Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2022-10-31
Buyer: Electricity Supply Board ( ESB )
Country: IE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 72000000
Submission deadline: 2022-11-18
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Υπηρεσίες τεχνολογίας των πληροφοριών: παροχή συμβουλών, ανάπτυξη λογισμικού, Διαδίκτυο και υποστήριξη
A framework agreement to procure a service supplier for the supply of IT End Point & Server Hardware.
ESB currently has more than 400 physical hosts, located primarily in ESB’s two datacentres, but also in remote locations across Ireland and the UK. We aim to refresh hardware on a 5 -7 year cycle, depending on the circumstances and the particular requirements of the business unit at that time.
It is envisaged the term of the contract commences on the date when services commence and shall be for a period of up to 36 months with two optional 24 month extensions subject to satisfactory performance. The agreement will be subject to regular operational review.
ESB currently has approx. 8000 Laptops / 1,000 Thin Clients and 1000 Desktops.  Hardware refresh takes place on a rolling 3 year basis.  Our Strategic approach is to encourage Smart and Hybrid working, peripherals are supplied for home /office use.
It is envisaged the term of the contract commences on the date when services commence and shall be for a period of up to 36 months with two optional 24 month extensions subject to satisfactory performance. The agreement will be subject to regular operational review.
ESB currently has approx. 500 non cellular Tablets/laptops/desktops.  Our Hardware vendors need to be an Apple premium reseller.    Our Strategic approach is to encourage Smart and Hybrid working, peripherals are supplied for home /office use
It is envisaged the term of the contract commences on the date when services commence and shall be for a period of up to 36 months with two optional 24 month extensions subject to satisfactory performance. The agreement will be subject to regular operational review.
As stated in Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID225937
1) It is our intention to use the Irish Government Procurement portal (www.etenders.gov.ie) for this competition. Access to this Portal is free of charge. Interested parties must formally register their expression of interest for this competition on eTenders before they can gain access to the PQQ documentation. All information relating to and including the pre-qualification documents, any clarifications and changes will be issued/published via this portal. The contracting entity will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties 2) This is the sole call for competition for this service. 3) The contracting entity will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers. 4) Contract award will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities. 5) It will be a condition of award that candidates are tax compliant. 6) If for any reason it is not possible to admit to the framework agreement one or more of the tenderers invited following the conclusion of this competitive process, or having awarded a contract under the framework agreement, the contracting entity reserves the right to invite the next highest scoring tenderer to join the framework agreement and/or deliver the contract as appropriate to the circumstances pertaining to the framework. 7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting entity may elect to terminate this procurement process, the framework agreement or any contract awarded under the framework agreement at any time. 8) Please note in relation to all documents, that where reference is made to a particular standard, make, source, process, trademark, type or patent, that this is not to be regarded as a de facto requirement. In all such cases it should be understood that such indications are to be treated strictly and solely for reference purposes only, to which the words "or equivalent" will always be appended. 9) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting entity is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of questionnaires with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, candidates are advised to ensure that they return fully completed questionnaires in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition. 10) At Section II.2.9 we have indicated that [4 to be reviewed on a case-by-case basis] will be invited to tender, please note that the contracting entity reserves the right to invite at least [4 to be reviewed on a case-by-case basis] subject to that number qualifying.
The Contracting Entity will not conclude this framework agreement / contract until after the expiry of the standstill period which commences on the day following the date of notification of concerned tenderers. Review procedures are available in the High Court to a person who has or has had an interest in obtaining the framework agreement / contract and alleges that he or she has been harmed or is at risk of being harmed by an infringement of the law in relation to that framework agreement / contract.

Eligibility requirements: As stated in Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID225937