Contract Award - Invitation to Tender under the Open Procedure for the establishment of a framework agreement for Microsoft Software including New, Existing Renewals and Associated Services

Description

Contract has now been awarded to Micromail Pobal invites Submissions from potential service providers for inclusion in a competition for appointment to a Framework Agreement providing Pobal with Microsoft Software including New purchases, Existing Renewals and Associated Service. Pobal proposes as part of this procurement process to set up a National Framework Agreement as per EU Directive 2004/18/EC, Article 32. The duration for this national framework agreement will be for a maximum of 48 months. Contracts will be project specific and/or for a fixed term although Pobal reserves the right to extend or renew contracts for ancillary or related services or for additional periods up to a maximum of 24 months. Pobal reserves the right to use this framework agreement for the procurement of related equipment to that listed above. The supplier admitted to the framework agreement will be offered the opportunity to make submissions for this related equipment as the need arises. Pobal reserves the right, at its sole discretion, not to use this framework agreement. A separate Award Response document must be returned for each manufacturer, and a separate Appendix must be returned for each manufacturer’s product.