ICT Support Services

Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI)

QQI is issuing this Request for Tender (RFT) in order to select a supplier or suppliers for the provision of ICT Support Services. The tender is offered in seven lots. Lots may be awarded separately or to a single supplier. To fulfil its responsibilities QQI needs its ICT services to perform, be highly available and highly responsive to customer needs with minimal downtime. In order to achieve this, it is intended by means of this tender process to appoint a supplier(s) to one or more lots based on technologies in use. Tenderers responding should have a proven track record and demonstrated experience in the provision of ICT Support Services to organisations similar in size to QQI, including public sector organisations.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2019-01-18. The procurement was published on 2018-11-06.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2018-11-06 Contract notice
2019-06-17 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2018-11-06)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI)
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: 26-27 Denzille Lane
Postal town: Dublin 2
Postal code: Dublin 2
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Contact person: Giovanni Zaidan
Phone: +353 19058112 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: gzaidan@qqi.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: https://www.qqi.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/244 ๐ŸŒ
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=137810&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=137810&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: ICT Support Services QQI ICT Support
Products/services: Systems support services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Short description:
โ€œQQI is issuing this Request for Tender (RFT) in order to select a supplier or suppliers for the provision of ICT Support Services. The tender is offered in...โ€    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 1 000 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

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Additional products/services: Systems support services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Software support services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Description of the procurement:
โ€œQQI is issuing this Request for Tender (RFT) in order to select a supplier or suppliers for the provision of ICT Support Services. The tender is offered in...โ€    Show more
Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 1 000 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 24
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
This contract is subject to renewal โœ…
Description
Description of renewals:
โ€œIt is intended that the Contract will be awarded for an initial period of 2 years. It will be further renewable thereafter annually, for up to a maximum...โ€    Show more

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2019-01-18 12:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2019-01-18 12:00 ๐Ÿ“…

Complementary information
Review body
Name: Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI)
Postal address: 26-27 Denzille Lane
Postal town: Dublin 2
Postal code: D02 P266
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +343 19058112 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: gzaidan@qqi.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Fax: +343 19058112 ๐Ÿ“ 
Source: OJS 2018/S 216-494152 (2018-11-06)
Contract award notice (2019-06-17)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Postal code: D02 P266

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
โ€œQQI is issuing this Request for Tender (RFT) in order to select a supplier or suppliers for the provision of ICT support services. The tender is offered in...โ€    Show more
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 1 000 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots โœ…
Scope of the procurement
Title: Applications
Title
Lot Identification Number: 1
Description
Description of the procurement:
โ€œQQI is issuing this Request for Tender (RFT) in order to select a supplier or suppliers for the provision of ICT support services. The tender is offered in...โ€    Show more
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Overall
Quality criterion (weighting): 89
Price (weighting): 40

Procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2018/S 216-494152

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title: ICT Support Services
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2019-03-27 ๐Ÿ“…
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 5
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 5
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Infopulse Ukraine LLC
National registration number: 30522902
Postal address: 24, Polyova Str.
Postal town: Kyiv
Postal code: 03056
Country: Ukraine ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Phone: +380 444578468 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: info@infopulse.com ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: 00 ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
The contractor is an SME
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 1 000 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 812 770 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Source: OJS 2019/S 116-285242 (2019-06-17)