RFT in Relation to the Provision of ICT External Resources

The Pensions Authority

The Authority wishes to procure an economic operator to provide the following Services:
(a) the provision of external Information and Communications Technology (‘ICT’) resources to support the delivery of ICT projects for the Authority (the ‘Personnel Requirements’); and
(b) the provision of a support desk for the Authority's Pensions Data Register system (the ‘Support Desk Requirements’).

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2019-08-09. The procurement was published on 2019-07-03.

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

What?

Where?

Procurement history
Date Document
2019-07-03 Contract notice
2020-10-27 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2019-07-03)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: The Pensions Authority
National registration number: 9584039R
Postal address: Verschoyle House, 28-30 Lower Mount St.
Postal town: Dublin 2
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Contact person: Ciarán Holahan
Phone: +353 16131911 📞
E-mail: cholahan@pensionsauthority.ie 📧
Region: Dublin 🏙️
URL: http://www.pensionsauthority.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1189 🌏
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=149615&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=149615&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
“RFT in Relation to the Provision of ICT External Resources TPA-ICTExternalResources-2019”
Products/services: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support 📦
Short description:
“The Authority wishes to procure an economic operator to provide the following Services: (a) the provision of external Information and Communications...”    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 11 000 000 💰

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Additional products/services: Software programming and consultancy services 📦
Additional products/services: Programming services of systems and user software 📦
Additional products/services: Computer support and consultancy services 📦
Additional products/services: Custom software development services 📦
Additional products/services: System and support services 📦
Additional products/services: Helpdesk and support services 📦
Additional products/services: Software testing 📦
Additional products/services: Data services 📦
Place of performance: Dublin 🏙️
Main site or place of performance: 28-30 Lower Mount Street, Dublin 2.
Description of the procurement:
“The Authority wishes to procure an economic operator to provide the following Services: (a) the provision of external Information and Communications...”    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 11 000 000 💰
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 24
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
This contract is subject to renewal
Description
Description of renewals:
“The contract is for a term of two (2) years with an option to extend for two (2) further periods, each of up to twelve (12) months.”

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
Conditions related to the contract
Contract performance conditions: See RFT documentation.

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2019-08-09 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: 2019-08-09 17:00 📅

Complementary information
Additional information

“Please refer to the request for tender documents associated with this notice published on www.etenders.gov.ie (RFT # ID 153297).”
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: The Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Source: OJS 2019/S 128-313559 (2019-07-03)
Contract award notice (2020-10-27)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Postal address: Verschoyle House, 28/30 Lower Mount St

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“The authority wishes to procure an economic operator to provide the following services: (a) the provision of external Information and Communications...”    Show more
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 11 000 000 💰
Description
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
Main site or place of performance: 28/30 Lower Mount Street, Dublin 2.
Description of the procurement:
“The Authority wishes to procure an economic operator to provide the following services: (a) the provision of external Information and Communications...”    Show more
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Approach to supplying personnel
Quality criterion (weighting): 20
Quality criterion (name): Approach to Account Management
Quality criterion (weighting): 10
Quality criterion (name): Approach to support desk requirements
Quality criterion (weighting): 15
Quality criterion (name): Quality of proposed personnel
Quality criterion (weighting): 25
Price (weighting): 30

Procedure
Information about framework agreement
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2019/S 128-313559
Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title: RFT in Relation to the Provision of ICT External Resources
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2019-10-11 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 2
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Aspiracon Ltd
National registration number: 439213
Postal address: 1102 Euro Business Park Little Island
Postal town: Cork
Postal code: T45 DD88
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 212352550 📞
E-mail: info@aspira.ie 📧
Region: South-West 🏙️
URL: https://aspira.ie/contact/ 🌏
The contractor is an SME
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 11 000 000 💰
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 11 000 000 💰

Complementary information
Review body
Postal address: The Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 7
Phone: +353 18886458 📞
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
URL: https://www.courts.ie/ 🌏
Source: OJS 2020/S 212-518862 (2020-10-27)