Oracle Middleware Support and Maintenance

EirGrid plc

As part of the European Market Integration Project (EMIP), EirGrid invested in the Oracle Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) suite utilising the Oracle Service Bus (OSB), Oracle Business Process Execution Language (BPEL) Process Manager, Oracle Business-to-Business (B2B), and Oracle Applicability Statement 2 (AS2) products to integrate the various I-SEM market systems. The Oracle SOA suite was used in the I-SEM Market Trial and is being supported by the programme for 1 year post deployment into production from 1.10.2018.
Both I-SEM and the Oracle Middleware are high availability systems.
Candidates are invited to submit a qualification application for inclusion on the tender list in accordance with this PQQ.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2019-02-26. The procurement was published on 2019-01-22.

Suppliers

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

• Accenture Ltd

Who?

• EirGrid plc

What?

Where?

• Eastern and Midland › Dublin
• Northern Ireland › Belfast

Procurement history

Date	Document
2019-01-22	Contract notice
2019-12-13	Contract award notice

Contract notice (2019-01-22)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Added-value database services
Reference number: ENQEIR656
Short description:

As part of the European Market Integration Project (EMIP), EirGrid invested in the Oracle Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) suite utilising the Oracle Service Bus (OSB), Oracle Business Process Execution Language (BPEL) Process Manager, Oracle Business-to-Business (B2B), and Oracle Applicability Statement 2 (AS2) products to integrate the various I-SEM market systems. The Oracle SOA suite was used in the I-SEM Market Trial and is being supported by the programme for 1 year post deployment into production from 1.10.2018. Both I-SEM and the Oracle Middleware are high availability systems. Candidates are invited to submit a qualification application for inclusion on the tender list in accordance with this PQQ.

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: Added-value database services 📦
Additional CPV: Database and operating software package 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Belfast 🏙️

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: EirGrid plc
Postal address: Block 2 — The Oval, 160 Shelbourne Road, Ballsbridge
Postal town: Dublin 4
Contact
Internet address: http://www.eirgrid.com 🌏
E-mail: paul.valentine@eirgrid.com 📧
Phone: +353 12370200 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=141007&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=141007&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2019-01-22 📅
Submission deadline: 2019-02-26 📅
Publication date: 2019-01-24 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2019/S 017-037193
OJ-S issue: 17
Additional information

1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications. All information relating to attachments, including clarifications and changes, will be published on the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal (www.etenders.gov.ie) only. Registration is free of charge. The contracting authority will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties; 2) This is the sole call for competition for this service; 3) The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers; 4) Contract award will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities; 5) It will be a condition of award that candidates are tax compliant and are in a position to produce a valid tax clearance certificate or eTax Clearance from the Revenue Commissioners when requested; 6) If for any reason it is not possible to award the contract 1 or more of the tenderers invited following the conclusion of this competitive process, the contracting authority reserves the right to award the contract to the next ranked tenderer as appropriate; 7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process or any contract awarded; 8) Please note in relation to all documents, that where reference is made to a particular standard, make, source, process, trademark, type or patent, that this is not to be regarded as a de facto requirement. In all such cases it should be understood that such indications are to be treated strictly and solely for reference purposes only, to which the words "or equivalent" will always be appended; 9) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of questionnaires with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, candidates are advised to ensure that they return fully completed questionnaires in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition.

Additional information

1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications. All information relating to attachments, including clarifications and changes, will be published on the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal (www.etenders.gov.ie) only. Registration is free of charge. The contracting authority will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties;

2) This is the sole call for competition for this service;

3) The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers;

4) Contract award will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities;

5) It will be a condition of award that candidates are tax compliant and are in a position to produce a valid tax clearance certificate or eTax Clearance from the Revenue Commissioners when requested;

6) If for any reason it is not possible to award the contract 1 or more of the tenderers invited following the conclusion of this competitive process, the contracting authority reserves the right to award the contract to the next ranked tenderer as appropriate;

7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process or any contract awarded;

8) Please note in relation to all documents, that where reference is made to a particular standard, make, source, process, trademark, type or patent, that this is not to be regarded as a de facto requirement. In all such cases it should be understood that such indications are to be treated strictly and solely for reference purposes only, to which the words "or equivalent" will always be appended;

9) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of questionnaires with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, candidates are advised to ensure that they return fully completed questionnaires in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition.

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

Both I-SEM and the Oracle Middleware are high availability systems.

Candidates are invited to submit a qualification application for inclusion on the tender list in accordance with this PQQ.

Estimated total value: 11 000 000 EUR 💰
Short description:

EirGrid intends to establish a single supplier framework.

The Framework Agreement period will be for an initial duration of 3 years with the option to extend annually for up to an additional 5 years, subject always to the satisfactory performance of the supplier.

The scope of requirements is expected to include, but is not limited to:

A. Application maintenance and support services:

i. I-SEM Oracle middleware application monitoring:

— perform daily and regular checks of the Oracle Middleware Application;

ii. I-SEM Oracle middleware interface and incident monitoring:

— actively monitor the Oracle Middleware Interfaces and manage any incidents;

iii. I-SEM Oracle middleware interface error and incident resolution:

— manage the resolution of an interface incident/error;

iv. I-SEM Oracle middleware interface reporting and administration:

— report on Oracle Middleware incident/errors and stability of the environment along agreed reporting schedule;

v. Manage critical patch updates and security alerts for I-SEM Oracle middleware applications:

— manage critical patch updates through the agreed deployment and test procedure;

vi. support and management of Oracle middleware cloud test and production infrastructure:

— provide and manage cloud development and factory test architecture/infrastructure;

vii. Application maintenance support minor changes:

— manage minor changes through the agreed minor change procedure;

B. Project and consultancy delivery:

i. Best practice advice;

ii. Roadmap for future Oracle middleware expansion;

iii. Delivery of projects and change requests;

C. Continual service improvement:

A key component of the service will be continual service improvement and the successful tenderer will be expected to outline improvements throughout the duration of the contract.

This will include Oracle release schedules and their relevance to the EirGrid business, organisation and management of infrastructure roadmaps, etc.

Estimated value excluding VAT: 11 000 000 EUR 💰
Duration: 36 months
Description of options:

The initial contract period envisaged is 3 years with the possibility to extend annually up to a further 5 years, subject always to the satisfactory performance of the supplier.

The estimated spend of 11 000 000 EUR is taking into account the full duration of the contract including the possible extensions.

Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Dublin, Belfast.

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