Development, Maintenance, Support and Improvement Services for the SOLAS Moodle Infrastructure

SOLAS

SOLAS has put in place a federated Moodle infrastructure to meet the VLE (virtual learning environment) needs of the Further Education and Training (FET) sector in Ireland. SOLAS requires services to:
1) monitor, maintain and update the federated Moodle infrastructure, while ensuring continual improvement in performance and usability;
2) design and implement seamless integration solutions to SOLAS and FET systems and maintain existing web services integrations between these systems;
3) provide customisation and reporting solutions to increase the efficiency, usability, reliability and reporting of the usage of the federated Moodle infrastructure;
4) provide efficient, responsive and robust contract management solutions and processes;
5) provide strategic expertise to SOLAS in designing and implementing solutions for online and blended learning across FET using the federated Moodle infrastructure;
6) provide training sessions to ETB users.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-11-06. The procurement was published on 2020-10-06.

Suppliers

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

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2020-10-06 Contract notice
2021-03-16 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2020-10-06)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: System and support services
Reference number: 177700
Short description:
SOLAS has put in place a federated Moodle infrastructure to meet the VLE (virtual learning environment) needs of the Further Education and Training (FET) sector in Ireland. SOLAS requires services to: 1) monitor, maintain and update the federated Moodle infrastructure, while ensuring continual improvement in performance and usability; 2) design and implement seamless integration solutions to SOLAS and FET systems and maintain existing web services integrations between these systems; 3) provide customisation and reporting solutions to increase the efficiency, usability, reliability and reporting of the usage of the federated Moodle infrastructure; 4) provide efficient, responsive and robust contract management solutions and processes; 5) provide strategic expertise to SOLAS in designing and implementing solutions for online and blended learning across FET using the federated Moodle infrastructure; 6) provide training sessions to ETB users.
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Notice metadata
Original language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: System and support services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support 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: Body governed by public law
Awarding authority name: Solas
Postal address: Castleforbes House, Castleforbes Road
Postal town: Dublin 1
Contact
Internet address: http://www.solas.ie/ ๐ŸŒ
E-mail: tenders@solas.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 15332416 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=175485&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=175485&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2020-10-06 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2020-11-06 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2020-10-09 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2020/S 197-476544
OJ-S issue: 197

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
SOLAS has put in place a federated Moodle infrastructure to meet the VLE (virtual learning environment) needs of the Further Education and Training (FET) sector in Ireland. SOLAS requires services to:
1) monitor, maintain and update the federated Moodle infrastructure, while ensuring continual improvement in performance and usability;
2) design and implement seamless integration solutions to SOLAS and FET systems and maintain existing web services integrations between these systems;
3) provide customisation and reporting solutions to increase the efficiency, usability, reliability and reporting of the usage of the federated Moodle infrastructure;
4) provide efficient, responsive and robust contract management solutions and processes;
5) provide strategic expertise to SOLAS in designing and implementing solutions for online and blended learning across FET using the federated Moodle infrastructure;
6) provide training sessions to ETB users.
Estimated total value: 800 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Short description:
6) provide training sessions to ETB users (generally those in a โ€˜Teacherโ€™ or โ€˜Administratorโ€™ role on periodic basis).
Estimated value excluding VAT: 800 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Duration: 48 months
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Dublin 1.

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Time of receipt of tenders: 13:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Tender opening date: 2020-11-06 ๐Ÿ“…
Tender opening time: 13:00

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: James Hall
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1210 ๐ŸŒ
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=175485&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Complementary information
Review body
Name: Solas
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Source: OJS 2020/S 197-476544 (2020-10-06)
Contract award notice (2021-03-16)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
SOLAS has put in place a federated Moodle infrastructure to meet the VLE (virtual learning environment) needs of the Further Education and Training (FET) sector in Ireland. SOLAS requires services to: 1) Monitor, maintain and update the federated Moodle infrastructure, while ensuring continual improvement in performance and usability; 2) Design and implement seamless integration solutions to SOLAS and FET systems and maintain existing webservices integrations between these systems; 3) Provide customization and reporting solutions to increase the efficiency, usability, reliability and reporting of the usage of the federated Moodle infrastructure; 4) Provide efficient, responsive and robust contract management solutions and processes; 5) Provide strategic expertise to SOLAS in designing and implementing solutions for online and blended learning across FET using the federated Moodle infrastructure; 6) Provide training sessions to ETB users.
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Total value of the procurement: 630 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2021-03-16 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2021-03-19 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2021/S 055-138886
Refers to notice: 2020/S 197-476544
OJ-S issue: 55

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
1) Monitor, maintain and update the federated Moodle infrastructure, while ensuring continual improvement in performance and usability;
2) Design and implement seamless integration solutions to SOLAS and FET systems and maintain existing webservices integrations between these systems;
3) Provide customization and reporting solutions to increase the efficiency, usability, reliability and reporting of the usage of the federated Moodle infrastructure;
4) Provide efficient, responsive and robust contract management solutions and processes;
5) Provide strategic expertise to SOLAS in designing and implementing solutions for online and blended learning across FET using the federated Moodle infrastructure;
6) Provide training sessions to ETB users.
6) Provide training sessions to ETB users (generally those in a โ€˜Teacherโ€™ or โ€˜Administratorโ€™ role on periodic basis.

Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Moodle monitoring and maintenance services
Quality criterion (weighting): 200
Quality criterion (name): Moodle integration services
Customisation and reporting tools
Quality criterion (weighting): 100
Quality criterion (name): Contract management
Quality criterion (weighting): 70
Quality criterion (name): Strategic expertise
Training and information
Quality criterion (weighting): 60
Cost criterion (name): Cost
Cost criterion (weighting): 300

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2021-02-28 ๐Ÿ“…
Name: Enovation Solutions
National registration number: 6348876N
Postal address: The Friary, Bow Street
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Internet address: http://www.enovation.ie ๐ŸŒ
Total value of the procurement: 632 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Source: OJS 2021/S 055-138886 (2021-03-16)