Request for Tenders Professional Services for Unit 4 Business World
National Transport Authority
To support the National Transport Authority’s financial management requirements, the Authority utilises an application called “Unit 4 Business World”, previously known as “Agresso”. For operational reasons, the Authority currently utilises 3 largely independent instances of the application, as follows:
— corporate,
— leap card scheme,
— tendered bus services.
The Authority aims to return all application instances to fully supported software by, where applicable, upgrading the existing functionality.
The Authority intends to adopt enhanced functionality, facilitating increased operational effectiveness and a better user experience.
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2019-05-24. The procurement was published on 2019-04-17.
Who? What?- • Accounting system › Billing system
- • Financial analysis and accounting software package › Accounting software package
- • Financial analysis and accounting software package › Financial analysis software package
- • Financial analysis and accounting software package › Financial systems software package
- • Information systems › Financial information systems
- • Software programming and consultancy services › System and support services
Procurement history
| Date | Document |
|---|---|
| 2019-04-17 | Contract notice |
| 2019-06-28 | Contract award notice |
Contract notice (2019-04-17)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Financial systems software package
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: Financial systems software package 📦
Additional CPV: Software package and information systems 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Dublin 🏙️
Procedure
Procedure type: Open procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender
Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: National or federal Agency/Office
Awarding authority name: National Transport Authority
Postal address: Dun Sceine, Iveagh Court, Harcourt Lane
Postal code: D02 WT20
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: https://nationaltransport.ie 🌏
E-mail: procurement@nationaltransport.ie 📧
Phone: +353 18798300 📞
Fax: +353 18798333 📠
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=145804&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=145804&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2019-04-17 📅
Submission deadline: 2019-05-24 📅
Publication date: 2019-04-19 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2019/S 078-187065
OJ-S issue: 78
Additional information
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
Duration: 24 months
Description of renewals:
Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:
Contract performance conditions: As set out in the procurement documents.
Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender validity period: 2019-11-20 📅
Tender opening date: 2019-05-24 📅
Tender opening time: 14:00
Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: David Rice
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1149 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=145804&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Reference
Additional information
Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Ground Floor (East Wing), Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: D7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Fax: +353 18886125 📠
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Information about review deadlines:
Source: OJS 2019/S 078-187065 (2019-04-17)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Financial systems software package
Short description:
To support the National Transport Authority’s financial management requirements, the Authority utilises an application called “Unit 4 Business World”, previously known as “Agresso”. For operational reasons, the Authority currently utilises 3 largely independent instances of the application, as follows:
— corporate,
— leap card scheme,
— tendered bus services.
The Authority aims to return all application instances to fully supported software by, where applicable, upgrading the existing functionality.
The Authority intends to adopt enhanced functionality, facilitating increased operational effectiveness and a better user experience.
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Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Financial systems software package 📦
Additional CPV: Software package and information systems 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Dublin 🏙️
Procedure
Procedure type: Open procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender
Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: National or federal Agency/Office
Awarding authority name: National Transport Authority
Postal address: Dun Sceine, Iveagh Court, Harcourt Lane
Postal code: D02 WT20
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: https://nationaltransport.ie 🌏
E-mail: procurement@nationaltransport.ie 📧
Phone: +353 18798300 📞
Fax: +353 18798333 📠
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=145804&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=145804&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2019-04-17 📅
Submission deadline: 2019-05-24 📅
Publication date: 2019-04-19 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2019/S 078-187065
OJ-S issue: 78
Additional information
The Contracting Authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers relating to this contract award procedure irrespective of the outcome of the competition, or if the competition is postponed or cancelled. All costs incurred by interested parties in participating in this competition must be borne by them.
Any contract award will be subject to a number of preconditions, including production of a current tax clearance certificate or tax clearance statement from the revenue commissioners in Ireland. The Contracting Authority may terminate this competition (or any part thereof), change the basis of and the procedures for the bidding process, at any time, or procure the project by alternative means if it appears that the project can thereby be more advantageously procured.
The most economically advantageous or any tender will not automatically be accepted.
Refer to procurement documents for further information.
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Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
To support the National Transport Authority’s financial management requirements, the Authority utilises an application called “Unit 4 Business World”, previously known as “Agresso”. For operational reasons, the Authority currently utilises 3 largely independent instances of the application, as follows:
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— corporate,
— leap card scheme,
— tendered bus services.
The Authority aims to return all application instances to fully supported software by, where applicable, upgrading the existing functionality.
The Authority intends to adopt enhanced functionality, facilitating increased operational effectiveness and a better user experience.
The Authority aims to return all application instances to fully supported software by, where applicable, upgrading the existing functionality in use which includes:
— general ledger,
— accounts payable and accounts receivable,
— bank and cash,
— fixed assets and depreciation,
— purchase requisitions and purchase orders,
— staff expenses, and
— payment runs – electronic fund transfers (EFT’s) and manual.
The Authority intends to adopt enhanced functionality, facilitating increased operational effectiveness and a better user experience, in areas possibly including the following:
— introduction of web-shop style purchase requisitioning,
— introduction of flexible analysis type reports,
— introduction of budgeting tools to facilitate top down and bottom up budgeting, combined with the ability to run “what if” scenarios,
— introducing greater flexibility about changes to organisation and reporting units, and
— introducing enhanced task management to improve day-to-day operational control.
Description of renewals:
Duration in months: 24
This contract is subject to renewal: yes
Description of renewals:
At the discretion of the Authority, the contract may be renewed for period(s) up to a maximum of 2 years after the end of the second year. The extension of the contract will be dependent on service requirements, performance and continued funding availability.
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Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:
List and brief description of conditions: As set out in the procurement documents.
Contract execution
Contract performance conditions: As set out in the procurement documents.
Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender validity period: 2019-11-20 📅
Tender opening date: 2019-05-24 📅
Tender opening time: 14:00
Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: David Rice
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1149 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=145804&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Reference
Additional information
The Contracting Authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers relating to this contract award procedure irrespective of the outcome of the competition, or if the competition is postponed or cancelled. All costs incurred by interested parties in participating in this competition must be borne by them.
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Any contract award will be subject to a number of preconditions, including production of a current tax clearance certificate or tax clearance statement from the revenue commissioners in Ireland. The Contracting Authority may terminate this competition (or any part thereof), change the basis of and the procedures for the bidding process, at any time, or procure the project by alternative means if it appears that the project can thereby be more advantageously procured.
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The most economically advantageous or any tender will not automatically be accepted.
Refer to procurement documents for further information.
Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Ground Floor (East Wing), Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: D7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Fax: +353 18886125 📠
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Information about review deadlines:
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
As set out in S.I. No 130/2010 European Communities (Public Authorities' Contracts) (Review Procedures) Regulations 2010 (in particular Regulation 7 thereof).
Contract award notice (2019-06-28)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice
Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2019-06-28 📅
Publication date: 2019-07-02 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2019/S 125-306362
Refers to notice: 2019/S 078-187065
OJ-S issue: 125
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Quality of application upgrade service
Quality criterion (weighting): 40
Quality criterion (name): Quality of application of enhancement services
Quality criterion (weighting): 25
Price (weighting): 35
Source: OJS 2019/S 125-306362 (2019-06-28)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
To support the National Transport Authority’s financial management requirements, the Authority utilises an application called ‘Unit4 Business World’, previously known as ‘Agresso’. For operational reasons, the Authority currently utilises three largely independent instances of the application, as follows:
— corporate,
— leap card scheme,
— tendered bus services.
The Authority aims to return all application instances to fully supported software by, where applicable, upgrading the existing functionality.
The Authority intends to adopt enhanced functionality, facilitating increased operational effectiveness and a better user experience.
Show more
Document type: Contract award notice
Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2019-06-28 📅
Publication date: 2019-07-02 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2019/S 125-306362
Refers to notice: 2019/S 078-187065
OJ-S issue: 125
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
To support the National Transport Authority’s financial management requirements, the Authority utilises an application called ‘Unit4 Business World’, previously known as ‘Agresso’. For operational reasons, the Authority currently utilises three largely independent instances of the application, as follows:
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— Staff expenses, and
— payment runs – Electronic Fund Transfers (EFT’s) and manual.
Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Quality of application upgrade service
Quality criterion (weighting): 40
Quality criterion (name): Quality of application of enhancement services
Quality criterion (weighting): 25
Price (weighting): 35
Source: OJS 2019/S 125-306362 (2019-06-28)
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