Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-03-06
Buyer: EirGrid plc
Country: IE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 72000000 | 72200000 | 72211000: Systems and user software programming services | 72212000: Platform-specific software programming services | 72600000
Estimated value: 57000000 EUR
Submission deadline: 2020-04-06
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Υπηρεσίες τεχνολογίας των πληροφοριών: παροχή συμβουλών, ανάπτυξη λογισμικού, Διαδίκτυο και υποστήριξη
The purpose of the pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ) is to invite qualification applications from interested parties for the provision of ICT services and Professionals under a multi-party supplier framework agreement. This is not a recruitment tender. The resources required will be managed by the successful tenderer and not EirGrid Group.
EirGrid intends to establish a multi-party supplier framework for the provision of these services using the following lots:
• provision of architectural services (e.g. enterprise, application, business, technical, solution, security, service, functional infrastructure, cloud, data);
EirGrid envisages qualifying up to five candidates per lot from this pre-qualification process, subject to the quality of responses received. EirGrid reserves the right to qualify a further number of candidates as deemed appropriate. For example, should two or more candidates finish in joint position, the company may, at its sole discretion, qualify more than five candidates.
The initial contract period envisaged is 3 years with the possibility to extend for two terms of an additional two (2) years and a final extension of one (1) year, subject always to the satisfactory performance of the members. The estimated spend of EUR 15 000 000 is taking into account the full duration of the contract including the possible extensions.
The service types required as part of this lot will include but not be limited to the following Infrastructure capabilities including the ability to take responsibility for specific areas of work over time:
— infrastructure environment management (e.g. Backup, Monitoring, VMware, Licence Management, Storage, Equipment installation, Networking),
— end user tool management (end user computing; collaboration tools, audio visual systems management, mobile device management).
EirGrid envisages qualifying up to five candidates per lot from this pre-qualification process, subject to the quality of responses received. EirGrid reserves the right to qualify a further number of candidates as deemed appropriate. For example, should two or more candidates finish in joint position, the company may, at its sole discretion, qualify more than five candidates.
The initial contract period envisaged is 3 years with the possibility to extend for two terms of an additional two (2) years and a final extension of one (1) year, subject always to the satisfactory performance of the members. The estimated spend of EUR 18 000 000 is taking into account the full duration of the contract including the possible extensions.
EirGrid envisages qualifying up to five candidates per Lot from this pre-qualification process, subject to the quality of responses received. EirGrid reserves the right to qualify a further number of candidates as deemed appropriate. For example, should two or more candidates finish in joint position, the company may, at its sole discretion, qualify more than five candidates.
The initial contract period envisaged is 3 years with the possibility to extend for two terms of an additional two (2) years and a final extension of one (1) year, subject always to the satisfactory performance of the members. The estimated spend of EUR 12 000 000 is taking into account the full duration of the contract including the possible extensions.
This lot is intended to be used for the end to end delivery of project and product deliverables (which may already be set out in other lots). Successful tenderers will be asked to manage the delivery of the required scope of work as lead vendor. The service types required as part of this lot include, but are not restricted to delivery of the following capabilities:
EirGrid envisages qualifying up to five candidates per lot from this pre-qualification process, subject to the quality of responses received. EirGrid reserves the right to qualify a further number of candidates as deemed appropriate. For example, should two or more candidates finish in joint position, the Company may, at its sole discretion, qualify more than five candidates.

Eligibility requirements: Please see information memorandum and pre-qualification questionnaire attached to this notice.

Award value: 57000000