HR & Payroll System Contract

St Patrick's College (Drumcondra)

The College is seeking a fully integrated HR and payroll solution to standardise its business processes. The College requires an application that will support the full employee lifecycle from โ€˜Hire to Retireโ€™ and will provide a consolidated view of the employee across the organisation. The solution must be robust and scalable to grow in line with the Collegeโ€™s upgrade strategy and must have the capability to evolve over time to support the changing business requirements of the College. Ongoing support and maintenance of the solution will also be provided by the successful economic operator, in order to ensure ongoing fitness for purpose from both a functional and technical perspective.
Note: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the eTenders Web Site at http://www.etenders.gov.ie/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=524033.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2012-11-26. The procurement was published on 2012-10-24.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2012-10-24 Contract notice
2013-12-19 Additional information
Contract notice (2012-10-24)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: time accounting or human resources software package
Quantity or scope:
This contract relates to the supply, installation, commissioning, support and maintenance of a human resource and payroll application system. The contract will have a maximum potential duration of six years, subject to satisfactory performance on the part of the successful economic operator.
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Notice metadata
Original language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Time accounting or human resources software package ๐Ÿ“ฆ

Procedure
Procedure type: Competitive dialogue
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Awarding authority type: Body governed by public law
Awarding authority name: St Patrick's College (Drumcondra)
Postal address: Drumcondra
Postal town: Dublin 9
Contact
Internet address: http://www.spd.ie ๐ŸŒ
Phone: +353 18842234 ๐Ÿ“ž
Fax: +353 18842243 ๐Ÿ“ 

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2012-10-24 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2012-11-26 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2012-10-25 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2012/S 206-339197
OJ-S issue: 206
Additional information
1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site (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 or tenderers. 4) Contract award will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities. 5) It will be a condition of award that candidates and all sub-contractors produce a valid Tax Clearance Certificate from the Irish Revenue Commissioners as part of their application for participation in the competition. 6) If for any reason it is not possible conclude the contract with the designated successful tenderer emerging from this competitive process, the contracting authority reserves the right to conclude the contract with the next highest scoring tenderer, as appropriate. If, following the conclusion of the contract, the contracting authority considers that the successful tenderer has not met its obligations, the contracting authority reserves the right to award the contract to the next highest scoring tenderer on the basis of the original competition and as tendered by that party. 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. 7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process or the resulting contract at any time. 8) Please note in relation to all documents, that where reference is made to a particular standard, make, source, process, trademark, type or patent, that this is not to be regarded as a de facto requirement. In all such cases it should be understood that such indications are to be treated strictly and solely for reference purposes only, to which the words "or equivalent" will always be appended. 9) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of questionnaires with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, candidates are advised to ensure that they return fully completed questionnaires in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition. (ET Ref:524033).
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Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
The College is seeking a fully integrated HR and payroll solution to standardise its business processes. The College requires an application that will support the full employee lifecycle from โ€˜Hire to Retireโ€™ and will provide a consolidated view of the employee across the organisation. The solution must be robust and scalable to grow in line with the Collegeโ€™s upgrade strategy and must have the capability to evolve over time to support the changing business requirements of the College. Ongoing support and maintenance of the solution will also be provided by the successful economic operator, in order to ensure ongoing fitness for purpose from both a functional and technical perspective.
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Note: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the eTenders Web Site at http://www.etenders.gov.ie/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=524033.
Variants will be accepted โœ…
Duration: 72 months
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:
As per the qualification questionnaire, available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie.
Economic and financial standing:
As per the qualification questionnaire, available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie.
Minimum level(s) of standards:
As per the qualification questionnaire, available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie.
Technical and professional ability:
As per the qualification questionnaire, available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie.
Contract execution
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: To be agreed with the successful contractor.
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
A grouping, if successful, may be required to contract as a single entity having joint and several liability but subject to the agreement of the contracting parties. If it is proposed to sub-contract the delivery of any portion of the contract, it may be a condition of award of contract that both the service provider and any proposed sub-contractor enter simultaneously into a collateral warranty with the contracting authority for the relevant portion of the contract.
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Names and professional qualifications of the staff โœ…

Procedure
Envisaged number of candidates: 3
Objective criteria for selection:
As per the qualification questionnaire, available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie.
Date of dispatch of invitations: 2012-12-10 ๐Ÿ“…
Languages
Language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Irish ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Mr Martin Ward
Internet address: www.spd.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.etenders.gov.ie/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA8541 ๐ŸŒ
Name: www.etenders.gov.ie
Phone: +353 16177944 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL for further information: http://www.etenders.gov.ie ๐ŸŒ
URL for documents: http://www.etenders.gov.ie ๐ŸŒ
Name: St Patrick's College (Drumcondra)
URL for participation: www.spd.ie ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Additional information
1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site (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.
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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 or tenderers.
4) Contract award will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities.
5) It will be a condition of award that candidates and all sub-contractors produce a valid Tax Clearance Certificate from the Irish Revenue Commissioners as part of their application for participation in the competition.
6) If for any reason it is not possible conclude the contract with the designated successful tenderer emerging from this competitive process, the contracting authority reserves the right to conclude the contract with the next highest scoring tenderer, as appropriate.
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If, following the conclusion of the contract, the contracting authority considers that the successful tenderer has not met its obligations, the contracting authority reserves the right to award the contract to the next highest scoring tenderer on the basis of the original competition and as tendered by that party. 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.
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7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process or the resulting contract at any time.
8) Please note in relation to all documents, that where reference is made to a particular standard, make, source, process, trademark, type or patent, that this is not to be regarded as a de facto requirement. In all such cases it should be understood that such indications are to be treated strictly and solely for reference purposes only, to which the words "or equivalent" will always be appended.
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9) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of questionnaires with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, candidates are advised to ensure that they return fully completed questionnaires in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition.
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(ET Ref:524033).

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Internet address: www.courts.ie ๐ŸŒ
Information about review deadlines:
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 reviewable public contract.
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Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: Please contact a legal advisor.
Source: OJS 2012/S 206-339197 (2012-10-24)
Additional information (2013-12-19)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Time accounting or human resources software package
Notice metadata
Document type: Additional information

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2013-12-19 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2013-12-24 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2013/S 249-435969
Refers to notice: 2012/S 206-339197
OJ-S issue: 249
Source: OJS 2013/S 249-435969 (2013-12-19)