Open procedure for licensing the T2S Connectivity Services (G858 010/10)
Banca d'Italia, acting as contracting authority under a mandate from the Eurosystem Central Banks (ECB/2011/5), is launching this open procedure for the granting of two Licences to provide connectivity services to the entities directly connected to the Target2 Securities Platform, as specified in the present "Contract Notice".
Banca d'Italia carries out the selection procedure in its own name and interest as well as in the interest of the Eurosystem Central Banks and will sign the Licence Agreement with the selected network service providers in the name and interest of the Eurosystem Central Banks.
The purpose of this procedure is to award up to two Licences to Network Service Providers for the operation of connectivity services to the T2S Platform to be remunerated solely by the fees and prices applied to the Directly Connected T2S Actors, as in the case of a service concession. Hence, Directive 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (hereinafter the "Directive") and Italian Legislative Decree 163/2006 (Code on public works, public service and public supply contracts, hereinafter the "Code") shall be applicable only to a limited extent (see Articles 17 and 3 of the "Directive" and Article 30 of the "Code").
Nevertheless, on the basis of Article 30 of the "Code", the principles governing public contracts and of the EU Treaty are applicable also to the service concession. The contracting authority has decided to follow the rules set down in the “Code” as a general guideline also for the present award procedure, especially for the rules that can be considered an application of the EU Treaty and of public contract principles.
The Licence and the Licence Agreement shall have an Initial Term (as defined in Licence Agreement, Art. 17.1) ending seven (7) years after the Go-Live Date (as defined in Licence Agreement, Art. 1.1). The duration of the licence and of the Licence Agreement (“Initial Term”) may be extended twice by one year (“Additional Term”, as defined in Licence Agreement, Art. 17.2).
Such Licence will be awarded to a maximum of two Network Service Providers. The number of Licences may at any time be increased at the Eurosystem’s own full discretion. Candidates should note that the Eurosystem intends to provide the T2S Actors with the possibility to obtain direct access to T2S through the public internet mainly for the purpose of exchanging small volumes of data with T2S and for contingencies, for example in the event of a Network Disaster. Its provision falls outside the scope of this procedure.
The candidates should also note that the T2S Actors shall have the option to connect to the T2S Platform via a Dedicated Link.
A Dedicated Link is a mechanism to exchange data between the T2S Actors and the T2S Platform, whereby the provider of services via the Dedicated Link will only provide basic Connectivity Services. Regarding the provision of these basic connectivity services, the Eurosystem is considering two alternative options:
1. A provider of basic connectivity services (the DL-NSP) will be selected on the basis of a formal process and will act as a single concentrator for data traffic to and from the T2S Actors making use of a Dedicated Link, whereby such T2S Actors will either make use of the connectivity services of the DL-NSP, or will request a provider of their choice to interconnect with that provider. The DL-NSP will have to provide access points at least in the T2S data centres (see description in annex 1 to the Awarding Rules). The Eurosystem will apply the full-cost-recovery principle in relation to costs necessary to implement and manage these access points and to manage the communication with the T2S Actors. The Eurosystem will not bear any costs necessary for a T2S Actor to reach these access points.
2. The Eurosystem will provide directly end-to-end connectivity services via a network that the Eurosystem already uses for data communication between EU Central Banks (and with a few non-EU Central Banks and international public organisations). This network has access points distributed all over Europe. The Eurosystem will apply the full-cost-recovery principle in relation to costs necessary to implement and operate the Dedicated Links between the T2S Platform and the data centres of the T2S Actors. The Eurosystem acknowledges that the general principles of EU Competition Law apply to the provision of such services by the Eurosystem.
In order to allow the T2S Platform to communicate with the systems of the Directly Connected T2S Actors via a Dedicated Link,the Eurosystem will make use of the same “Data Exchange Protocol” (DEP) and the “WebSphere MQ” transport protocol as the one required for the Network Service Provider, as described in the Technical Requirements (attachment 1 to the Licence Agreement).
The procedure and these services are further specified in the "Awarding Rules" as well as in the "Technical Overview of the T2S environment" (Annex 1), in the "Licence Agreement" and its Attachments (Annex 2), in the "Awarding Model" (Annex 4) annexed to the "Awarding Rules", of which they are integral and substantive parts, and in the "Administrative documentation and models" (Annex 3).
In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between relevant provisions of the Contract Notice, the Awarding Rules and its Annexes, the Contract Notice shall prevail over any relevant provision of the Awarding Rules and the Awarding Rules shall prevail over its Annexes.
Scadenza
Il termine per la ricezione delle offerte era 2011-09-30.
L'appalto è stato pubblicato su 2011-07-06.
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