The Health Research Board (HRB) is a state agency that supports research and provides evidence to prevent illness, improve health and transform patient care. The HRB has 61 staff. Our annual budget is in excess of EUR 45 m and we manage a research investment portfolio of approximately EUR 200 m. The agency is funded mainly by the Department of Health and Board members are appointed by the Minister for Health.
The HRB is now seeking to obtain a licence for a bibliometric tool with the following characteristics:
Platform
• cloud-based,
• stable and reliable, with guaranteed recovery times should there be any disruption to service,
• access and usability independent of hardware and browser,
• must adhere to the GDPR principle of ‘Privacy by design and default’,
• ideally allow for potential integration with the HRB grant electronic management system (GEMS, https://grants.hrb.ie) since invitation to peer reviewers are sent out via GEMS.
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-06-25.
The procurement was published on 2020-05-26.
Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
Object Scope of the procurement
Title: Bibliometric Tool
HRB-2020-Bibliometric
Products/services: Analytical, scientific, mathematical or forecasting software package📦
Short description:
“The Health Research Board (HRB) is a state agency that supports research and provides evidence to prevent illness, improve health and transform patient...”
Short description
The Health Research Board (HRB) is a state agency that supports research and provides evidence to prevent illness, improve health and transform patient care. The HRB has 61 staff. Our annual budget is in excess of EUR 45 m and we manage a research investment portfolio of approximately EUR 200 m. The agency is funded mainly by the Department of Health and Board members are appointed by the Minister for Health.
The HRB is now seeking to obtain a licence for a bibliometric tool with the following characteristics:
Platform
• cloud-based,
• stable and reliable, with guaranteed recovery times should there be any disruption to service,
• access and usability independent of hardware and browser,
• must adhere to the GDPR principle of ‘Privacy by design and default’,
• ideally allow for potential integration with the HRB grant electronic management system (GEMS, https://grants.hrb.ie) since invitation to peer reviewers are sent out via GEMS.
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Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 200 000 💰
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Additional products/services: Analytical or scientific software package📦
Additional products/services: Library software development services📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland🏙️
Description of the procurement:
“The Health Research Board (HRB) is a state agency that supports research and provides evidence to prevent illness, improve health and transform patient...”
Description of the procurement
The Health Research Board (HRB) is a state agency that supports research and provides evidence to prevent illness, improve health and transform patient care. The HRB has 61 staff. Our annual budget is in excess of EUR 45 m and we manage a research investment portfolio of approximately EUR 200 m. The agency is funded mainly by the Department of Health and Board members are appointed by the Minister for Health.
The HRB is now seeking to obtain a licence for a bibliometric tool with the following characteristics:
Platform
• cloud-based,
• stable and reliable, with guaranteed recovery times should there be any disruption to service,
• access and usability independent of hardware and browser,
• must adhere to the GDPR principle of ‘Privacy by design and default’,
• ideally allow for potential integration with the HRB grant electronic management system (GEMS, https://grants.hrb.ie) since invitation to peer reviewers are sent out via GEMS.
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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 200 000 💰
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 12
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
This contract is subject to renewal ✅ Description
Description of renewals: Renewal after 12 months and then every 12 months for 2 years.
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
Procedure Type of procedure
Open procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2020-06-25
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: 3
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2020-06-25
12:00 📅
Complementary information Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
Review body
Name: High Court
Postal address: Chief Registrar, The Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000📞
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie📧
Source: OJS 2020/S 103-247825 (2020-05-26)
Contract award notice (2020-10-31) Object Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“The Health Research Board (HRB) is a state agency that supports research and provides evidence to prevent illness, improve health and transform patient...”
Short description
The Health Research Board (HRB) is a state agency that supports research and provides evidence to prevent illness, improve health and transform patient care. The HRB has 61 staff. Our annual budget is in excess of EUR 45 million and we manage a research investment portfolio of approximately EUR 200 million. The agency is funded mainly by the Department of Health, and Board members are appointed by the Minister for Health.
The HRB is now seeking to obtain a licence for a bibliometric tool with the following characteristics:
Platform
• cloud-based,
• stable and reliable, with guaranteed recovery times should there be any disruption to service,
• access and usability independent of hardware and browser,
• must adhere to the GDPR principle of ‘Privacy by design and default’,
• ideally allow for potential integration with the HRB Grant Electronic Management System (GEMS, https://grants.hrb.ie) since invitation to peer reviewers are sent out via GEMS.
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Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 200 000 💰
Description
Additional products/services: Analytical, scientific, mathematical or forecasting software package📦
Description of the procurement:
“The Health Research Board (HRB) is a state agency that supports research and provides evidence to prevent illness, improve health and transform patient...”
Description of the procurement
The Health Research Board (HRB) is a state agency that supports research and provides evidence to prevent illness, improve health and transform patient care. The HRB has 61 staff. Our annual budget is in excess of EUR 45 million and we manage a research investment portfolio of approximately EUR 200 million. The agency is funded mainly by the Department of Health, and Board members are appointed by the Minister for Health.
The HRB is now seeking to obtain a licence for a bibliometric tool with the following characteristics:
Platform
• cloud-based,
• stable and reliable, with guaranteed recovery times should there be any disruption to service,
• access and usability independent of hardware and browser,
• must adhere to the GDPR principle of ‘Privacy by design and default’,
• ideally allow for potential integration with the HRB Grant Electronic Management System (GEMS, https://grants.hrb.ie) since invitation to peer reviewers are sent out via GEMS.
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Quality criterion (name): Drawing from suitable dataset
Quality criterion (weighting): 20 %
Quality criterion (name): Quality of search functionality
Quality criterion (weighting): 15 %
Quality criterion (name): Bibliometric evaluation of HRB award outputs and classification systems
Quality criterion (name): Support (on-boarding on on-going)
Quality criterion (weighting): 10 %
Cost criterion (name): Cost
Cost criterion (weighting): 40 %
Procedure Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2020/S 103-247825
Award of contract
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Contract Number: 1
Title: Bibliometric Tool
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2020-09-24 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Digital Science and Research Solutions Inc
National registration number: 07397265
Postal address: 625 Massachusetts Avenue
Postal town: Cambridge
Postal code: MA, 02139
Country: United States 🇺🇸
Phone: +1 6179028426📞
E-mail: operations@dsrsi.com📧
Region: 00 🏙️
URL: http://https://www.digital-science.com/ 🌏
The contractor is an SME
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 200 000 💰
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 164 000 💰
Complementary information Review body
Postal address: Chief Registrar, D07
Postal town: The Four Courts
Source: OJS 2020/S 216-528697 (2020-10-31)