Results of the procurement procedure
Legal Basis:
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name and addressesOfficial name: Fáilte Ireland-National Tourism Development Authority
National registration number: N/A
Postal address: 88-95 Amiens Street
Town: Dublin
NUTS code: IE Éire / Ireland
Postal code: D01 WR86
Country: Ireland
Contact person: Sabrina Jones
E-mail: procurement@failteireland.ie
Telephone: +353 18847888
Internet address(es):
Main address: www.failteireland.ie
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1169
I.4)Type of the contracting authorityBody governed by public law
I.5)Main activityGeneral public services
Section II: Object
II.1)Scope of the procurement
II.1.1)Title:
Fixed Broadband and PSTN Services
Reference number: IT/2021/06
II.1.2)Main CPV code64210000 Telephone and data transmission services
II.1.3)Type of contractServices
II.1.4)Short description:
Fáilte Ireland wish to engage with a single supplier to maintain and support existing telephony infrastructure. Fáilte Ireland are embarking on a new enhanced telephony solution to deliver Unified Communications using Microsoft Teams which will allow staff receive and make calls without the need for handsets. While this will replace the necessity for BRA’s and PRA’s we will still require some of our existing analogue lines which supports services that require dedicated lines, such as broadband, alarms and lifts.
II.1.6)Information about lotsThis contract is divided into lots: no
II.1.7)Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)Value excluding VAT: 250 000.00 EUR
II.2)Description
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)32429000 Telephone network equipment
32552330 Telephone switching apparatus
45314200 Installation of telephone lines
64211000 Public-telephone services
64211100 Local telephone services
64211200 Long distance telephone services
64212000 Mobile-telephone services
64215000 IP telephone services
II.2.3)Place of performanceNUTS code: IE Éire / Ireland
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
Fáilte Ireland wish to engage with a single supplier to maintain and support existing telephony infrastructure. Fáilte Ireland are embarking on a new enhanced telephony solution to deliver Unified Communications using Microsoft Teams which will allow staff receive and make calls without the need for handsets. While this will replace the necessity for BRA’s and PRA’s we will still require some of our existing analogue lines which supports services that require dedicated lines, such as broadband, alarms and lifts.
II.2.5)Award criteriaQuality criterion - Name: Quality of Technical Solutions proposed / Weighting: 25
Quality criterion - Name: Quality of Services Provision and Management / Weighting: 25
Cost criterion - Name: Ultimate Cost / Weighting: 50
II.2.11)Information about optionsOptions: no
II.2.13)Information about European Union fundsThe procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
II.2.14)Additional information
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1)Description
IV.1.1)Type of procedureOpen procedure
IV.1.3)Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
IV.1.8)Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: yes
IV.2)Administrative information
IV.2.1)Previous publication concerning this procedureNotice number in the OJ S: 2021/S 191-496626
IV.2.8)Information about termination of dynamic purchasing system
IV.2.9)Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
Section V: Award of contract
Title:
Fixed Broadband and PSTN Services
A contract/lot is awarded: yes
V.2)Award of contract
V.2.1)Date of conclusion of the contract:29/11/2021
V.2.2)Information about tendersNumber of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: no
V.2.3)Name and address of the contractorOfficial name: eir Business
National registration number: 98789
Postal address: 2022 Bianconi Avenue, Citywest Business Campus
Town: Dublin 24
NUTS code: IE Éire / Ireland
Postal code: Dublin
Country: Ireland
E-mail: noeline.hogg@eir.ie
Telephone: +353 851744917
Fax: +353 14600282
Internet address: http://www.eir.ie
The contractor is an SME: no
V.2.4)Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)Total value of the contract/lot: 250 000.00 EUR
V.2.5)Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3)Additional information:
1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders website (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;
2) This is the sole call for competition for this service;
3) The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates, participants or tenderers;
4) Establishment of this contract will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities;
5) If for any reason it is not possible to conclude the contract with the designated successful tenderer emerging from this competitive process or if having concluded contract, the contracting authority considers that the successful tenderer has not met or cannot meet its obligations, the contracting authority reserves the right to contract with the next highest scoring tenderer on the basis of the same terms at any time during the tender validity period. This shall be without prejudice to the right of the contracting authority to cancel this competitive process and/or initiate a new contract award procedure at its sole discretion;
6) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process, at anytime;
7) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of tender responses with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, tenderers are advised to ensure that they return fully completed tenders in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition at the evaluation stage.
VI.4)Procedures for review
VI.4.1)Review bodyOfficial name: High Court
Postal address: Chief Registrar, The Four Courts
Town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland
Telephone: +353 18886000
Internet address: www.courts.ie
VI.4.3)Review procedurePrecise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
The contracting authority will not conclude this contract to which a standstill period applies in accordance with Irish Statutory Instrument SI 130 of 2010, until after the expiry of the standstill period which commences on the day following the date of notification of concerned candidates and tenderers. The duration of the standstill period will be 14 calendar days where notifications are sent electronically or by fax and 16 calendar days where these are sent by any other means. The statutory instrument mentioned above provides that review procedures are available in the High Court to a person who has or has had an interest in obtaining the 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 contract.
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:29/11/2021
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