RFT for the supply of Technical Development Advice

Department of Social Protection

The Department is continuing its programme of Service Delivery Modernisation. This modernisation programme is fundamental to the Department’s objectives of delivering a comprehensive service to people, positioning the Department to better adapt to political priorities and changing customer needs, and delivering on internal effectiveness and efficiency goals. The Department also has a suite of “Digital Services”. These are cloud-based frontends with an on premise backend, typically interacting with the departments’ core business application. The purpose of this public procurement competition is to seek provision of Technical Development Advice in support of the software development work to be undertaken on foot of the Department’s Service Delivery Modernisation (SDM), Transformation programmes and the expansion of its “Digital Services”.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2022-10-18. The procurement was published on 2022-09-14.

Suppliers

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

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2022-09-14 Contract notice
2023-01-06 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2022-09-14)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Short description:
The Department is continuing its programme of Service Delivery Modernisation. This modernisation programme is fundamental to the Department’s objectives of delivering a comprehensive service to people, positioning the Department to better adapt to political priorities and changing customer needs, and delivering on internal effectiveness and efficiency goals. The Department also has a suite of “Digital Services”. These are cloud-based frontends with an on premise backend, typically interacting with the departments’ core business application. The purpose of this public procurement competition is to seek provision of Technical Development Advice in support of the software development work to be undertaken on foot of the Department’s Service Delivery Modernisation (SDM), Transformation programmes and the expansion of its “Digital Services”.
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Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support 📦
Additional CPV: Computer support 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 Social Protection
Postal address: College Road
Postal code: Ie
Postal town: Sligo
Contact
Internet address: https://www.gov.ie/en/organisation/department-of-employment-affairs-and-social-protection/ 🌏
E-mail: samantha.mcnulty@welfare.ie 📧
Phone: +353 719148367 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=223448&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=223448&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2022-09-14 📅
Submission deadline: 2022-10-18 📅
Publication date: 2022-09-19 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2022/S 180-509788
OJ-S issue: 180

Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value: 804 000 EUR 💰
Title of the lot: Lot 1 for an Expert Advisor
Lot number: 1
Short description:
The purpose of this public procurement competition is to seek provision of Technical Development Advice in support of the software development work to be undertaken on foot of the Department’s Service Delivery Modernisation (SDM), Transformation programmes and the expansion of its “Digital Services”. Lot 1 is for an Expert Advisor with at least twenty (20) years’ experience in the industry working within Application Development environments, with at least eight (8) years in a mentoring role. It will be for a minimum of forty (40) days per annum with additional capacity to drawdown a further twenty (20) days per annum.
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Estimated value excluding VAT: 225 000 EUR 💰
Duration: 24 months
Description of renewals:
The Contracting Authority reserves the right to extend the Term for a period of up to one (1) year with a maximum of two (2) such extensions on the same terms and conditions, subject to the Contracting Authority’s obligations at law. The Term will not exceed four (4) years in total.
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Title of the lot: Lot 2 for a Senior Developer
Lot number: 2
Short description:
The purpose of this public procurement competition is to seek provision of Technical Development Advice in support of the software development work to be undertaken on foot of the Department’s Service Delivery Modernisation (SDM), Transformation programmes and the expansion of its “Digital Services”. Lot 2 is for a Senior Developer with at least twelve (12)) years’ experience in the industry, with at least eight (8) years in a .NET enterprise environment. It will be for a minimum of two hundred (200) days per annum with additional capacity to drawdown a further eighty (80) days per annum. In the event that the maximum days is required a second senior development drawdown resource of equal calibre and cost will be required under this lot.
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Estimated value excluding VAT: 579 000 EUR 💰

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Time of receipt of tenders: 16:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender validity period: 2023-04-16 📅
Tender opening date: 2022-10-18 📅
Tender opening time: 16:00

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Samantha McNulty
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/349 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=223448&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin, Ireland
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
Source: OJS 2022/S 180-509788 (2022-09-14)
Contract award notice (2023-01-06)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Reference number: 1129 1130
Total value of the procurement: 845 200 EUR 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2023-01-06 📅
Publication date: 2023-01-11 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2023/S 008-018533
Refers to notice: 2022/S 180-509788
OJ-S issue: 8

Object
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Dublin

Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Calibre of the personnel
Quality criterion (weighting): 60%
Price (weighting): 40%

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2022-12-21 📅
Name: Haywood Associates Ltd.
National registration number: GB 697 559 752
Postal address: Summerfield, Gloucester Road, Welland
Postal town: Malvern
Postal code: WR13 6LA
Country: United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Phone: +44 1684310885 📞
E-mail: dan@haywood-associates.co.uk 📧
Internet address: http://https://www.haywood-associates.co.uk 🌏
Total value of the procurement: 229 200 EUR 💰
616 000 EUR 💰
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Source: OJS 2023/S 008-018533 (2023-01-06)