The NTA intends to appoint a Service Provider for the full scope of the provision, implementation, maintenance and support of a financial management solution.
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2022-05-17.
The procurement was published on 2022-04-11.
Object Scope of the procurement
Title:
“Provision, Implementation, Maintenance and Support of a Financial Management Solution (April 2022)”
Products/services: Financial analysis and accounting software development services📦
Short description:
“The NTA intends to appoint a Service Provider for the full scope of the provision, implementation, maintenance and support of a financial management solution.”
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 8 000 000 💰
The finance unit within the National Transport Authority (NTA) has responsibility for financial accounts, management reporting, procurement, grant management, accounts receivable, accounts payable, external/internal audit, risk management and corporate governance. The next phase of the NTA’s growth is intrinsically linked to Project Ireland 2040 and the NTA’s Bus Connects Programme which incorporates Next Generation Ticketing (NGT). To support this growth the NTA has concluded that, in a phased manner, the current existing finance system will be replaced with a modern Solution which will enable process improvement resulting in greater efficiencies. The NTA intends to appoint a Service Provider for the full scope of the provision, implementation, maintenance and support of the Solution.
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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 8 000 000 💰
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 36
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
This contract is subject to renewal ✅ Description
Description of renewals:
“The expected duration of the Contract is for 3 years, with options to extend further for a maximum of three 12 months periods (3+1+1+1).
The estimated...”
Description of renewals
The expected duration of the Contract is for 3 years, with options to extend further for a maximum of three 12 months periods (3+1+1+1).
The estimated contract value includes all renewals.
The extension of the Contract will be dependent on service requirements, performance and continued funding availability, and will be at the sole discretion of the Authority.
Show more Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged number of candidates: 5
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
Conditions related to the contract
Contract performance conditions: See procurement documents.
Procedure Type of procedure
Competitive procedure with negotiation
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: 2022-05-17
17:00 📅
Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates: 2022-08-08 📅
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
“The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by tenderers relating to this contract award procedure...”
The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by tenderers relating to this contract award procedure irrespective of the outcome of the competition, or if the competition is postponed or cancelled. All costs incurred by interested parties in participating in this competition must be borne by them.
Any contract award will be subject to a number of preconditions, including production of a current tax clearance certificate or tax clearance statement from the Revenue Commissioners in Ireland. The contracting authority may terminate this competition (or any part thereof), change the basis of and the procedures for the bidding process, at any time, or procure the project by alternative means if it appears that the project can thereby be more advantageously procured. The most economically advantageous or any tender will not automatically be accepted.
Refer to procurement documents for further information.
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Name: High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Ground Floor (East Wing), Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: D7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000📞
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie📧
Fax: +353 18886125 📠
URL: https://www.courts.ie🌏 Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
“Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
As set out in S.I. No. 130/2010 - European Communities (Public Authorities' Contracts)(Review...”
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
As set out in S.I. No. 130/2010 - European Communities (Public Authorities' Contracts)(Review Procedures) Regulations 2010.
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Source: OJS 2022/S 075-202021 (2022-04-11)
Additional information (2022-04-25)
Complementary information Original notice reference
Notice number in the OJ S: 2022/S 075-202021
Changes Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number: IV.2.2
Old value
Date: 2022-05-17 📅
Time: 17:00
New value
Date: 2022-05-27 📅
Time: 17:00
Other additional information
An extension of 10 days has been applied to the response deadline.
Source: OJS 2022/S 084-227548 (2022-04-25)