Request for Tenders for the Establishment of a Single Party Framework Agreement for Advisory Services with Emphasis on IT Law, Procurement Law and Cloud Technology

Houses of the Oireachtas Service

The Houses of the Oireachtas Commission, a body corporate, (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Contracting Authority’) proposes to engage in a process for the establishment of a single-party Framework Agreement for the provision of advisory services with emphasis on IT law, procurement law and cloud technology to assist the Contracting Authority in procuring cloud services.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2019-07-17. The procurement was published on 2019-06-27.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2019-06-27 Contract notice
2019-11-04 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2019-06-27)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Houses of the Oireachtas Service
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: Leinster House, Kildare Street
Postal town: Dublin 2
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Contact person: David Gorman
Phone: +353 16183433 📞
E-mail: david.gorman@oireachtas.ie 📧
Region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
URL: http://www.oireachtas.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1166 🌏
Communication
Access to the procurement documents is restricted
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=149611&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=149611&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Type of the contracting authority
Other type: Parliament

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
“Request for Tenders for the Establishment of a Single Party Framework Agreement for Advisory Services with Emphasis on IT Law, Procurement Law and Cloud...”    Show more
Products/services: Legal advisory services 📦
Short description:
“The Houses of the Oireachtas Commission, a body corporate, (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Contracting Authority’) proposes to engage in a process for the...”    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 400 000 💰

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Additional products/services: Information systems and servers 📦
Additional products/services: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support 📦
Additional products/services: IT software development services 📦
Additional products/services: Systems and technical consultancy services 📦
Additional products/services: Systems analysis and programming services 📦
Additional products/services: Data storage services 📦
Additional products/services: Legal services 📦
Additional products/services: Legal advisory and information services 📦
Additional products/services: Procurement consultancy services 📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
Description of the procurement:
“The Houses of the Oireachtas Commission, a body corporate, (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Contracting Authority’) proposes to engage in a process for the...”    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 400 000 💰
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 48
Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged minimum number: 5

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
Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract
Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract

Procedure
Type of procedure
Restricted procedure
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with a single operator
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2019-07-17 12:00 📅
Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates: 2019-07-24 📅
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: 12

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: High Court Central Office, The Four Courts, Inns Quay Dublin 1
Postal town: Dublin 1
Postal code: Dublin 1
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
URL: http://www.thecourts.ie 🌏
Source: OJS 2019/S 125-305744 (2019-06-27)
Contract award notice (2019-11-04)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“The Houses of the Oireachtas Commission, a body corporate, (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Contracting Authority’) proposes to engage in a process for the...”    Show more
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 433 350 💰
Description
Main site or place of performance: Dublin.
Description of the procurement:
“The Houses of the Oireachtas Commission, a body corporate, (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Contracting Authority’) proposes to engage in a process for the...”    Show more
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Understanding of the procurement of cloud service for public sector bodies
Quality criterion (weighting): 250
Quality criterion (name): Service delivery methodology
Quality criterion (weighting): 200
Quality criterion (name): Contract management
Quality criterion (weighting): 100
Quality criterion (name): Quality, relevant expertise and availability of resources of proposed team
Price (weighting): 200

Procedure
Information about framework agreement
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2019/S 125-305744

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title:
“Request for Tenders for the Establishment of a Single Party Framework Agreement for Advisory Services with Emphasis on IT Law, Procurement Law and Cloud Technology”    Show more
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2019-09-30 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 3
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 2
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 4
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Best Practice Group
National registration number: 3903926
Postal address: Atria
Postal town: Bolton
Postal code: Greater Manchester
Country: United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Phone: +44 8453450130 📞
E-mail: marketing@bestpracticegroup.com 📧
Fax: +44 8453450131 📠
Region: United Kingdom 🏙️
URL: http://www.bestpracticegroup.com 🌏
The contractor is an SME
Name: Arthur Cox
National registration number: 0659305A
Postal address: Ten Earlsfort Terrace
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: D02 T380
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 400 000 💰
Currency code: EUR 💰
Lowest offer: 433350.00
Highest offer: 661500.00
Source: OJS 2019/S 214-526109 (2019-11-04)