedto a particular profession:
No.
III.3.2) Legal persons should indicate the names and professional
qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service:
No.
SECTION IV: PROCEDURE
IV.1) TYPE OF PROCEDURE
IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Negotiated
Candidates have already been selected: no.
IV.2) AWARD CRITERIA
IV.2.1) Award criteria: The most economically advantageous tender in
terms of the criteria stated in the specifications or in the invitation to
tender or to negotiate.
IV.2.2) An electronic auction will be used: No.
IV.3) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting entity:
SS/CON/1107.
IV.3.2) Previous publication concerning the same contract: No.
IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents:
Payable documents: no.
IV.3.4) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
14.10.2009 - 12:00.
IV.3.5) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be
drawn up: English.
IV.3.7) Conditions for opening tenders: Persons authorised to be present
at the opening of tenders: no.
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.1) THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT: No.
VI.2) CONTRACT(S) RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY
COMMUNITY FUNDS: No.
VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal
procedures: E-mail: courts.ie.
VI.4) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures: Chief Registrar, The Four
Courts, Inns Quay, IRL-Dublin 7. Tel. +353 18886000.
VI.4.3) Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may
be obtained: Suppliers own legal advisor.
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 14.9.2009.
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