Request for Tenders for the provision of services in relation to the design and development of software components for the Affordable Childcare Scheme (ACS)
The ACS will be a new, national scheme of financial support towards the cost of childcare. The software solution will be developed in a shared development environment and both the successful tenderer and Pobal will be developing software components simultaneously.
The successful tenderer will enter a contract with Pobal, as an agent of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (subject to the provisions of this RFT) so that Pobal may administer the Affordable Childcare Scheme on behalf of the Minister.
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2018-03-26.
The procurement was published on 2018-01-31.
Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
Contract award notice (2018-07-25) Contracting authority Name and addresses
Name: Department of Children and Youth Affairs
National registration number: 9805633H
Postal address: 43-49 Mespil Road
Postal town: Dublin, D04 YP52
Postal code: Dublin 4
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Contact person: Bridget Wilson
E-mail: bridget_wilson@dcya.gov.ie📧
Region: Éire/Ireland🏙️
URL: http://www.dcya.gov.ie🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/324🌏 Information about joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
Object Scope of the procurement
Title:
“Request for Tenders for the provision of services in relation to the design and development of software components for the Affordable Childcare Scheme (ACS)”
Products/services: Software package and information systems📦
Short description:
“The ACS will be a new, national scheme of financial support towards the cost of childcare. The software solution will be developed in a shared development...”
Short description
The ACS will be a new, national scheme of financial support towards the cost of childcare. The software solution will be developed in a shared development environment and both the successful tenderer and Pobal will be developing software components components simultaneously. The successful tenderer will enter a contract with Pobal, as an agent of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (subject to the provisions of this RFT) so that Pobal may administer the Affordable Childcare Scheme on behalf of the Minister.
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Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 820 000 💰
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Additional products/services: System management software package📦
Additional products/services: Content management software package📦
Additional products/services: Miscellaneous software package and computer systems📦
Additional products/services: Software programming and consultancy services📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland🏙️
Description of the procurement: As set out in published RFT
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name):
“Fitness for purpose of the proposed software in terms of the functional requirements of this RFT”
Quality criterion (weighting): 10 %
Quality criterion (name): Fitness of purpose of the technical architecture
Quality criterion (name): Proposed software development methodology
Quality criterion (weighting): 8 %
Quality criterion (name): Proposed project delivery
Quality criterion (name): Quality of the proposed resources
Quality criterion (weighting): 7 %
Quality criterion (name): Approach to quality and risk management
Quality criterion (name): Support and maintenance
Quality criterion (weighting): 4 %
Quality criterion (name): Quality of the approach to delivery of training and documentation
Quality criterion (weighting): 3 %
Cost criterion (name): Full project cost
Cost criterion (weighting): 40 %
Procedure Type of procedure
Open procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2018/S 023-048765
Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice
Award of contract
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Contract Number: 1
Title:
“Request for Tenders for the provision of Services in relation to the design and development of software components for the Affordable Childcare Scheme (ACS)”
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2018-07-06 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 2
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Codec — DSS
National registration number: 107629
Postal address: Hyde House, Adelaide Road
Postal town: Dublin 2
Postal code: D02 FP40
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Region: Éire/Ireland🏙️
The contractor is an SME ✅ Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 800 000 💰
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 820 000 💰
Complementary information Review body
Name: High Court
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪 Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: As per EU Directives 20.14/24
Source: OJS 2018/S 143-327460 (2018-07-25)