Public procurement notice: Modification Of A Contract/Concession During Its Term
Published: 2021-10-26
Buyer: The Office of Government Procurement
Country: IE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 32250000 | 32252000 | 32252100 | 32252110 | 64212000

Technical requirements: Multi Supplier Framework Agreement for the Provision of Mobile Voice and Data Communications and Associated Products and Services
To put in place a multi supplier Framework Agreement for Mobile Voice & Data & Associated Products & Services. The Framework Agreement will be accessed by Ministers of the Government of Ireland, Central Government Departments, Offices & non-commercial Agencies & Organisations which have a formal reporting & legal relationship to Central Government Departments, including all local authorities in Ireland (themselves including regional assemblies, local enterprise boards & library bodies). Contracting authorities in the Irish health sector including but not limited to the Health Service Executive (HSE); the Health Information & Quality Authority (HIQA) & HSE funded Agencies delivering health & personal social services funded by more than 50% from Exchequer funds. Contracting authorities which are third Level Education Institutions (including but not limited to Universities & Institutes of Technology & members of the Education Procurement Service); HEAnet, its member institutions & subsidiaries, Educational & Training Boards (ETB), ETB schools, primary, post-primary, special schools groups & clusters of schools, An Garda Siochana, The Irish Prison Service & The Defence Forces.
The Framework Agreement is being extended up to 25th April 2022 due to extenuating circumstances brought about by Covid-19 and the recent Cyber Security attack on the HSE. A public procurement process is currently under way to establish a new Framework Agreement. It is anticipated that the new Framework will be established prior to or in March 2022.
Please refer to the RFT 121589 documents for this contract notice which are available on www.etenders.ie
Multi Supplier Framework Agreement for the Provision of Mobile Voice and Data Communications and Associated Products and Services
The Framework Agreement is being extended up to 25th April 2022 due to extenuating circumstances brought about by Covid-19 and the recent Cyber Security attack on the HSE. A public procurement process is currently under way to establish a new Framework Agreement. It is anticipated that the new Framework will be established prior to or in March 2022.
The OGP has extended the current Mobile Voice and Data Communications and Associated Products and Services Framework to allow Public Service Bodies to continue to procure Mobile Voice and Data Communications and Associated Products and Services under the Framework until a new Framework is put in place.
The Mobile Voice and Data Communications and Associated Products and Services Framework will expire on 25th October 2021. The Framework is extended until 25th April 2022. The additional value of the Framework extension is €2,000,000.
In 2017 the OGP put in place a national Framework Agreement to provide public service bodies with ease of access to Mobile Voice and Data Communications and Associated Products and Services, due to expire on 25th October 2021.
The project to replace the above Framework was delayed in 2020 due to resourcing issues arising from the Covid-19 pandemic. Further delays were experienced when a Cyber-attack on Ireland’s Health system in 2021 necessitated the reallocation of resources from the project to remediate the harm caused by the Cyber-attack.
The OGP extended the current Mobile Voice and Data Communications and Associated Products and Services Framework to allow Public Service Bodies to continue to procure the Goods and Services under the Framework pending a new Framework. The RFT to establish the new Framework was published on October 15th 2021 and the new Framework is expected to be established by the end of Q1 of 2022.


Winner: eircom