Establishment of a Single Party framework agreement for the provision of a specialist Software as a Service (SaaS) platform to enable the development of a Search Portal for Knowledge Transfer Ireland
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2022-06-03.
The procurement was published on 2022-05-03.
Object Scope of the procurement
Title: KTI Super Search
2022/08
Products/services: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support📦
Short description:
“Establishment of a Single Party framework agreement for the provision of a specialist Software as a Service (SaaS) platform to enable the development of a...”
Short description
Establishment of a Single Party framework agreement for the provision of a specialist Software as a Service (SaaS) platform to enable the development of a Search Portal for Knowledge Transfer Ireland
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Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 1 920 000 💰
Establishment of a Single Party framework agreement for the provision of a specialist Software as a Service (SaaS) platform to enable the development of a Search Portal for Knowledge Transfer Ireland
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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 1 920 000 💰
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 12
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
This contract is subject to renewal ✅ Description
Description of renewals:
“option to extend on an annual basis for a further three (3) years upto a maximum of four (4) years” Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged number of candidates: 5
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
“This is the first stage of this competitive procedure whereby any interested party may submit an application in response to this questionnaire in order to...”
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates
This is the first stage of this competitive procedure whereby any interested party may submit an application in response to this questionnaire in order to be considered for inclusion on the tender list.
Criterion is listed in Appendix 1 of the PQQ Document.
Legal, economic, financial and technical information Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Procedure Type of procedure
Competitive procedure with negotiation
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
Information about negotiation
The contracting authority reserves the right to award the contract on the basis of the initial tenders without conducting negotiations
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2022-06-03
12:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 12
Complementary information Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
Additional information
“1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for...”
1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications. All information relating to attachments, including clarifications and changes, will be published on the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal (www.etenders.gov.ie) only. Registration is free of charge. The contracting authority will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties;
2) Suppliers must register their interest on the eTenders web site (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications and to respond electronically to the competition. There is a maximum upload limit of 2GB per document on etenders. Documents larger than this should be divided into smaller files prior to upload or zipped.
3) Should you experience difficulty when uploading documents please contact the eTenders Support Desk for technical assistance. Email etenders@eu-supply.com or Telephone: 353 (0) 21 243 92 77 (09:00am – 17:30pm GMT)
4) All queries regarding this tender requirement or process must be submitted through the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal www.etenders.gov.ie (RFT ID:155414) as a specific question. Responses will be circulated to those tenderers that have registered an interest in this notice on www.etenders.gov.ie The details of the person making a query will not be disclosed when circulating the response
5) This is the sole call for competition for this contract/framework.
6) The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers.
7) Contract award will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities.
8) It will be a condition of award that the successful tenderer is and remains tax compliant.
9) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process, the framework agreement or any contract awarded under the framework agreement at any time.
10) Please note in relation to all documents, that where reference is made to a particular standard, make, source, process, trademark, type or patent, that this is not to be regarded as a de facto requirement. In all such cases it should be understood that such indications are to be treated strictly and solely for reference purposes only, to which the words "or equivalent" will always be appended.
11) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of the procurement documents with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, respondents are advised to ensure that they return completed documentation in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition.
12) At Section II.2.9 we have indicated that 5 will be invited to tender, please note that the contracting authority reserves the right to invite at least 5 subject to that number qualifying.
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Name: High Court
Postal address: Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: D7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
URL: www.courts.ie🌏
Source: OJS 2022/S 089-243133 (2022-05-03)
Contract award notice (2023-09-15) Object Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Methodology for delivery of the service addressing the scope of services
Quality criterion (weighting): 25%
Quality criterion (name): Contract Management Proposal incl Service Level Agreement
Quality criterion (weighting): 15%
Quality criterion (name): Technical Merit of Team Proposed
Quality criterion (name): Delivery schedules offered / Project Plan
Quality criterion (weighting): 10%
Cost criterion (name): Ultimate Cost
Cost criterion (weighting): 25%
Procedure Information about framework agreement
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2022/S 089-243133
Award of contract
1️⃣
Contract Number: 1
Title: KTI Super Search
Information on non-award
Other reasons (discontinuation of procedure)
Complementary information Additional information
“The ongoing development of digital transformation strategies within Enterprise Ireland and our key stakeholders has resulted in a significant change to the...”
The ongoing development of digital transformation strategies within Enterprise Ireland and our key stakeholders has resulted in a significant change to the proposed scope of the KTI Search Portal project, as detailed in the tender issued last year. For this reason we are unable to proceed with appointing a supplier at present.
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Source: OJS 2023/S 181-567116 (2023-09-15)