Section II: Object
II.1)Scope of the procurement
II.1.1)Title:
Provision of External Staff and Services in Support of IT Infrastructure and Operations Services at the EIB Group
Reference number: OP-1455
II.1.2)Main CPV code72000000 IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
II.1.3)Type of contractServices
II.1.4)Short description:
The scope of this call for tenders is the provision of external staff members and specific services to support the activities of the respective organisational units of the Information Technology (IT) Department of the European Investment Bank.
This call for tenders is divided into 3 distinct lots, each lot representing a different technical domain and scope:
— lot 1: Provision of staff and services to support IT End User and Identity and Access Management Services at the EIB Group’s premises in Luxembourg and its external offices worldwide,
— lot 2: Provision of staff and services to support IT Infrastructure Operations at the EIB Group’s premises in Luxembourg,
— lot 3: Provision of staff and services to support IT Network and Unified Communication Operations at the EIB Group’s premises in Luxembourg.
II.1.5)Estimated total valueValue excluding VAT: 123 864 620.00 EUR
II.1.6)Information about lotsThis contract is divided into lots: yes
Tenders may be submitted for maximum number of lots: 3
II.2)Description
II.2.1)Title:
Provision of staff and services to support IT End User and Identity and Access Management Services at the EIB Group’s premises in Luxembourg and its external offices worldwide
Lot No: 1
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)72250000 System and support services
72253000 Helpdesk and support services
72253200 Systems support services
72261000 Software support services
72253100 Helpdesk services
72212516 Exchange software development services
72212650 Personal computer (PC) operating system software development services
72500000 Computer-related services
72510000 Computer-related management services
72540000 Computer upgrade services
72600000 Computer support and consultancy services
72610000 Computer support services
72611000 Technical computer support services
II.2.3)Place of performanceNUTS code: LU00 Luxembourg (Grand-Duché)
Main site or place of performance:
Mainly onsite at the premises of EIB in Luxembourg and at its external offices worldwide, and off-site for on-call services or near shoring.
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
1 framework agreement will be signed with one Service Provider.
Lot 1 covers services in the following domains:
— Service Desk 1st and 2nd line Support Services,
— End User Client Support Services,
— End User Service Asset Management Services,
— End User Service Asset Management Services for stock,
— External Office Support Services,
— End User Engineering Services,
— Microsoft Server Applications Engineering Services,
— Identity and Access Management Services.
Services will be rendered through onsite presence of agents, unless otherwise specified.
II.2.5)Award criteriaPrice is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6)Estimated valueValue excluding VAT: 62 181 090.00 EUR
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing systemDuration in months: 84
This contract is subject to renewal: yes
Description of renewals:
The framework agreement will be signed for an initial duration 4 years, with the possibility of three extensions consisting of 1 additional year each (maximum 7 years in total).
II.2.10)Information about variantsVariants will be accepted: no
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
II.2)Description
II.2.1)Title:
Provision of staff and services to support IT Infrastructure Operations
Lot No: 2
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)72100000 Hardware consultancy services
72110000 Hardware selection consultancy services
72120000 Hardware disaster-recovery consultancy services
72222300 Information technology services
72228000 Hardware integration consultancy services
72220000 Systems and technical consultancy services
72240000 Systems analysis and programming services
72246000 Systems consultancy services
72253200 Systems support services
72254100 Systems testing services
72252000 Computer archiving services
72317000 Data storage services
72910000 Computer back-up services
II.2.3)Place of performanceNUTS code: LU000 Luxembourg (Grand-Duché)
Main site or place of performance:
Mainly onsite at the premises of EIB in Luxembourg and at its external offices worldwide, and off-site for on-call services or near shoring.
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
1 framework agreement will be signed with one Service Provider.
Lot 2 covers the provision of staff and services to support IT Infrastructure Services at the EIB Group’s premises in Luxembourg.
IT Infrastructure Operations covers activities in the following domains:
— Server Operating Systems Engineering and Administration Services,
— Linux (including Red Hat), Unix, Windows,
— Virtualization Engineering and Administration Services.
VMware, Hyper-V.
— Storage and Backup Engineering and Administration Services,
— Infrastructure Applications Engineering and Administration Services.
LDAP, SCOM, DNS, DHCP, NFS.
— Monitoring, Scheduling, Automation and Orchestration Engineering and Administration Services,
— Infrastructure Operations Services,
— Datacentre Support and Infrastructure Asset Management Services,
— Design and Architecture for Infrastructure technologies Service.
Services will be rendered through onsite presence of engineers, unless otherwise specified.
II.2.5)Award criteriaPrice is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6)Estimated valueValue excluding VAT: 50 448 650.00 EUR
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing systemDuration in months: 84
This contract is subject to renewal: yes
Description of renewals:
The framework agreement will be signed for an initial duration 4 years, with the possibility of three extensions consisting of 1 additional year each (maximum 7 years in total).
II.2.10)Information about variantsVariants will be accepted: no
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
II.2)Description
II.2.1)Title:
Provision of staff and services to support IT Network and Unified Communication Operations
Lot No: 3
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)72250000 System and support services
72220000 Systems and technical consultancy services
72228000 Hardware integration consultancy services
72253200 Systems support services
72254100 Systems testing services
72315000 Data network management and support services
72315100 Data network support services
72315200 Data network management services
72511000 Network management software services
72700000 Computer network services
72710000 Local area network services
II.2.3)Place of performanceNUTS code: LU LUXEMBOURG (GRAND-DUCHÉ)
Main site or place of performance:
Mainly onsite at the premises of EIB in Luxembourg and at its external offices worldwide, and off-site for on-call services or near shoring.
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
1 framework agreement will be signed with one Service Provider.
Lot 3 covers provision of IT Network Operations services in the following domains:
— Network infrastructure Services,
— Network and Unified Communication Design & Architecture Services,
— Unified Communication Technology Services.
Services will be rendered through onsite presence of engineers, unless otherwise specified.
II.2.5)Award criteriaPrice is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6)Estimated valueValue excluding VAT: 11 234 880.00 EUR
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing systemDuration in days: 84
This contract is subject to renewal: yes
Description of renewals:
The framework agreement will be signed for an initial duration 4 years, with the possibility of three extensions consisting of 1 additional year each (maximum 7 years in total).
II.2.10)Information about variantsVariants will be accepted: no
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 systemThe procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Framework agreement with several operators
In the case of framework agreements, provide justification for any duration exceeding 4 years: The services in question are critical to the EIB, which can be best supported in a long term partnership with the service provider, where trust is built and maintained on the long term, as well as the return on investment for the service providers is ensured, due to cost related to (i) transition (at the beginning and at the end of the framework agreement), (ii) mobilization (recruitment&training)
IV.1.8)Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: no
IV.2)Administrative information
IV.2.2)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participateDate: 05/03/2018
IV.2.3)Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
IV.2.4)Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:English
IV.2.6)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tenderDuration in months: 6 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.2.7)Conditions for opening of tendersDate: 07/03/2018
Local time: 11:00
Information about authorised persons and opening procedure:
Upon request, the written record of the opening of the tenders will be provided to economic operators who submitted a tender.