Provision of information technology services framework agreement

An Cheim Computer Services

An Chéim operates a unique shared service model in the Higher Education sector.
Not only does An Chéim improve communication and services to students and staff, it supports new models of education delivery and management, enabling the institutes to be effective in their operations. An Chéim has delivered programmes to leverage the investment in the strategic applications and put in place leading edge educational IT facilities for IoTs.
It is An Chéim’s intention to improve its services to the higher education institutions for them to compete internationally in the higher education marketplace through enabling and utilizing advanced technologies and services.
To this end, this framework procurement is aimed to qualify a panel of bidders with the level of IT expertise and resources required by An Chéim to assist in the delivery of major projects/services and integration of the principle processes, systems and data used by the higher education institutions.
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=401592.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2012-05-04. The procurement was published on 2012-03-27.

Who?

• An Cheim Computer Services

What?

Where?

• Éire/Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2012-03-27	Contract notice

Contract notice (2012-03-27)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: software programming and consultancy services
Quantity or scope:

This framework procurement is aimed to qualify a panel of bidders with the level of IT expertise and resources required by An Chéim to assist in the delivery of major projects/services and integration of the principle processes, systems and data used by the higher education institutions.

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: Software programming and consultancy services 📦

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

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Regional or local Agency/Office
Awarding authority name: An Cheim Computer Services
Postal address: Fumbally Square, Fumbally Lane
Postal town: Dublin 8
Contact
Internet address: http://www.ancheim.ie 🌏
E-mail: publicprocurement@ancheim.ie 📧
Phone: +353 14735202 📞

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2012-03-27 📅
Submission deadline: 2012-05-04 📅
Publication date: 2012-03-31 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2012/S 64-104282
Refers to notice: 2012/S 60-097777
OJ-S issue: 64
Additional information
(ET Ref:401592).

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

An Chéim operates a unique shared service model in the Higher Education sector.

Not only does An Chéim improve communication and services to students and staff, it supports new models of education delivery and management, enabling the institutes to be effective in their operations. An Chéim has delivered programmes to leverage the investment in the strategic applications and put in place leading edge educational IT facilities for IoTs.

It is An Chéim’s intention to improve its services to the higher education institutions for them to compete internationally in the higher education marketplace through enabling and utilizing advanced technologies and services.

To this end, this framework procurement is aimed to qualify a panel of bidders with the level of IT expertise and resources required by An Chéim to assist in the delivery of major projects/services and integration of the principle processes, systems and data used by the higher education institutions.

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=401592.

Lot number: 1
Title of the lot: Full time management and support
Short description:

The purpose of this lot is to identify a range of service providers for full time annual based management and support resources to assist An Cheim in term of project management, business management, information management and banner support.

Quantity or scope: The purpose of this lot is to identify a range of service providers for full time annual based management and support resources to assist An Cheim in term of project management, business management, information management and banner support.Mini-competition will be used to select the final resources for each individual project under this framework agreement.Functions include, but not limited to the following:— Delivery and operation management office (DOMO),— Business advisory,— Banner support.More information is available in the additional document.

Mini-competition will be used to select the final resources for each individual project under this framework agreement.

Functions include, but not limited to the following:

— Delivery and operation management office (DOMO),

— Business advisory,

— Banner support.

More information is available in the additional document.

Lot number: 2
Title of the lot: High spend (> 25 000 EUR) or complex IT projects
Short description:

The purpose of this lot is to identify a range of service providers for technical and professional resources to assist An Cheim on complex and large IT projects.

Quantity or scope: The purpose of this lot is to identify a range of service providers for technical and professional resources to assist An Cheim on complex and large IT projects. Each project may be completed and delivered by a single supplier or a project team mixed with professionals from different suppliers under the management of either An Cheim staff or resources from Lot 1 as result of this competition.Mini-competition will be used to select the final resources for each individual project under this framework agreement.Functions include, but not limited to:— Information/data management,— Data analyst,— Data mining and enterprise reporting,— Data warehouse development,— Business intelligence development,— Application development,— Application support – except Banner,— Network and system security & resilience advisor.More information is available in the additional document.

The purpose of this lot is to identify a range of service providers for technical and professional resources to assist An Cheim on complex and large IT projects. Each project may be completed and delivered by a single supplier or a project team mixed with professionals from different suppliers under the management of either An Cheim staff or resources from Lot 1 as result of this competition.

Functions include, but not limited to:

— Information/data management,

— Data analyst,

— Data mining and enterprise reporting,

— Data warehouse development,

— Business intelligence development,

— Application development,

— Application support – except Banner,

— Network and system security & resilience advisor.

Lot number: 3
Title of the lot: Low spend (< 25 000 EUR), low complexity IT projects
Short description:

The purpose of this lot is to identify a range of service providers for technical and professional resources to assist An Cheim on small, low spend or low complexity IT projects.

Quantity or scope: The purpose of this lot is to identify a range of service providers for technical and professional resources to assist An Cheim on small, low spend or low complexity IT projects. Each project may be completed and delivered by a single supplier or a project team mixed with professionals from different suppliers under the management of either An Cheim staff or resources from Lot 1 as result of this competition.Mini-competition will be used to select the final resources for each individual project under this framework agreement.Functions include, but not limited to:— Information/data management,— Data analyst,— Data mining and enterprise reporting,— Data warehouse development,— Business intelligence development,— Application development,— Application support – except banner,— Network and system security & resilience advisor.More functions are available in the additional document.

The purpose of this lot is to identify a range of service providers for technical and professional resources to assist An Cheim on small, low spend or low complexity IT projects. Each project may be completed and delivered by a single supplier or a project team mixed with professionals from different suppliers under the management of either An Cheim staff or resources from Lot 1 as result of this competition.

— Application support – except banner,

More functions are available in the additional document.

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 have to demonstrate that they are licensed, or a member of the relevant organisation, in the State where they are established, when the law of that State prohibits the provision of the services, described in this notice, by a person who is not so licensed or who is not a member of the relevant organisation;

(8) 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;

(9) 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 reference from their bank;

(2) All candidates will be required to provide evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance;

(3) 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;

(4) All candidates will be required to provide statements of accounts or extracts from those accounts relating to their business.

Technical and professional ability:

(1) A statement of the candidate's average annual number of staff and managerial staff over the previous 3 years;

(2) 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;

(3) All candidates will be required to provide certification drawn up by an independent body attesting the compliance of the economic operator with quality assurance standards based on the relevant European standards;

(4) A statement of the principal goods sold or services provided by the supplier or the services provider in the past 3 years, detailing the dates on which the goods were sold or the services provided; the consideration received; the identity of the person to whom the goods were sold or the services were provided;

(5) A check may be carried out by the contracting authority or by a competent official body of the State in which the candidate is established, to verify the technical capacity of the candidate; and if relevant, on the candidates study and research facilities and quality control measures;

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

(7) 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;

(8) A list of works carried out over the past 5 years, detailing the value of the consideration received; when and where the work or works were carried out; and whether they were carried out according to the rules of the trade or profession and properly completed.

Procedure
Maximum number of operators of the framework agreement: 35
Duration of the framework agreement in years: 4
Minimum number of candidates: 5
Objective criteria for selection:

Financial capacity, technical and/or professional ability, experience, account management, project management, 3rd party management.

Date of dispatch of invitations: 2012-05-18 📅
Languages
Language: English 🗣️

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Public Procurement
Internet address: www.ancheim.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.etenders.gov.ie/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA20024 🌏
Name: An Cheim Computer Services
URL for further information: www.ancheim.ie 🌏
URL for documents: www.ancheim.ie 🌏
Contact point: Procurement
URL for participation: www.ancheim.ie 🌏

Reference
Dates
Publication date: 2012-03-27 📅
Identifiers
Notice number in the OJ S: 2012/S 60-097777

Complementary information
Recurrent procurement
In 4 years.
Source: OJS 2012/S 064-104282 (2012-03-27)

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