DES - ICT Security Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing Services

Department of Education and Skills

Specialist expertise for the provision of penetration testing and security vulnerability assessment of the Department’s infrastructure. The annual security vulnerability assessment will cover externally hosted web systems, including its school facing (Esinet) eGovernment systems and public website, its DMZ-based public IP addresses and MS Azure hosted site plus an assessment of all its internal critical infrastructure including Servers, Switching, Security (Firewall and SIEM), Wireless and Mobile Device Management systems. The output will be a report based on best practice advice and recommendations on findings from any completed vulnerability assessments. Given the sensitive nature of the Department’s data subjects, the testing days will be required to be completed onsite at the Department’s offices.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-06-19. The procurement was published on 2020-05-15.

Suppliers
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Procurement history
Date Document
2020-05-15 Contract notice
2020-10-27 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2020-05-15)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Department of Education and Skills
National registration number: IE4000067R
Postal address: Marlborough Street
Postal town: Dublin 1
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Contact person: Gerry Hunter
Phone: +353 18896483 📞
E-mail: gerry_hunter@education.gov.ie 📧
Region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
URL: http://www.education.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1142 🌏
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=167068&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=167068&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
“DES - ICT Security Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing Services DES/IT Unit/Security”
Products/services: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support 📦
Short description:
“Specialist expertise for the provision of penetration testing and security vulnerability assessment of the Department’s infrastructure. The annual security...”    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 400 000 💰

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Additional products/services: Software programming and consultancy services 📦
Additional products/services: Systems and technical consultancy services 📦
Additional products/services: Computer audit and testing services 📦
Additional products/services: Computer audit services 📦
Additional products/services: Computer testing services 📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
Main site or place of performance: Dublin.
Description of the procurement:
“Specialist expertise for the provision of penetration testing and security vulnerability assessment of the Department’s infrastructure. The annual security...”    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 400 000 💰
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: 4 possible extension of 12 months each (possible total of 5 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
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: 2020-06-19 12:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2020-06-19 12:00 📅

Complementary information
Review body
Name: Department of Education and Skills — Procurement Review Committee
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Source: OJS 2020/S 098-234356 (2020-05-15)
Contract award notice (2020-10-27)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“Specialist expertise for the provision of penetration testing and security vulnerability assessment of the Department’s infrastructure. The annual security...”    Show more
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 30 813 💰
Description
Description of the procurement:
“Specialist expertise for the provision of penetration testing and security vulnerability assessment of the Department’s infrastructure. The annual security...”    Show more
Award criteria
Cost criterion (name): Price
Cost criterion (weighting): 40

Procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2020/S 098-234356

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title: DES - ICT Security Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing Services
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2020-09-28 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 19
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Rits
National registration number: IE8289373C
Postal address: 2052 Castle Drive, Citywest Business Park
Postal town: Dublin 24
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
The contractor is an SME
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 30 813 💰
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 80 000 💰
Source: OJS 2020/S 212-519190 (2020-10-27)