Request for Information โ€” Financial Management Solution for the Department of Educationโ€™s ESBS and ETBs

The Department of Education

It is planned to replace the current financial management systems in use in the 16 Education and Training Boards (ETBs) in Ireland with a fully hosted and managed financial management solution delivered using Software as a Service in a shared services environment.
The Department of Education has established a multi-function shared service centre Education Shared Business Services centre (ESBS) in Dublin 15. A team is being mobilised in the ESBS to deliver ETB Finance Shared Services. To facilitate the finance shared service in delivering on its objectives, the services required comprise of the design, configuration, implementation and ongoing maintenance and support of a solution for the processing of financial management and related activities for all ETBs.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2021-01-14. The procurement was published on 2020-11-26.

Who?

What?

Where?

Procurement history
Date Document
2020-11-26 Contract notice
2021-01-07 Additional information
Contract notice (2020-11-26)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: The Department of Education
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Contact person: Tender Operations
Phone: +353 761008000 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: support@ogp.gov.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: http://www.ogp.gov.ie/ ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/351 ๐ŸŒ
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=178916&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=178916&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
โ€œRequest for Information โ€” Financial Management Solution for the Department of Educationโ€™s ESBS and ETBsโ€
Products/services: Software package and information systems ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Short description:
โ€œIt is planned to replace the current financial management systems in use in the 16 Education and Training Boards (ETBs) in Ireland with a fully hosted and...โ€    Show more

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Additional products/services: Transaction-processing software package ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Inventory management software package ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Financial analysis and accounting software package ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Financial analysis software package ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Financial systems software package ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Accounting software package ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Accounting system ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Enterprise resource planning software package ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Business intelligence software package ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Procurement software package ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: IT software package ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Information systems and servers ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Main site or place of performance: Dublin 1.
Description of the procurement:
โ€œIt is planned to replace the current financial management systems in use in the 16 Education and Training Boards (ETBs) in Ireland with a fully hosted and...โ€    Show more
Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
Duration
Start date: 2020-11-27 ๐Ÿ“…
End date: 2021-01-14 ๐Ÿ“…
Description
Additional information: This is a Request for Information only. This is not a call for competition.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions:
โ€œPlease refer to the request for tender documents associated with the notice published on www.etenders.gov.ie (RFT #180942).โ€
Economic and financial standing
List and brief description of selection criteria:
โ€œPlease refer to the request for tender documents associated with the notice published on www.etenders.gov.ie (RFT #180942).โ€
Conditions for participation

โ€œPlease refer to the request for tender documents associated with the notice published on www.etenders.gov.ie (RFT #180942).โ€
Technical and professional ability
List and brief description of selection criteria:
โ€œPlease refer to the request for tender documents associated with the notice published on www.etenders.gov.ie (RFT #180942).โ€
Conditions for participation
Conditions for participation (technical and professional ability):
โ€œPlease refer to the request for tender documents associated with the notice published on www.etenders.gov.ie (RFT #180942).โ€
Conditions related to the contract
Contract performance conditions:
โ€œPlease refer to the request for tender documents associated with the notice published on www.etenders.gov.ie (RFT #180942).โ€

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2021-01-14 12:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Tender must be valid until: 2021-01-15 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2021-01-14 12:00 ๐Ÿ“…

Complementary information
Additional information
This is a request for information only. It is not a call for competition.
Review body
Name: High Court of Ireland
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: Please consult your own legal advisors.
Source: OJS 2020/S 234-576995 (2020-11-26)
Additional information (2021-01-07)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
โ€œRequest for Information โ€“ Financial Management Solution for the Department of Educationโ€™s ESBS and ETBsโ€
Short description:
โ€œIt is planned to replace the current financial management systems in use in the 16 Education and Training Boards (ETBs) in Ireland with a fully hosted and...โ€    Show more

Complementary information
Original notice reference
Notice number in the OJ S: 2020/S 234-576995

Changes
Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number: IV.2.2)
Place of text to be modified: Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Old value
Date: 2021-01-14 ๐Ÿ“…
Time: 12:00
New value
Date: 2021-01-28 ๐Ÿ“…
Time: 12:00
Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number: IV.2.7)
Place of text to be modified: Conditions for opening of tenders
Old value
Date: 2021-01-14 ๐Ÿ“…
Time: 12:00
New value
Date: 2021-01-28 ๐Ÿ“…
Time: 12:00
Source: OJS 2021/S 007-011426 (2021-01-07)