ITT for skilled ICT resources (Jan 2012)

Department of Communications, Energy & Natural Resources

The Department of Communications, Energy & Natural Resources requires experienced and skilled personnel to supplement its existing in-house resources and to assist in the analysis, development and maintenance of information systems. The following specific skill sets are sought as part of this tender:
Lot 1: one Oracle Database Administrator (DBA) with spatial expertise.
Lot 2: one GIS administrator.
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=373692. />The awarding authority has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via a 'Tender Submission Postbox' facility. Further details of this facility are available at http://www.etenders.gov.ie/PostBox/Postbox_Explain.aspx?ID=373692. />Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. The postbox closes precisely at the time stated.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2012-03-07. The procurement was published on 2012-01-26.

Who?

• Department of Communications, Energy & Natural Resources

What?

Where?

• Éire/Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2012-01-26	Contract notice

Contract notice (2012-01-26)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: computer support and consultancy services
Quantity or scope:

The contract will be with the successful bidder(s) to supply the necessary resource(s) for a period of up to one (1) year on a drawdown basis with the option to roll the contract over for a further two (2) years subject to satisfactory performance and reviewed annually. For contract purposes there are deemed to be 220 working days per year. The start date of the contract will be April 2012.

Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Computer support and consultancy services 📦

Procedure
Procedure type: Open procedure
Type of bid: Submission for one or more lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Awarding authority name: Department of Communications, Energy & Natural Resources
Postal address: 29-31 Adelaide Road
Postal town: Dublin 2
Contact
Internet address: http://www.dcenr.ie 🌏
Phone: +353 16782000 📞
Fax: +353 16783057 📠

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2012-01-26 📅
Submission deadline: 2012-03-07 📅
Publication date: 2012-01-28 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2012/S 19-031020
OJ-S issue: 19
Additional information
(ET Ref:373692).

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

Lot 1: one Oracle Database Administrator (DBA) with spatial expertise.

Lot 2: one GIS administrator.

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=373692.

The awarding authority has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via a 'Tender Submission Postbox' facility. Further details of this facility are available at http://www.etenders.gov.ie/PostBox/Postbox_Explain.aspx?ID=373692.

Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. The postbox closes precisely at the time stated.

Lot number: 1
Title of the lot: One Oracle Database Administrator (DBA) with spatial expertise
Short description:

Quantity or scope: The successful candidate for lot 1’s role will be to:— Act as the database (but not necessarily the database design) authority,— Implement updates and maintain revisions to logical and physical models in distributed development environments,— Liase with Oracle customer service and technical support as necessary,— Design, develop, implement and maintain viewers for the dissemination of spatial data both internally to the Department’s business divisions and externally to the Department’s customers,— Design, development, tuning and maintenance of packages and procedures in both Oracle and Oracle Spatial,— Manage database security including access control and backup / restoration,— Administer corporate and sectoral databases across development, UAT, pre-live and live environments,— Ensure compliance with Oracle licence agreement,— Assist with the management of the Department’s GIS resources, including database integration where required,— Provide expert technical advice and support to Java development teams and analysts interfacing to PL/SQL and Oracle,— Troubleshoot issues within a J2EE Development environment interfacing to GIS technologies and Oracle/Oracle Spatial,— Database monitoring and performance optimisation,— Tuning and Optimising Oracle and Oracle Spatial queries,— Data and spatial data loading,— Remote management of database services.

The successful candidate for lot 1’s role will be to:

— Act as the database (but not necessarily the database design) authority,

— Implement updates and maintain revisions to logical and physical models in distributed development environments,

— Liase with Oracle customer service and technical support as necessary,

— Design, develop, implement and maintain viewers for the dissemination of spatial data both internally to the Department’s business divisions and externally to the Department’s customers,

— Design, development, tuning and maintenance of packages and procedures in both Oracle and Oracle Spatial,

— Manage database security including access control and backup / restoration,

— Administer corporate and sectoral databases across development, UAT, pre-live and live environments,

— Ensure compliance with Oracle licence agreement,

— Assist with the management of the Department’s GIS resources, including database integration where required,

— Provide expert technical advice and support to Java development teams and analysts interfacing to PL/SQL and Oracle,

— Troubleshoot issues within a J2EE Development environment interfacing to GIS technologies and Oracle/Oracle Spatial,

— Database monitoring and performance optimisation,

— Tuning and Optimising Oracle and Oracle Spatial queries,

— Data and spatial data loading,

— Remote management of database services.

Duration: 12 months
Additional information about the lots:

Lot number: 2
Title of the lot: GIS Administrator
Short description:

Quantity or scope: The successful candidate for lot 2’s role will be to:— To carry out core GIS tasks (system administration, service development, data preparation, data collection, data analysis) and to act as the daily point of contact within the Department for GIS related issues,— Administer the DCENR GIS Environments including ArcIMS, ArcSDE and ArcGIS at current revision levels across development, UAT and production,— Software and user access administration using the ESRI licence manager,— Design, implement, test and commissioning of web services using ESRI tools,— Design, implement, test and dissemination of data viewers for intranet and internet consumption incorporating Spatial Data,— Implement and maintain spatial databases using GeoDatabase schema methods,— Support and mentor DCENR staff using GIS in daily work practices, including the provision of a GIS helpdesk facility,— Liaising with team members and external organisations to ensure effective collection, importation and export of information to and from the Department.

The successful candidate for lot 2’s role will be to:

— To carry out core GIS tasks (system administration, service development, data preparation, data collection, data analysis) and to act as the daily point of contact within the Department for GIS related issues,

— Administer the DCENR GIS Environments including ArcIMS, ArcSDE and ArcGIS at current revision levels across development, UAT and production,

— Software and user access administration using the ESRI licence manager,

— Design, implement, test and commissioning of web services using ESRI tools,

— Design, implement, test and dissemination of data viewers for intranet and internet consumption incorporating Spatial Data,

— Implement and maintain spatial databases using GeoDatabase schema methods,

— Support and mentor DCENR staff using GIS in daily work practices, including the provision of a GIS helpdesk facility,

— Liaising with team members and external organisations to ensure effective collection, importation and export of information to and from the Department.

Reference number: ISD 7/231/1
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Dublin.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:

(1) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they are not bankrupt or the subject of an administration order, are not being wound-up, have not granted a trust deed, are not the subject of a petition presented for sequestration of their estate, have not had a receiver, manager or administrator appointed and are not otherwise apparently insolvent;

(2) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that the candidate, their directors, or any other person who has powers of representation, decision or control of the candidate has not been convicted of conspiracy, corruption, bribery, or money laundering. Failure to provide such a declaration will result in the candidate being declared ineligible and they will not be selected to participate in this procurement process;

(3) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have not been convicted of a criminal offence relating to the conduct of their business or profession;

(4) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have not committed an act of grave misconduct in the course of their business or profession;

(5) All candidates must comply with the requirements of the State in which they are established, regarding registration on the professional or trade register;

(6) Any candidate found to be guilty of serious misrepresentation in providing any information required, may be declared ineligible and not selected to continue with this procurement process;

(7) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions under the law or of the relevant State in which the candidate is established;

(8) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes under the law or of the relevant State in which the economic operator is established.

Economic and financial standing:

(1) All candidates will be required to provide a statement, covering the 3 previous financial years including the overall turnover of the candidate and the turnover in respect of the activities which are of a similar type to the subject matter of this notice.

Technical and professional ability:

(1) Details of the educational and professional qualifications of their managerial staff; and those of the person(s) who would be responsible for providing the services or carrying out the work or works under the contract;

(2) An indication of the proportion of the contract which the services provider intends possibly to subcontract;

(3) A statement of the technicians or technical services available to the candidate to carry out the work under the contract; or be involved in the production of goods or the provision of services under the contract; particularly those responsible for quality control, whether or not they are independent of the candidate.

Procedure
Tender validity period: 3 months
Tender opening date: 2012-03-07 📅
Place of opening: DCENR offices.
Place: DCENR offices.
Languages
Language: English 🗣️

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Information Systems Division
Ms Mary Breslin
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.etenders.gov.ie/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA02323 🌏
Name: Department of Communications, Energy & Natural Resources
URL for further information: http://www.dcenr.ie 🌏
URL for documents: http://www.dcenr.ie 🌏
URL for participation: http://www.dcenr.ie 🌏

Reference
Identifiers
Reference number attributed by the contracting authority: ISD 7/231/1
Source: OJS 2012/S 019-031020 (2012-01-26)

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