Appointment of an Operator for the National Biodiversity Data Centre

The Heritage Council

The Heritage Council (the ‘Contracting Authority’) invites tenders (‘Tenders’) to this request for tenders (‘RFT’) from economic operators (‘Tenderers’) for the provision of the services as described in Appendix 1 to this RFT (the ‘Services’).
In summary, the Services comprise providing the delivery of one of the Heritage Council’s key strategic programmes, to operate a service which is known as National Biodiversity Data Centre (NBDC) from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2022 (24 months in total). Please see www.biodiversityireland.ie.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-07-17. The procurement was published on 2020-06-04.

Suppliers

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

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2020-06-04 Contract notice
2021-02-15 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2020-06-04)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Data management services
Reference number: Nbdc
Short description:
“The Heritage Council (the ‘Contracting Authority’) invites tenders (‘Tenders’) to this request for tenders (‘RFT’) from economic operators (‘Tenderers’) for...”    Show more
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: Data management services 📦
Additional CPV: Data services 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️

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: Body governed by public law
Awarding authority name: The Heritage Council
Postal address: Aras Na hOidreachta, Church Lane
Postal town: Kilkenny
Contact
Internet address: http://www.heritagecouncil.ie 🌏
E-mail: mike@avro.ie 📧
Phone: +353 868984422 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=167768&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=167768&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2020-06-04 📅
Submission deadline: 2020-07-17 📅
Publication date: 2020-06-08 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2020/S 109-264970
OJ-S issue: 109

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“The Heritage Council (the ‘Contracting Authority’) invites tenders (‘Tenders’) to this request for tenders (‘RFT’) from economic operators (‘Tenderers’) for...”    Show more

“In summary, the Services comprise providing the delivery of one of the Heritage Council’s key strategic programmes, to operate a service which is known as...”    Show more
Estimated total value: 1 100 000 EUR 💰
Short description:
“The Heritage Council (the ‘Contracting Authority’) invites tenders (‘Tenders’) to this request for tenders (‘RFT’) from economic operators (‘Tenderers‘) for...”    Show more

“In summary, the services comprise providing the delivery of one of the Heritage Council’s key strategic programmes, to operate a service which is known as...”    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 100 000 EUR 💰
Duration: 24 months
Description of renewals:
“May renew annually following the initial 2-year period.”

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: 6 months
Tender opening date: 2020-07-17 📅
Tender opening time: 13:00

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Mike McGrath
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/276 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=167768&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Additional information
Estimated timing for further notices:
“2-4 years.”

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Source: OJS 2020/S 109-264970 (2020-06-04)
Contract award notice (2021-02-15)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“The Heritage Council (the ‘Contracting Authority’) invites tenders (‘Tenders’) to this request for tenders (‘RFT’) from economic Operators (‘Tenderers’) for...”    Show more
Total value of the procurement: 1 000 000 EUR 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2021-02-15 📅
Publication date: 2021-02-19 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2021/S 035-087257
Refers to notice: 2020/S 109-264970
OJ-S issue: 35

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“The Heritage Council (the ‘Contracting Authority’) invites tenders (‘Tenders’) to this request for tenders (‘RFT’) from economic Operators (‘Tenderers’) for...”    Show more

“In summary, the Services comprise providing the delivery of one of the Heritage Council’s key strategic programmes, to operate a service which is known as...”    Show more

Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Approach and methodology
Quality criterion (weighting): 35
Quality criterion (name): Technical merit of staffing solution
Added value and innovation
Quality criterion (weighting): 5
Price (weighting): 25

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2021-01-01 📅
Name: Compass Informatics Ltd
National registration number: IE 263347
Postal address: Block 8, Blackrock Business Park, County Dublin, Carysfort Avenue, Bl
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 12104580 📞
E-mail: goriain@compass.ie 📧
Country: Ireland 🏙️
Internet address: http://www.compass.ie 🌏
Total value of the procurement: 1 000 000 EUR 💰
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Source: OJS 2021/S 035-087257 (2021-02-15)