An Post Web and Mobile App Tender

An Post

An Post Web and Mobile App Requirements Tender: Requirement will include but not limited to Design, development, Implementation and Support and Maintenance for Lot 1 An Post website/s and Lot 2 An Post Mobile Applications.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2015-01-05. The procurement was published on 2014-12-03.

Suppliers

The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2014-12-03 Contract notice
2016-03-10 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2014-12-03)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: World wide web (www) site design services
Quantity or scope: As per section II.B.
Notice metadata
Original language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: World wide web (www) site design services ๐Ÿ“ฆ

Procedure
Procedure type: Negotiated 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: Utilities entity
Awarding authority name: An Post
Postal address: General Post Office, O'Connell Street
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
E-mail: geraldine.donnelly@anpost.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 17058250 ๐Ÿ“ž

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2014-12-03 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2015-01-05 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2014-12-06 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2014/S 236-416049
Refers to notice: 2013/S 222-387456
OJ-S issue: 236

Object
Scope of the procurement
Service category: 7
Short description:
An Post Web and Mobile App Requirements Tender: Requirement will include but not limited to Design, development, Implementation and Support and Maintenance for Lot 1 An Post website/s and Lot 2 An Post Mobile Applications.
Lot number: 1
Title of the lot: An Post Web Requirements
Short description:
Design, Development, Implementation and Support and Maintenance for An Post website/s.
Quantity or scope:
An Post require website/s services including a new www.anpost.ie website powered by a modern, innovative and intuitive Content Management System (CMS) to replace our current CMS, with an integrated e-commerce platform.
Requirements and volumes contained in this tender document are indicative only and An Post reserves the right to change in accordance with ongoing operational requirements, over the life of the framework.
Please note that throughout the term of the Framework that services may be required by other departments of the An Post group including its subsidiaries and associated companies that have not been referred to specifically in this document.
An Postโ€˜s Group Technology Solutions department develops and maintains the majority of An Postโ€˜s core payments, reconciliation and billing systems and the interfaces to third parties. An Postโ€˜s internal systems are predominantly Microsoft Windows-based, built on the Dot Net framework or with a Dot Net interface. An Post GTS hosts a number of e-commerce websites and web services in its secure hosting facilities in Dublin, including the existing www.anpost.ie website and links to An Postโ€˜s systems.
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Lot 1 An Post Web Requirements:
To include:
(a) Content Management System:
โ€” Provision of a Modern Content Management System;
โ€” Design, development, implementation and on-going support and maintenance of www.anpost.ie and a number of sub-domains;
โ€” Provision of any necessary training to commission staff in using the CMS and in maintaining its information content;
โ€” Updating and adding functional or interactive elements;
โ€” Potential integration of a number of business applications, which may include a new presentation layer (calling back-end web services), or may include a redesign of the existing functionality thereby providing a more seamless user experience;
โ€” Assist in the re-writing and migration of content;
โ€” Ongoing assistance will be required with Search Engine Optimisation as well as driving and developing quality traffic to the website.
(b) e-Commerce Platform:
โ€” Provision of an e-commerce (Webshop) platform to support sales within the www.anpost.ie website and sub-domains, with the following key features:
โ€” Multi-channel, multi-store, multi-lingual (e.g. English and Gaelic);
โ€” SEO and online-marketing enabled;
โ€” Promotions engine;
โ€” Integration with a number of payment providers including PayPal and ability to integrate with An Postโ€˜s internal Payments site and/or Payment web services;
โ€” Website design to provide a tailored User Interface and User Experience across a Desktop Browser, Mobile Phone, Tablet, etc.;
โ€” Potential single-sign on to other functional areas within www.anpost.ie
โ€” To provide an integrated facility for updating content (images, text, videos) on the www.anpost.ie CMS;
โ€” Possible migration of some existing shops โ€” e.g. www.irishstamps.ie and www.webshop.postfone.ie into the new platform.
Lot number: 2
Title of the lot: An Post Mobile Application/s Requirements
Short description:
Design, Development, Implementation and Support and Maintenance for An Post Mobile Applications.
Quantity or scope:
An Post require Mobile App development services.
Lot 2 An Post Mobile Application/s Requirements:
โ€” Design, development, implementation and on-going support and maintenance;
โ€” The mobile app (or apps) will consume web services developed to support the website. (The development of these web services may be performed internally by An Post Group Technology Solutions (GTS)).
Reference number: 1511
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Dublin.

Procedure
Duration of the framework agreement in years: 5
Languages
Language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Procurement
Geraldine Donnelly
Address of the buyer profile: http://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Supplier/CompanyInformation/Index/391 ๐ŸŒ
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=83145&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Dates
Publication date: 2013-11-15 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Type of previous publication: Periodic_indicative_notice
Notice number in the OJ S: 2013/S 222-387456

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The Four Courts
Postal address: The High Court
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 1
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Source: OJS 2014/S 236-416049 (2014-12-03)
Contract award notice (2016-03-10)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement: 1 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2016-03-10 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2016-03-12 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2016/S 051-085991
Refers to notice: 2014/S 236-416049
OJ-S issue: 51

Contracting authority
Contact
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=92089&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
Source: OJS 2016/S 051-085991 (2016-03-10)