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.

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What? Where?
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:
โ€œThe 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...โ€    Show more
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: Computer support and consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ

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 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
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 ๐ŸŒ
Phone: +353 16782000 ๐Ÿ“ž
Fax: +353 16783057 ๐Ÿ“ 

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2012-01-26 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2012-03-07 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2012-01-28 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2012/S 19-031020
OJ-S issue: 19
Additional information

โ€œ(ET Ref:373692).โ€

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
โ€œThe Department of Communications, Energy & Natural Resources requires experienced and skilled personnel to supplement its existing in-house resources and to...โ€    Show more

โ€œLot 1: one Oracle Database Administrator (DBA) with spatial expertise.โ€
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โ€œLot 2: one GIS administrator.โ€

โ€œNote: to register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the eTenders web site at...โ€    Show more

โ€œThe awarding authority has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via a 'Tender Submission Postbox' facility. Further details of...โ€    Show more

โ€œSuppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid...โ€    Show more
Lot number: 1
Title of the lot: One Oracle Database Administrator (DBA) with spatial expertise
Short description:
โ€œThe Department of Communications, Energy & Natural Resources requires experienced and skilled personnel to supplement its existing in-house resources and to...โ€    Show more
Quantity or scope: The successful candidate for lot 1โ€™s role will be to:โ€” Act as the database (but not necessarily the database design) authority,โ€” Implement updates and maintain revisions to logical and physical models in distributed development environments,โ€” Liase with Oracle customer service and technical support as necessary,โ€” Design, develop, implement and maintain viewers for the dissemination of spatial data both internally to the Departmentโ€™s business divisions and externally to the Departmentโ€™s customers,โ€” Design, development, tuning and maintenance of packages and procedures in both Oracle and Oracle Spatial,โ€” Manage database security including access control and backup / restoration,โ€” Administer corporate and sectoral databases across development, UAT, pre-live and live environments,โ€” Ensure compliance with Oracle licence agreement,โ€” Assist with the management of the Departmentโ€™s GIS resources, including database integration where required,โ€” Provide expert technical advice and support to Java development teams and analysts interfacing to PL/SQL and Oracle,โ€” Troubleshoot issues within a J2EE Development environment interfacing to GIS technologies and Oracle/Oracle Spatial,โ€” Database monitoring and performance optimisation,โ€” Tuning and Optimising Oracle and Oracle Spatial queries,โ€” Data and spatial data loading,โ€” Remote management of database services.

โ€œThe successful candidate for lot 1โ€™s role will be to:โ€

โ€œโ€” Act as the database (but not necessarily the database design) authority,โ€
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โ€œโ€” Implement updates and maintain revisions to logical and physical models in distributed development environments,โ€

โ€œโ€” Liase with Oracle customer service and technical support as necessary,โ€

โ€œโ€” Design, develop, implement and maintain viewers for the dissemination of spatial data both internally to the Departmentโ€™s business divisions and...โ€    Show more

โ€œโ€” Design, development, tuning and maintenance of packages and procedures in both Oracle and Oracle Spatial,โ€

โ€œโ€” Manage database security including access control and backup / restoration,โ€

โ€œโ€” Administer corporate and sectoral databases across development, UAT, pre-live and live environments,โ€

โ€œโ€” Ensure compliance with Oracle licence agreement,โ€

โ€œโ€” Assist with the management of the Departmentโ€™s GIS resources, including database integration where required,โ€

โ€œโ€” Provide expert technical advice and support to Java development teams and analysts interfacing to PL/SQL and Oracle,โ€

โ€œโ€” Troubleshoot issues within a J2EE Development environment interfacing to GIS technologies and Oracle/Oracle Spatial,โ€

โ€œโ€” Database monitoring and performance optimisation,โ€

โ€œโ€” Tuning and Optimising Oracle and Oracle Spatial queries,โ€

โ€œโ€” Data and spatial data loading,โ€

โ€œโ€” Remote management of database services.โ€
Duration: 12 months
Additional information about the lots:
โ€œThe 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...โ€    Show more
Lot number: 2
Title of the lot: GIS Administrator
Short description:
โ€œThe Department of Communications, Energy & Natural Resources requires experienced and skilled personnel to supplement its existing in-house resources and to...โ€    Show more
Quantity or scope: The successful candidate for lot 2โ€™s role will be to:โ€” 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,โ€” Administer the DCENR GIS Environments including ArcIMS, ArcSDE and ArcGIS at current revision levels across development, UAT and production,โ€” Software and user access administration using the ESRI licence manager,โ€” Design, implement, test and commissioning of web services using ESRI tools,โ€” Design, implement, test and dissemination of data viewers for intranet and internet consumption incorporating Spatial Data,โ€” Implement and maintain spatial databases using GeoDatabase schema methods,โ€” Support and mentor DCENR staff using GIS in daily work practices, including the provision of a GIS helpdesk facility,โ€” Liaising with team members and external organisations to ensure effective collection, importation and export of information to and from the Department.

โ€œThe successful candidate for lot 2โ€™s role will be to:โ€

โ€œโ€” To carry out core GIS tasks (system administration, service development, data preparation, data collection, data analysis) and to act as the daily point...โ€    Show more
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โ€œโ€” Administer the DCENR GIS Environments including ArcIMS, ArcSDE and ArcGIS at current revision levels across development, UAT and production,โ€

โ€œโ€” Software and user access administration using the ESRI licence manager,โ€

โ€œโ€” Design, implement, test and commissioning of web services using ESRI tools,โ€

โ€œโ€” Design, implement, test and dissemination of data viewers for intranet and internet consumption incorporating Spatial Data,โ€

โ€œโ€” Implement and maintain spatial databases using GeoDatabase schema methods,โ€

โ€œโ€” Support and mentor DCENR staff using GIS in daily work practices, including the provision of a GIS helpdesk facility,โ€

โ€œโ€” Liaising with team members and external organisations to ensure effective collection, importation and export of information to and from the Department.โ€
Reference number: ISD 7/231/1
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance:
โ€œDublin.โ€

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:
โ€œ(1) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they are not bankrupt or the subject of an administration...โ€    Show more

โ€œ(2) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that the candidate, their directors, or any other person who has...โ€    Show more
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โ€œ(3) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have not been convicted of a criminal offence relating...โ€    Show more

โ€œ(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...โ€    Show more

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

โ€œ(6) Any candidate found to be guilty of serious misrepresentation in providing any information required, may be declared ineligible and not selected to...โ€    Show more

โ€œ(7) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of...โ€    Show more

โ€œ(8) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of...โ€    Show more
Economic and financial standing:
โ€œ(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...โ€    Show more
Technical and professional ability:
โ€œ(1) Details of the educational and professional qualifications of their managerial staff; and those of the person(s) who would be responsible for providing...โ€    Show more

โ€œ(2) An indication of the proportion of the contract which the services provider intends possibly to subcontract;โ€
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โ€œ(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...โ€    Show more

Procedure
Tender validity period: 3 months
Tender opening date: 2012-03-07 ๐Ÿ“…
Place of opening:
โ€œDCENR offices.โ€
Place: DCENR offices.
Languages
Language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ

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 ๐ŸŒ
Name: Department of Communications, Energy & Natural Resources
Postal address: 29-31 Adelaide Road
Postal town: Dublin 2
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
URL for further information: http://www.dcenr.ie ๐ŸŒ
URL for documents: http://www.dcenr.ie ๐ŸŒ
URL for participation: http://www.dcenr.ie ๐ŸŒ

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