Single Party Framework Agreement for the Provision and Support of a Student Management Solution

National University of Ireland, Galway (NUI Galway)

NUI Galway are embarking on this tender process to upgrade our existing student management system to meet current and future business needs ensuring we maximise the benefits of technological advances.
The student digital pathways aims to improve the organisation, processes and underlying technology used to manage the students’ journey at NUI Galway – from recruitment to graduation covering core University capabilities such as:
— student recruitment,
— student admissions,
— student registration,
— student progression,
— student financial management,
— curriculum design,
— class scheduling and timetabling,
— examinations,
— student support and well-being,
— student careers and work placement,

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-02-18. The procurement was published on 2020-01-09.

Who?

What?

Where?

Procurement history
Date Document
2020-01-09 Contract notice
2020-09-02 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2020-01-09)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: National University of Ireland, Galway (NUI Galway)
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: University Road
Postal town: Galway
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 91524411 📞
E-mail: nuig@greenville.ie 📧
Region: West 🏙️
URL: http://www.nuigalway.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/414 🌏
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=160551&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=160551&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
“Single Party Framework Agreement for the Provision and Support of a Student Management Solution NUIG/ISS1051/2019”
Products/services: Software package and information systems 📦
Short description:
“NUI Galway are embarking on this tender process to upgrade our existing student management system to meet current and future business needs ensuring we...”    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 30 000 000 💰

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Additional products/services: Industry specific software package 📦
Additional products/services: Educational software package 📦
Additional products/services: Miscellaneous networking software package 📦
Additional products/services: Administration software package 📦
Additional products/services: Web server software package 📦
Additional products/services: Scheduling software package 📦
Additional products/services: Business transaction and personal business software package 📦
Additional products/services: Customer Relation Management software package 📦
Additional products/services: Time accounting or human resources software package 📦
Additional products/services: Statistical software package 📦
Additional products/services: Business intelligence software package 📦
Additional products/services: Database and operating software package 📦
Additional products/services: Database systems 📦
Additional products/services: Database software package 📦
Additional products/services: Database-management system 📦
Additional products/services: Electronic data management (EDM) 📦
Additional products/services: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support 📦
Additional products/services: Software programming and consultancy services 📦
Additional products/services: Programming services of packaged software products 📦
Additional products/services: Educational software development services 📦
Additional products/services: Contact management software development services 📦
Additional products/services: Sales, marketing and business intelligence software development services 📦
Additional products/services: IT software development services 📦
Additional products/services: Database and operating software development services 📦
Additional products/services: System, storage and content management software development services 📦
Additional products/services: Miscellaneous software development services and computer systems 📦
Additional products/services: Software integration consultancy services 📦
Place of performance: West 🏙️
Main site or place of performance: Galway.
Description of the procurement:
“NUI Galway are embarking on this tender process to upgrade our existing student management system to meet current and future business needs ensuring we...”    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 30 000 000 💰
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 60
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
This contract is subject to renewal
Description
Description of renewals:
“NUI Galway will have an option to extend the contract for a period of between 5 and 15 years.”
Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged minimum number: 4
Maximum number: 8
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: Previous experience, quality assurance.
Information about variants
Variants will be accepted
Information about options
Options
Description of options:
“NUI Galway will have an option to extend the contract for a period of between 5 and 15 years.”
Description
Additional information:
“Please consult the associated documentation, which contains full instructions regarding the submission of tenders and is available to download from...”    Show more

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions:
“As stated in procurement documents available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 163614.”
Economic and financial standing
List and brief description of selection criteria:
“As stated in procurement documents available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 163614.”
Conditions for participation

“As stated in procurement documents available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 163614.”
Technical and professional ability
List and brief description of selection criteria:
“As stated in procurement documents available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 163614.”
Conditions for participation
Conditions for participation (technical and professional ability):
“As stated in procurement documents available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 163614.”
Conditions related to the contract
Contract performance conditions: To be agreed with the successful supplier.
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
Competitive dialogue
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with a single operator
Information about reduction of the number of solutions or tenders during negotiation or dialogue
Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2020-02-18 12:00 📅
Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates: 2020-05-08 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Scottish Gaelic 🗣️
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 12

Complementary information
Additional information

“Suggested text: 1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders website (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list...”    Show more
Review body
Name: High Court
Postal address: Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
URL: www.courts.ie 🌏
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
“The framework is covered by the application of the remedies directive and the relevant standstill period applied at time of notification.”
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: Consult a legal advisor
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Source: OJS 2020/S 007-010543 (2020-01-09)
Contract award notice (2020-09-02)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
“Single Party Framework Agreement for The Provision and Support of a Student Management Solution NUIG/ISS1051/2019”
Short description:
“NUI Galway are embarking on this tender process to upgrade our existing student management system to meet current and future business needs ensuring we...”    Show more
Description
Description of the procurement:
“NUI Galway are embarking on this tender process to upgrade our existing student management system to meet current and future business needs ensuring we...”    Show more
Award criteria
Price
Description
Additional information:
“• Please consult the associated documentation, which contains full instructions regarding the submission of tenders and is available to download from...”    Show more

Procedure
Information about framework agreement
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2020/S 007-010543

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title:
“Single Party Framework Agreement for the Provision and Support of a Student Management Solution”
Information on non-award
Other reasons (discontinuation of procedure)

Complementary information
Additional information

“Suggested text 1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders website (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list...”    Show more
Review body
Postal town: Dublin 7
Source: OJS 2020/S 173-417951 (2020-09-02)