Provision of a Case Management System that will be hosted on a Platform as a Service (PaaS)

Tax Appeals Commission

The Tax Appeals Commission wishes to engage a provider for the provision of a case management system that will be hosted on a Platform as a Service (PaaS).

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2022-02-18. The procurement was published on 2022-01-20.

Suppliers

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

• OpenSky Data Systems Ltd

Who?

• Tax Appeals Commission

What?

Where?

• Eastern and Midland › Dublin

Procurement history

Date	Document
2022-01-20	Contract notice
2022-02-21	Additional information
2022-10-17	Contract award notice

Contract notice (2022-01-20)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Software programming and consultancy services
Short description:

The Tax Appeals Commission wishes to engage a provider for the provision of a case management system that will be hosted on a Platform as a Service (PaaS).

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: Software programming and consultancy services 📦
Additional CPV: Software programming and consultancy services 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Dublin 🏙️

Procedure
Procedure type: Competitive procedure with negotiation
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: National or federal Agency/Office
Awarding authority name: Tax Appeals Commission
Postal address: Fitzwilliam Court, Leeson Close,
Postal code: Co.Dublin
Postal town: Dublin 2
Contact
Internet address: https://www.taxappeals.ie/ 🌏
E-mail: garret.keenaghan@taxappeals.ie 📧
Phone: +353 14851280 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=205634&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=205634&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2022-01-20 📅
Submission deadline: 2022-02-18 📅
Publication date: 2022-01-25 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2022/S 017-040944
OJ-S issue: 17

Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value: 530 000 EUR 💰
Short description:

The Tax Appeals Commission wishes to engage a provider for the provision of a case management system that will be hosted on a Platform as a Service (PaaS). The successful tenderer shall:

a) Design and Develop the CMS.

b) Provide a suitable platform to host the service.

c) Support the transition to the new CMS, including data migration from legacy systems.

d) Provide ongoing support for an initial period of 5 years .

The Competition process involves the following stages:

1) Pre-Qualification Stage (this stage): The Pre-Qualification Stage (this stage) will be used to short-list the number of potential tenders based on an evaluation of the responses contained in this questionnaire against the selection criteria. It is anticipated that up to 4 firms will be invited to tender.

2) Initial Tender Stage: Those invited to tender, will be asked to provide a detailed response to the specification and award criteria.  The Contracting Authority will evaluate those tenders against the award criteria and reserves the right to:

i.) Move straight to a contract award decision without negotiation

ii.) To apply the successive reduction rule to reduce the number of firms invited to the negotiation phase; or

iii.)To invite all firms to negotiation meetings.

3) Negotiation Stage: Tenderers will be invited Invitation to attend a negotiation meeting at which all aspects of the tender submitted may be discussed, including contractual arrangements and costs.

4) Final Tender Stage: Those tenderers who participate in the Negotiation Stage will be accorded an opportunity to submit a best and final offer, which will be assessed against the award criteria.  Please note that the Contracting Authority reserves the right to award the contract directly following receipt of initial tenders without recourse to negotiations with individual tenderers.

Estimated value excluding VAT: 530 000 EUR 💰
Duration: 60 months
Description of renewals:

The Contracting Authority reserves the right to extend the Term for a period or periods of up to 24 months with a maximum of two such extension or extensions on the same terms and conditions, subject to the Contracting Authority’s obligations at law.

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Envisaged number of candidates: 4
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:

The Pre-Qualification Stage (this stage) will be used to short-list the number of potential tenders based on an evaluation of the responses contained in this questionnaire against the selection criteria. It is anticipated that up to 4 firms will be invited to tender.

Time of receipt of tenders: 17:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Garret Keenaghan
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/128511 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=205634&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court of Ireland
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Source: OJS 2022/S 017-040944 (2022-01-20)

Additional information (2022-02-21)
Object
Notice metadata
Document type: Additional information
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: System and support services 📦

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2022-02-21 📅
Submission deadline: 2022-02-24 📅
Publication date: 2022-02-25 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2022/S 040-104141
Refers to notice: 2022/S 017-040944
OJ-S issue: 40
Source: OJS 2022/S 040-104141 (2022-02-21)

Contract award notice (2022-10-17)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement: 835301.30 EUR 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2022-10-17 📅
Publication date: 2022-10-21 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2022/S 204-581306
OJ-S issue: 204
Additional information

As set out in the RFT and pricing schedule, costs published in this notice include: Licenses, Platform costs, Design & Implementation, Support and Maintenance and Personnel Rate Cards (Change Requests etc.).

Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Responses to the core system requirements set out in Core System Requirements - Part A of PQQ
Quality criterion (weighting): 200
Quality criterion (name): Responses to the requirements set out in Core System Requirements - Supplemental - Part B of PQQ
Experience & resources
Quality criterion (weighting): 100
Quality criterion (name): Design Implementation and Test Approach
Quality criterion (weighting): 50
Quality criterion (name): Support and Maintenance
Quality criterion (weighting): 150
Price (weighting): 300

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2022-10-03 📅
Name: OpenSky Data Systems Ltd
Postal town: Naas
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Mid-East 🏙️
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 12
Source: OJS 2022/S 204-581306 (2022-10-17)

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