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:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2020-06-04 Contract notice
2021-02-15 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2020-06-04)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: The Heritage Council
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: Aras Na hOidreachta, Church Lane
Postal town: Kilkenny
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Contact person: Mike McGrath
Phone: +353 868984422 📞
E-mail: mike@avro.ie 📧
Region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
URL: http://www.heritagecouncil.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/276 🌏
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=167768&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=167768&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Appointment of an Operator for the National Biodiversity Data Centre NBDC
Products/services: Data management services 📦
Short description:
“The Heritage Council (the ‘Contracting Authority’) invites tenders (‘Tenders’) to this request for tenders (‘RFT’) from economic operators (‘Tenderers’) for...”    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 1 100 000 💰

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Additional products/services: Data services 📦
Additional products/services: Data-processing services 📦
Additional products/services: Data conversion services 📦
Additional products/services: Data entry services 📦
Additional products/services: Data preparation services 📦
Additional products/services: Data capture services 📦
Additional products/services: Data collection and collation services 📦
Additional products/services: Data analysis services 📦
Additional products/services: Data storage services 📦
Additional products/services: Environmental information systems 📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
Description of the procurement:
“The Heritage Council (the ‘Contracting Authority’) invites tenders (‘Tenders’) to this request for tenders (‘RFT’) from economic operators (‘Tenderers‘) for...”    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 1 100 000 💰
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: May renew annually following the initial 2-year period.
Information about variants
Variants will be accepted

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
Open procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2020-07-17 12:00 📅
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: 2020-07-17 13:00 📅

Complementary information
Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement
Estimated timing for further notices to be published: 2-4 years.
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
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 (excluding VAT): EUR 1 000 000 💰
Description
Description of the procurement:
“The Heritage Council (the ‘Contracting Authority’) invites tenders (‘Tenders’) to this request for tenders (‘RFT’) from economic operators (‘Tenderers’) for...”    Show more
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Approach and methodology
Quality criterion (weighting): 35
Quality criterion (name): Technical merit of staffing solution
Quality criterion (name): Added value and innovation
Quality criterion (weighting): 5
Price (weighting): 25

Procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2020/S 109-264970

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title: Appointment of an Operator for the National Biodiversity Data Centre
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2021-01-01 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
Name and address of the contractor
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 📧
Fax: +353 12789501 📠
Region: Ireland 🏙️
URL: http://www.compass.ie 🌏
The contractor is an SME
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 1 000 000 💰
Source: OJS 2021/S 035-087257 (2021-02-15)