Provision of Support, Maintenance and Future Development of the Online Passport Application Service

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade/An Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha agus Trádála

The online passport service provides numerous benefits for citizens including a more convenient application process, quicker processing times, reduction in errors and a greater user experience overall. This online service is the Department’s channel of choice and to date over 1 million applications have been received through this channel since the launch in of the passport card in 2015 coupled with the launch of online passport applications in 2017.
The Department wishes to engage the services of a contractor to provide support and maintenance of the existing website and associated architecture and future development of features, add-ons and associated online services.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-06-24. The procurement was published on 2020-05-25.

Suppliers
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Procurement history
Date Document
2020-05-25 Contract notice
2020-12-29 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2020-05-25)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Short description:
“The online passport service provides numerous benefits for citizens including a more convenient application process, quicker processing times, reduction in...”    Show more
Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support 📦
Additional CPV: Software programming and consultancy services 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️

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

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Awarding authority name: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade/An Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha agus Trádála
Postal address: 80 St Stephen's Green
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.dfa.ie 🌏
E-mail: consultant.tenders@dfa.ie 📧
Phone: +353 61774000 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=167487&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=167487&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2020-05-25 📅
Submission deadline: 2020-06-24 📅
Publication date: 2020-05-28 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2020/S 103-248441
OJ-S issue: 103
Source: OJS 2020/S 103-248441 (2020-05-25)
Contract award notice (2020-12-29)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“The online passport service provides numerous benefits for citizens including a more convenient application process, quicker processing times, reduction in...”    Show more
Total value of the procurement: 950 000 EUR 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable
Award criteria
Lowest price

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2020-12-29 📅
Publication date: 2020-12-31 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2020/S 255-642477
Refers to notice: 2020/S 103-248441
OJ-S issue: 255
Source: OJS 2020/S 255-642477 (2020-12-29)