Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2020-08-31
Buyer: Electricity Supply Board (ESB)
Country: IE
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 32412000 | 32412100 | 32500000 | 72611000: Technical computer support services
Award criteria: Mixed

Technical requirements: The Provision of Supply and Support Services of ESB’s Corporate IP Network Infrastructure and ESB’s Corporate IP Telephony Service
ESB intends to procure a framework agreement for the support and supply of the IP Network and IP Telephony (IPT) services in ESB. The IP Network and IP Telephony service in ESB is composed of various components. The expectation is that the applicant will be able to supply these services across the island of Ireland and the UK on a 24/7 basis.
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 an option to extend after the initial period exercisable for a further period of up to 24 months and again for up to another 24 month period. Therefore the total contract period will be up to 84 months (7 years).
Please consult the associate documentation which contains full instructions regarding the submission of tenders and is available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 149435
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 an option to extend after the initial period exercisable for a further period of up to 24 months and again for up to another 24 month period. Therefore the total contract period will be up to 84 months (7 years).
Please consult the associate documentation which contains full instructions regarding the submission of tenders and is available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 149435.
1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders website (http://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 (http://www.etenders.gov.ie/) only. Registration is free of charge. The contracting entity will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties.
3) The contracting entity will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers.
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 said framework.
7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting entity may elect to terminate this procurement process 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 11.2.9 while we have indicated that at least four companies will be invited to tender, please note that the contracting entity reserves the right to invite at least four, subject to that number qualifying.


Winner: eircom
Number of bids: 2