IT Service Desk

Central Bank of Ireland

The Central Bank is seeking the provision of an IT service desk based at the Central Bank’s premises (subject to Covid-19 and related public health guidance), utilising the Central Bank’s service management toolsets.
As part of overall IT services to the business, the Central Bank provides the IT Service Desk and a walk-up IT support area. These two functions perform both incident management and request fulfilment as the first line of support to the business.
The successful Tenderer will be required to provide the agents, together with one service team lead to manage the Services (all onsite at Central Bank premises in Dublin), as required to fulfil the Services, along with one Service Delivery Manager who may be required to operate onsite at Central Bank premises as and when necessary.
See ITT attached to this eTenders notice for full details of the requirements - RFT ID 200561

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2021-11-24. The procurement was published on 2021-10-22.

Suppliers

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

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2021-10-22 Contract notice
2022-09-14 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2021-10-22)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Helpdesk and support services
Reference number: 2020P058
Short description:
“The Central Bank is seeking the provision of an IT service desk based at the Central Bank’s premises (subject to Covid-19 and related public health...”    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: Helpdesk and support services 📦
Additional CPV: Helpdesk and support 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: Body governed by public law
Awarding authority name: Central Bank of Ireland
Postal address: PO Box 559
Postal code: New Wapping Street,
Postal town: Dublin 1
Contact
Internet address: http://www.centralbank.ie 🌏
E-mail: anthony.flood@centralbank.ie 📧
Phone: +353 012246052 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=199763&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=199763&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2021-10-22 📅
Submission deadline: 2021-11-24 📅
Publication date: 2021-10-27 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2021/S 209-547765
OJ-S issue: 209
Additional information

“See ITT attached to this eTenders notice for full details of the requirements - RFT ID 200561”

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“The Central Bank is seeking the provision of an IT service desk based at the Central Bank’s premises (subject to Covid-19 and related public health...”    Show more

“As part of overall IT services to the business, the Central Bank provides the IT Service Desk and a walk-up IT support area. These two functions perform...”    Show more
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“The successful Tenderer will be required to provide the agents, together with one service team lead to manage the Services (all onsite at Central Bank...”    Show more

“See ITT attached to this eTenders notice for full details of the requirements - RFT ID 200561”
Estimated total value: 5 000 000 EUR 💰
Short description:
“The Central Bank is seeking the provision of an IT service desk based at the Central Bank’s premises (subject to Covid-19 and related public health...”    Show more

“As part of overall IT services to the business, the Information Management and Technology Directorate (“IMTD”) of the Central Bank provides the IT Service...”    Show more
Show more (2)
“The Central Bank leverages a third party provider for the resourcing and management of the IT Service Desk and for the provision of a number of resources...”    Show more

“The successful Tenderer will be required to deliver the Services in a cost effective, service centric, and operationally efficient manner, demonstrating...”    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: 5 000 000 EUR 💰
Duration: 36 months
Description of renewals:
“The duration of the Contract is intended to be 36 months, although the Central Bank has the right to terminate it earlier. The Central Bank also has the...”    Show more
Additional information:
“See ITT attached to this eTenders notice for full details of the requirements - RFT ID 200561”
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance:
“Dublin”

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Contract execution
Contract performance conditions:
“See ITT attached to this eTenders notice for full details of the requirements - RFT ID 200561”

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender validity period: 9 months
Tender opening date: 2021-11-24 📅
Tender opening time: 12:00

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Anthony Flood
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/329 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=199763&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court
Postal address: Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 8
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Internet address: www.courts.ie 🌏
Information about review deadlines:
“As set out at section 7 of the European Communities (Public Authorities’ Contracts) (Review Procedures) Regulations SI 130/2010, as amended”
Source: OJS 2021/S 209-547765 (2021-10-22)
Contract award notice (2022-09-14)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“The Central Bank is appointing a company for the provision an IT service desk based at the Central Bank’s premises (subject to Covid-19 and related public...”    Show more
Total value of the procurement: 5 000 000 EUR 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2022-09-14 📅
Publication date: 2022-09-19 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2022/S 180-510173
Refers to notice: 2021/S 209-547765
OJ-S issue: 180
Additional information

“The figure in sections II.1.7 and V.2.4 of this notice represents the Central Bank’s best estimate of the value of the services, but it is not possible to...”    Show more

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“The Central Bank is appointing a company to provide an IT service desk based at the Central Bank’s premises (subject to Covid-19 and related public health...”    Show more
Additional information:
“The figure in sections II.1.7 and V.2.4 of this notice represents the Central Bank’s best estimate of the value of the services, but it is not possible to...”    Show more

Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Resource Management Model
Quality criterion (weighting): 140
Quality criterion (name): Key Personnel
Quality criterion (weighting): 130
Quality criterion (name): Knowledge Management & Training
Quality Assurance Management
Quality criterion (weighting): 100
Quality criterion (name): Service Delivery & Governance
Quality criterion (weighting): 180
Quality criterion (name): Service Implementation Plan
Quality criterion (weighting): Pass/Fail
Price (weighting): 320

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2022-08-18 📅
Name: IT Alliance Group
National registration number: IE 8257743 E
Postal address: 12C Joyce Way, Park West Business Park
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: Dublin 12
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: marie.mccarthy@italliancegroup.com 📧
Internet address: http://www.italliancegroup.com 🌏
Total value of the procurement: 5 000 000 EUR 💰
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Source: OJS 2022/S 180-510173 (2022-09-14)