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Eircom may have lost all or part of government VPN contract

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  • 17-05-2006 4:25pm
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    Sponge Bob
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 25,234 ✭✭✭✭


    No announcement yet, traditionally its renewed by now.

    I hear eNet are in the frame for some of it and another carrier , dunno who .


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    Mr_Man
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    What kind of dent will the loss make, if confirmed, on Eircom's balance sheet?

    M.


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    damien
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    €40m - €50m


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    SeaSide
    Closed Accounts Posts: 762 ✭✭✭SeaSide


    that would be very surprising if it hasnt gone to tender. surprising as in not legal


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    damien
    Registered Users Posts: 4,290 ✭✭✭damien


    Went to tender ages ago.


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    SeaSide
    Closed Accounts Posts: 762 ✭✭✭SeaSide


    must have been on my day off


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    crawler
    Registered Users Posts: 1,660 ✭✭✭crawler


    There was one or two out for the prision services and HSE but was there a full government VPN one...nothing on etenders?


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    damien
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    Isn't this a yearly tender or is this the overall Govt tender that is yearly?


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    crawler
    Registered Users Posts: 1,660 ✭✭✭crawler


    Rules of public procurement apply - 3 years max term - can be rolled - new tender must be ut to full notice and on TED (european site)

    Results notice must be posted...

    etc etc....


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    parsi
    Site Banned Posts: 5,904 ✭✭✭parsi


    That's brilliant news.. so instead of eircoms outages that blame Crown Alley or Churchfield we'll now have to put up with some other shower who will soon develop their regular sites for outages. At least eircoms billing seems to be ok God help us if BT enter the frame...


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    Sponge Bob
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 25,234 ✭✭✭✭Sponge Bob


    parsi wrote:
    God help us if BT enter the frame...

    Its a flat rate annual contract so even BT could not feck up the billing ......ooooops pls delete this mods :p


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    parsi
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    Sponge Bob wrote:
    Its a flat rate annual contract so even BT could not feck up the billing ......ooooops pls delete this mods :p

    We had a flat rate leased line with them for two years and every single month they fecked up the billing :rolleyes:


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    thegills
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    There seems to be a trend for the Govt. bodies to issue 2 or more tenders (diversity) for each service. To date eircom are generally winning one tender with BT / Smart and others winning the other. Most of the tenders to date have stipulated 10Mb+ bandwidth so fibre is the connection medium. The HSE are on their 3rd tender now.
    Recents tenders are;
    HSE 1 & 2. Prisons. DCMNR Cavan & Clonakilty. Dept Finance Mullingar, Dept. Transport Ballina, etc. Keep any eye on e-tenders.ie
    thegills


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    eircomtribunal
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    thegills wrote:
    Keep any eye on e-tenders.ie
    thegills
    According to BT (today's article in the Irish Times business part) a gov tender for the VPN contract is expected to come up in summer (or more likely a broken into three parts tender) and BT will want to go for it.
    P.


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