A Team of Skilled Business Analysts to Assist in the Development and Maintenance of the Department’s Software Systems

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine invites tenders for the provision of a team of twenty-eight (28) skilled business analysis resources to work across a wide range of business areas. The business analysis team will be tasked with the investigating and analysing business situations, identifying and evaluating options for improving business systems, elaborating and defining requirements, and ensuring the effective implementation and use of information systems in line with the needs of the business. The business analysis team will also work closely with the application development team, the test team and DAFM resources. All areas will work collaboratively to achieve the overall objectives as prioritised by the relevant business areas.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2021-08-03. The procurement was published on 2021-07-13.

Who?

• Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

What?

Where?

• Éire/Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2021-07-13	Contract notice
2021-07-28	Contract award notice

Contract notice (2021-07-13)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Business analysis consultancy services
Reference number: RFT 194500
Short description:

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: Business analysis consultancy services 📦
Additional CPV: Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️

Procedure
Procedure type: Open 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 Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Postal address: Agriculture House
Postal code: Kildare Street
Postal town: Dublin 2
Contact
Internet address: http://www.agriculture.gov.ie 🌏
E-mail: joe.hanly@agriculture.gov.ie 📧
Phone: +353 16072963 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=193313&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=193313&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2021-07-13 📅
Submission deadline: 2021-08-03 📅
Publication date: 2021-07-16 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2021/S 136-361339
OJ-S issue: 136

Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value: 10 000 000 EUR 💰
Estimated value excluding VAT: 10 000 000 EUR 💰
Duration: 3 months
Description of renewals: Seven (7) possible 3-month renewals.

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Accelerated procedure:

The contracting authority is separately conducting a competition for the long-term provision of these services e-tenders reference 182142, which is currently the subject of judicial review proceedings. Pending the outcome of those proceedings and in order to ensure continuity of service, the contracting authority has an urgent need to put in place a short-term contract for the provision of the services.

Time of receipt of tenders: 17:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender validity period: 3 months
Tender opening date: 2021-08-03 📅
Tender opening time: 17:00
Award criteria
Cost criterion (name): Price (based on Per Diem Rates)
Cost criterion (weighting): 100 %

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Joe Hanly
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/307 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=193313&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court of Ireland
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Source: OJS 2021/S 136-361339 (2021-07-13)

Contract award notice (2021-07-28)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine invites tenders for the provision of a team of twenty-eight (28) skilled Business Analysis Resources to work across a wide range of business areas. The business Analysis team will be tasked with the investigating and analysing business situations, identifying and evaluating options for improving business systems, elaborating and defining requirements, and ensuring the effective implementation and use of information systems in line with the needs of the business. The Business Analysis team will also work closely with the application development team, the test team and DAFM resources. All areas will work collaboratively to achieve the overall objectives as prioritised by the relevant business areas.

Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2021-07-28 📅
Publication date: 2021-08-02 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2021/S 147-392112
Refers to notice: 2021/S 136-361339
OJ-S issue: 147
Additional information

Take Notice that no contract will be awarded under this competition. The Contracting Authority conducted a preceding separate competition for the long-term provision of the Services comprised in this competition, under E-TENDERS REFERENCE 182142. That competition was the subject of judicial review proceedings and pending the outcome of those proceedings, in order to ensure continuity of service, this competition was commenced to put a short-term contract in place for the provision of the Services. The aforementioned judicial review proceedings have now been formally concluded and there is now no further necessity, or basis, to continue this tender competition.

Procedure
Accelerated procedure:

The Contracting Authority is separately conducting a competition for the long-term provision of these Services E-TENDERS REFERENCE 182142, which is currently the subject of judicial review proceedings. Pending the outcome of those proceedings and in order to ensure continuity of service, the Contracting Authority has an urgent need to put in place a short-term contract for the provision of the Services.

Award criteria
Cost criterion (weighting): 100%

Reference
Additional information

Take Notice that no contract will be awarded under this competition.

The Contracting Authority conducted a preceding separate competition for the long-term provision of the Services comprised in this competition, under E-TENDERS REFERENCE 182142. That competition was the subject of judicial review proceedings and pending the outcome of those proceedings, in order to ensure continuity of service, this competition was commenced to put a short-term contract in place for the provision of the Services.

The aforementioned judicial review proceedings have now been formally concluded and there is now no further necessity, or basis, to continue this tender competition.

Source: OJS 2021/S 147-392112 (2021-07-28)

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