Pre-Qualification Questionnaire Seeking Expressions of Interest for Replacement of All Hardware Supporting Oracle Applications and Upgrade to Bespoke Oracle Human Resource Management System

Department of Defence

The Minister for Defence is seeking to establish a competitive dialogue through this pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ) with a view to establishing a contract for requirements of the Department of Defence/Defence Forces (DODDF).
The DODDF has an integrated suite of strategic applications (Management Information Framework (MIF) comprising an Oracle Financial Application (Oracle eBusiness Suite), a bespoke oracle human resource management system – the personnel management system (PMS) and an identity and access management solution (oracle single sign on).
The DODDF is seeking to replace its hardware infrastructure as a platform for these strategic applications in addition to upgrading the PMS application.
The contracting authority plans to initiate a tender competition for a contract for the requirements set out in Section 3 – Scope of Requirements arising from this PQQ. This PQQ (Stage 1) will direct the structure of the tender competitions.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2019-11-25. The procurement was published on 2019-10-24.

Who?

What?

Where?

Procurement history
Date Document
2019-10-24 Contract notice
2020-09-29 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2019-10-24)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Department of Defence
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: Station Road, Co Kildare
Postal town: Newbridge
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Contact person: Liam Morrow
Phone: +353 45492522 📞
E-mail: liam.morrow@defence.ie 📧
Region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
URL: www.defence.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/292 🌏
Information about joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=155647&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=155647&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
“Pre-Qualification Questionnaire Seeking Expressions of Interest for Replacement of All Hardware Supporting Oracle Applications and Upgrade to Bespoke Oracle...”    Show more
Products/services: Software package and information systems 📦
Short description:
“The Minister for Defence is seeking to establish a competitive dialogue through this pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ) with a view to establishing a...”    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 2 400 000 💰

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Additional products/services: Business transaction and personal business software package 📦
Additional products/services: Financial analysis and accounting software package 📦
Additional products/services: Database and operating software package 📦
Additional products/services: Database systems 📦
Additional products/services: Information systems and servers 📦
Additional products/services: Financial information systems 📦
Additional products/services: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support 📦
Additional products/services: Programming services of application software 📦
Additional products/services: Database and operating software development services 📦
Additional products/services: Miscellaneous software package and computer systems 📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
Main site or place of performance: W12 AD93.
Description of the procurement:
“The Minister for Defence (the ‘Contracting Authority’) is seeking to establish a competitive dialogue from economic operators (‘Candidates’) through this...”    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 2 400 000 💰
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 36
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
This contract is subject to renewal
Description
Description of renewals:
“The duration of the contract will be 3 years, with the option to extend for a further 2 years (1+1), subject to a satisfactory annual performance review....”    Show more
Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged number of candidates: 5
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
“The services to be provided in this competition cannot be specified fully in advance, they cannot be procured under an open or restricted procedure, which...”    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
Competitive dialogue
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2019-11-25 12:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Source: OJS 2019/S 209-510749 (2019-10-24)
Contract award notice (2020-09-29)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
“Pre-qualification Questionnaire Seeking Expressions of Interest for Replacement of all Hardware Supporting Oracle Applications and Upgrade to Bespoke Oracle...”    Show more
Products/services: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support 📦
Short description:
“The Minister for Defence is seeking to establish a competitive dialogue through this pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ) with a view to establishing a...”    Show more
Description
Description of the procurement:
“The Minister for Defence (the ‘Contracting Authority’) is seeking to establish a competitive dialogue from economic operators (‘Candidates’) through this...”    Show more
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Technical merit of overall solution
Quality criterion (weighting): 2800
Quality criterion (name): Technical merit and approach to upgrade of PMS
Quality criterion (weighting): 1200
Quality criterion (name): Quality of the team assigned
Quality criterion (weighting): 500
Quality criterion (name): Support offering
Quality criterion (weighting): 1500
Cost criterion (name): Total cost of ownership
Cost criterion (weighting): 4000

Procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2019/S 209-510749

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title:
“Replacement of All Hardware Supporting Oracle Applications and Upgrade to Bespoke Oracle Human Resource Management System”
Information on non-award
Other reasons (discontinuation of procedure)
Source: OJS 2020/S 192-463868 (2020-09-29)