A Multi Supplier Framework for the Provision of IT Services and Resources

Ervia

The Contracting Entity is undertaking a competitive tender process to establish a multi supplier framework agreement that will provision IT services and resources across Ervia, its subsidiaries and business units including: Gas Networks Ireland, Irish Water and its three Central Business Units, Group Centre, Shared Services, and Major Projects.
It is the intention to appoint service providers to support the delivery of these requirements in the nine areas referenced below, each of which will constitute a separate lot.
Lot 1 — IT Strategy and Architecture,
Lot 2 — Project Management,
Lot 3 — Applications (7 Sub-lots),
Lot 4 — Infrastructure (5 Sub-lots),
Lot 5 — Service Management,
Lot 6 — IT Commercial Services,
Lot 7 — Security,
Lot 8 — Mobile software technologies,
Lot 9 — Subject Matter Experts (7 Sub-lots).

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2017-11-09. The procurement was published on 2017-10-06.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2017-10-06 Contract notice
2017-10-18 Additional information
Contract notice (2017-10-06)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Reference number: 17/128
Short description:
The Contracting Entity is undertaking a competitive tender process to establish a multi supplier framework agreement that will provision IT services and resources across Ervia, its subsidiaries and business units including: Gas Networks Ireland, Irish Water and its three Central Business Units, Group Centre, Shared Services, and Major Projects. It is the intention to appoint service providers to support the delivery of these requirements in the nine areas referenced below, each of which will constitute a separate lot. Lot 1 — IT Strategy and Architecture, Lot 2 — Project Management, Lot 3 — Applications (7 Sub-lots), Lot 4 — Infrastructure (5 Sub-lots), Lot 5 — Service Management, Lot 6 — IT Commercial Services, Lot 7 — Security, Lot 8 — Mobile software technologies, Lot 9 — Subject Matter Experts (7 Sub-lots).
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Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support 📦
Additional CPV: Computer-site planning consultancy services 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️

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

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Utilities entity
Awarding authority name: Ervia
Postal address: PO Box 900, Webworks, Eglinton Street
Postal town: Cork
Contact
Internet address: http://www.ervia.ie 🌏
E-mail: tenders@ervia.ie 📧
Phone: +353 214239291 📞
URL for documents: http://www.etenders.gov.ie 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2017-10-06 📅
Submission deadline: 2017-11-09 📅
Publication date: 2017-10-10 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2017/S 194-399081
OJ-S issue: 194
Additional information
Documents are available to all candidates who register their interest through e-tenders. All queries for clarification must be submitted via email to tenders@ervia.ie The questionnaire must be completed and returned to the address detailed in the attached document not later than 12:00 Thursday 9.11.2017.
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Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
The Contracting Entity is undertaking a competitive tender process to establish a multi supplier framework agreement that will provision IT services and resources across Ervia, its subsidiaries and business units including: Gas Networks Ireland, Irish Water and its three Central Business Units, Group Centre, Shared Services, and Major Projects.
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It is the intention to appoint service providers to support the delivery of these requirements in the nine areas referenced below, each of which will constitute a separate lot.
Lot 1 — IT Strategy and Architecture,
Lot 2 — Project Management,
Lot 3 — Applications (7 Sub-lots),
Lot 4 — Infrastructure (5 Sub-lots),
Lot 5 — Service Management,
Lot 6 — IT Commercial Services,
Lot 7 — Security,
Lot 8 — Mobile software technologies,
Lot 9 — Subject Matter Experts (7 Sub-lots).
Title of the lot: Lot 1 — IT Strategy and Architecture
Lot number: 1
Short description:
The purpose of this Lot is to provide resources to assist in the areas of IT Strategy and Architecture services including the areas of solutions and applications, technical, data, security and risk.
Duration: 60 months
Description of renewals:
There will be an option to extend the framework for 2 years beyond the initial 5 years.
Description of options:
There will be an option to extend the framework for 2 years beyond the initial 5 years.
Additional information:
Documents are available to all candidates who register their interest through e-tenders. All queries for clarification must be submitted via email to tenders@ervia.ie The questionnaire must be completed and returned to the address detailed in the attached document not later than 12:00 Thursday 9.11.2017.
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Title of the lot: Lot 2 — Project Management
Lot number: 2
Short description:
The purpose of this Lot is to provide resources to operate in all phases of project delivery from initial concept to sign off and delivery.
Description of renewals:
There will be an option to extend the framework for 2 years beyond the initial 5 years.
Title of the lot: Lot 3 — Applications
Lot number: 3
Short description:
There are seven Sub-Lots within this Lot.
The purpose of this Lot is to provide services and resources in support of the Applications currently in use within the Ervia organisation.
Description of options:
There will be an option to extend the framework for 2 years beyond the initial 5 years.
Title of the lot: Lot 4 — Infrastructure
Lot number: 4
Short description:
There are five Sub-Lots within this Lot.
The purpose of this Lot is to provide resources to support the organisation's Linux, Wintel and Citrix environments including Installation, Configuration, Maintenance and documentation of all processes.
Title of the lot: Lot 5 — Service Management
Lot number: 5
Short description:
The purpose of this Lot is to provide resources to assist in the area of IT Service Management.
Description of options:
There will be an option to extend the framework for 2 years beyond the initial 5 years.
Title of the lot: Lot 6 — IT Commercial Services
Lot number: 6
Short description:
The purpose of this Lot is to provide resources in the area of IT Commercial Services to include but not be limited to Software Licencing and Contract and Vendor Management..
Title of the lot: Lot 7 — Security
Lot number: 7
Short description:
The purpose of this Lot is to provide resources in the area of Security Consultancy.
Title of the lot: Lot 8 — Mobile software technologies
Lot number: 8
Short description:
The purpose of this Lot is to provide resources in the area of Mobile Architecture Consultancy.
Title of the lot: Lot 9 — Subject Matter Experts
Lot number: 9
Short description:
The purpose of this Lot is to provide resources in support of specific Applications currently in use within the Ervia Organisation.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity: Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents.
Economic and financial standing: Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents.
Technical and professional ability: Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents.
Contract execution
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
Requests to participate may be submitted by single entities or by groups of service providers. A group will not be required to convert into a specific legal form in order to submit a request to participate, but may if the Contracting Entity considers it necessary to ensure that the contract is carried out to its satisfaction, be required to do so prior to award of the contract. The Contracting Entity also reserves the right to contract with each member of the group on the basis of joint and several liability, or with one member of the group as a main contractor with a number of sub-contractors or on any other basis as the Contracting Entity considers appropriate.
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Procedure
Envisaged number of candidates: 10
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
A maximum of ten (10) Applicants for each lot and each sub-Lot will be invited to tender, where the minimum requirements are demonstrated.
Number of participants to be contemplated: 125
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Date of dispatch of invitations: 2018-03-01 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Irish 🗣️
Tender validity period: 6 months

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Michelle Terry
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/376 🌏
Documents URL: www.etenders.gov.ie 🌏
URL for documents: www.etenders.gov.ie 🌏

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: High Court Central Office, Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 1
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +00 35318886000 📞
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Fax: +00 35318886125 📠
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Information about review deadlines:
Please refer to Statutory Instrument 131 of 2010, European Communities (Award of Contracts by Utility Undertaking) (Review Procedures) Regulations 2010 (and in particular Regulation 7 and 10(2)).
Source: OJS 2017/S 194-399081 (2017-10-06)
Additional information (2017-10-18)
Object
Notice metadata
Document type: Additional information

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2017-10-18 📅
Publication date: 2017-10-20 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2017/S 202-416897
Refers to notice: 2017/S 194-399081
OJ-S issue: 202
Additional information
Documents are available to all candidates who register their interest through e-tenders. All queries for clarification must be submitted via email to tenders@ervia.ie The questionnaire must be completed and returned to the address detailed in the attached document not later than 12:00 Thursday 9.11.2017.
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Source: OJS 2017/S 202-416897 (2017-10-18)
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