Bibliometric Tool

The Health Research Board

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
โ€ข cloud-based,
โ€ข stable and reliable, with guaranteed recovery times should there be any disruption to service,
โ€ข access and usability independent of hardware and browser,
โ€ข must adhere to the GDPR principle of โ€˜Privacy by design and defaultโ€™,
โ€ข 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:

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2020-05-26 Contract notice
2020-10-31 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2020-05-26)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Analytical, scientific, mathematical or forecasting software package
Reference number: HRB-2020-Bibliometric
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 โ€ข cloud-based, โ€ข stable and reliable, with guaranteed recovery times should there be any disruption to service, โ€ข access and usability independent of hardware and browser, โ€ข must adhere to the GDPR principle of โ€˜Privacy by design and defaultโ€™, โ€ข 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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Notice metadata
Original language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Supplies
Regulation: European Union
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Analytical, scientific, mathematical or forecasting software package ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional CPV: Analytical or scientific software package ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance
NUTS region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ

Procedure
Procedure type: Open procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Awarding authority type: Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Awarding authority name: The Health Research Board
Postal address: 67-72 Grattan House, Lower Mount St
Postal town: Dublin 2
Contact
Internet address: http://www.hrb.ie ๐ŸŒ
E-mail: jmurphy@hrb.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 12345000 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=167451&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=167451&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2020-05-26 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2020-06-25 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2020-05-28 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2020/S 103-247825
OJ-S issue: 103

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 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.
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The HRB is now seeking to obtain a licence for a bibliometric tool with the following characteristics:
Platform
โ€ข cloud-based,
โ€ข stable and reliable, with guaranteed recovery times should there be any disruption to service,
โ€ข access and usability independent of hardware and browser,
โ€ข must adhere to the GDPR principle of โ€˜Privacy by design and defaultโ€™,
โ€ข 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.
Estimated total value: 200 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 200 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Duration: 12 months
Description of renewals: Renewal after 12 months and then every 12 months for 2 years.

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Tender validity period: 3 months
Tender opening date: 2020-06-25 ๐Ÿ“…
Tender opening time: 12:00

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Josephine Murphy
Internet address: www.hrb.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/261 ๐ŸŒ
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=167451&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court
Postal address: Chief Registrar, The Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 18886000 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
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 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 โ€ข cloud-based, โ€ข stable and reliable, with guaranteed recovery times should there be any disruption to service, โ€ข access and usability independent of hardware and browser, โ€ข must adhere to the GDPR principle of โ€˜Privacy by design and defaultโ€™, โ€ข 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: 200 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2020-10-31 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2020-11-05 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2020/S 216-528697
Refers to notice: 2020/S 103-247825
OJ-S issue: 216

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 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.
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โ€ข 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.

Procedure
Award criteria
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
Support (on-boarding on on-going)
Quality criterion (weighting): 10 %
Cost criterion (name): Cost
Cost criterion (weighting): 40 %

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2020-09-24 ๐Ÿ“…
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 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
Phone: +1 6179028426 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: operations@dsrsi.com ๐Ÿ“ง
Country: 00 ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Internet address: http://https://www.digital-science.com/ ๐ŸŒ
Total value of the procurement: 164 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2

Complementary information
Review body
Postal address: Chief Registrar, D07
Postal town: The Four Courts
Source: OJS 2020/S 216-528697 (2020-10-31)