Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-11-09
Buyer: EirGrid Plc
Country: IE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 72000000 | 72100000 | 72200000 | 72500000 | 72600000
Estimated value: 500000 EUR
Submission deadline: 2018-12-10
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Υπηρεσίες τεχνολογίας των πληροφοριών: παροχή συμβουλών, ανάπτυξη λογισμικού, Διαδίκτυο και υποστήριξη
The current PI system is made up of several different PI applications sitting on a suite of Windows 2008 and Windows 2012 R2 Servers. It is a 3000 tag PI system with approximately 40 active C37.118 data streams.
Work has recently been completed by our existing support partner to split the workload of the AF/PI Vision server onto 2 Windows 2012 servers and to move PI software to latest versions. A health check was also carried out for the whole system.
EirGrid needs to procure a certified OSIsoft support partner to supply a full suite of IS services relating to the PI System including:
—— support will be required during normal business hours, 8:00 to 18:00 Monday to Friday. Support may be required for 24/7 365 days per year and ability to move to this structure must also be demonstrated.
—— on the PI System, architecture and its associated interfaces, best value for money licensing arrangements, telecoms and best practice methods in regard to data acquisition, analysis, system architecture and interconnection with existing systems/roadmap for future growth.
The current system is made up of several different PI applications sitting on 2 Windows 2012 and 6 Windows 2008 Servers.
The contract start date is expected to be around June 2019 and the Framework Agreement period will be for an initial duration of 4 Years with an option to extend annually for up to a further 4 years, subject always to the satisfactory performance of the supplier.
1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications. All information relating to attachments, including clarifications and changes, will be published on the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal (www.etenders.gov.ie)only. Registration is free of charge. The Contracting Authority will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties;
3) The Contracting Authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers;
5) It will be a condition of award that candidates are tax compliant and are in a position to produce a valid tax clearance certificate or eTax Clearance from the Revenue Commissioners when requested;
6) If for any reason it is not possible to award the contract one or more of the tenderers invited following the conclusion of this competitive process, the Contracting Authority reserves the right to award the contract to the next ranked tenderer as appropriate;
7) At its absolute discretion, the Contracting Authority may elect to terminate this procurement process or any contract awarded.
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.

Eligibility requirements: Interested parties are referred to the Information Memorandum and PQQ attached to this notice.

Award value: 500000