Market Intelligence on Professional Services Subscription

Ervia

Ervia will undertake a competitive tender process for market intelligence services that are required in terms of IT industry in general and also utilities in particular. The objective is to be able to have swift access to information that is both current and future looking and provides both a technical and practical viewpoint and outlines industry trends and best practice.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-01-27. The procurement was published on 2019-12-20.

Suppliers

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

• Gartner Ireland Ltd

Who?

• Ervia

What?

Where?

• Éire/Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2019-12-20	Contract notice
2021-03-02	Contract award notice

Contract notice (2019-12-20)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Subscription services
Reference number: 19/178
Short description:

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: Subscription services 📦
Additional CPV: Executive 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 4239641 📞
URL for documents: http://www.etenders.gov.ie 🌏
URL for participation: http://www.etenders.gov.ie 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2019-12-20 📅
Submission deadline: 2020-01-27 📅
Publication date: 2019-12-24 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2019/S 248-616790
OJ-S issue: 248
Additional information

You must submit through the etenders system before the deadline. The submission deadline is strict and no submissions will be possible after the date and time specified in the PQQ documents. Please note that all tenders are electronic, as such no paper copies will be accepted or read. Please submit via the eTenders system not later than 12.00 hrs local time 27.1.2020.

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

The service will include:

— access to insights on technology and industry trends,

— access to one-on-one analyst calls (i.e. subject matter experts in a given IT subject),

— benchmarking of IT costs and other key IT metrics,

— conference attendance – relevant IT topics,

— attendance at locally hosted events (Dublin/Cork) or direct meetings with visiting analysts,

— networking – calls/meeting with clients of the selected provider on a particular topic of common interest,

— review and feedback on documentation,

— strategic advice and planning,

— briefing sessions from industry specialists,

— maturity assessments,

— contract optimization,

— ancillary services (e.g. webinars, podcasts and conferences).

Upon completion of the tender process and at the point of contract execution, Ervia wish to enter into individual contracts for each separate entity, Irish Water, Ervia and GNI.

Duration: 36 months
Description of renewals: Retender of services.
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: IRELAND.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:

Please refer to tender documents available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie only.

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.

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0025
Envisaged number of candidates: 5
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: Max 5 No candidates to be invited to ITT stage.
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
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
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/376 🌏
Documents URL: www.etenders.gov.ie 🌏
URL for participation: www.etenders.gov.ie 🌏
URL for documents: www.etenders.gov.ie 🌏

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: The Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
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 2019/S 248-616790 (2019-12-20)

Contract award notice (2021-03-02)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

Ervia will undertake a competitive tender process for market intelligence services that are required in terms of IT industry in general and also Utilities in particular. The objective is to be able to have swift access to information that is both current and future looking and provides both a technical and practical viewpoint and outlines industry trends and best practice.

Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable
Award criteria
Lowest price

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2021-03-02 📅
Publication date: 2021-03-05 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2021/S 045-114053
Refers to notice: 2019/S 248-616790
OJ-S issue: 45

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

Ervia will undertake a competitive tender process for Market Intelligence services that are required in terms of IT industry in general and also Utilities in particular. The objective is to be able to have swift access to information that is both current and future looking and provides both a technical and practical viewpoint and outlines industry trends and best practice.

Upon completion of the Tender Process and at the point of contract execution, Ervia wish to enter into individual contracts for each separate entity, Irish Water, Ervia and GNI.

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2020-12-21 📅
Name: Gartner Ireland Ltd
Postal address: 3rd Floor Two Park Place, Upper Hatch St
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Tender Admin

Complementary information
Review body
Postal town: Dublin 7
Source: OJS 2021/S 045-114053 (2021-03-02)

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