Provision of a Webchat Platform to the Passport Service

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade/An Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha agus Trádála

Request for Tenders for the provision of a Webchat Platform to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Passport Service.
In summary, the Services comprise:
A cloud based webchat solution for the Customer Service Hub within the Passport Service.
The goals of this tender are:
— To deliver a webchat Solution which enables the recording, tracking, and reporting of customer queries,
— Enables the development of canned responses for high volume query types, providing consistency in service delivery.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2019-11-04. The procurement was published on 2019-10-04.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2019-10-04 Contract notice
2020-03-13 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2019-10-04)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name:
“Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade/An Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha agus Trádála”
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: 80 St Stephen's Green
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Contact person: Dubheasa Kennedy
Phone: +353 14082333 📞
E-mail: dubheasa.kennedy@dfa.ie 📧
Region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
URL: http://www.dfa.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/246 🌏
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=154930&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=154930&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Provision of a Webchat Platform to the Passport Service
Products/services: Communication and multimedia software package 📦
Short description:
“Request for Tenders for the provision of a Webchat Platform to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Passport Service. In summary, the Services...”    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 330 000 💰

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Additional products/services: Communication software package 📦
Additional products/services: System and support services 📦
Additional products/services: Software-related services 📦
Additional products/services: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support 📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
Main site or place of performance: Dublin 2
Description of the procurement:
“Request for Tenders for the provision of a Webchat Platform to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Passport Service. In summary, the Services...”    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 330 000 💰
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 Contracting Authority reserves the right to extend the Term for a period or periods of up to twelve months with a maximum of 2 such extension or extensions.”    Show more

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions: Please review the RFT.
Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Conditions related to the contract
Contract performance conditions: Please review the RFT.

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2019-11-04 17:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 6
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2019-11-04 17:00 📅

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Source: OJS 2019/S 194-471825 (2019-10-04)
Contract award notice (2020-03-13)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
E-mail: consultant.tenders@dfa.ie 📧

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“Request for tenders for the provision of a Webchat Platform to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Passport Service. In summary, the services...”    Show more
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 330 000 💰
Description
Main site or place of performance: Dublin 2.
Description of the procurement:
“Request for tenders for the provision of a Webchat Platform to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Passport Service. In summary, the services...”    Show more
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Functional requirements
Quality criterion (weighting): 10000
Quality criterion (name): Technical requirements
Quality criterion (weighting): 7500
Quality criterion (name): Support model and approach
Quality criterion (weighting): 5000
Quality criterion (name): Project approach
Quality criterion (weighting): 2500
Quality criterion (name): Chatbot capabilities
Cost criterion (name): Costs
Cost criterion (weighting): 22500

Procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2019/S 194-471825

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title: Provision of a Webchat Platform to the Passport Service
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2020-02-19 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 5
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 5
Name and address of the contractor
Name: EdgeTier
National registration number: 549220
Postal address: Block B, Iveagh Court, Harcourt Road
Postal town: Dublin 2
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 859124833 📞
E-mail: info@edgetier.com 📧
Region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
The contractor is an SME
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 330 000 💰

Complementary information
Review body
Postal town: Dublin 7
Source: OJS 2020/S 055-130775 (2020-03-13)