Search Engine Solution
Environmental Protection Agency
The EPA wishes to procure a Search Engine Solution to search structured and non-structured data. The EPA has a wide range of information in a number of different formats, which it has collected since 1992. The nature of the EPAโs business means that information collected for one purpose can often be reused for other purposes. The wide range of information and the number of different formats (databases, documents, spreadsheets, maps, images, videos, emails etc.) presents a number of challenges not least the ability to find and retrieve information of relevance.
DeadlineThe time limit for receipt of tenders was 2024-01-22. The procurement was published on 2023-12-14.
Who? What?- โข Information systems or technology strategic review and planning services โบ Information technology services
- โข Provider services โบ Web search engine providers
- โข รire/Ireland
Procurement history
| Date | Document |
|---|---|
| 2023-12-14 | Contract notice |
Contract notice (2023-12-14)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Search Engine Solution
Short description:
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Web search engine providers ๐ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 234 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Other restrictions on the place of performance: Anywhere in the given country
Information about lots
Tenders may be submitted for maximum number of lots: 0
Description
Internal identifier:
Additional products/services: Information technology services ๐ฆ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Details of all award criteria are set out in the Prequalification Questionnaire
Title
Lot Identification Number:
Procedure
Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition โ
Legal basis: Directive 2014/24/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2024-01-22 17:00:00 ๐
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=2851611
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐ฃ๏ธ
Information about negotiation
The contracting authority reserves the right to award the contract on the basis of the initial tenders without conducting negotiations โ
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with several operators โ
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=2851611
Electronic invoicing: Required
Electronic ordering will be used โ
Electronic payment will be used โ
Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Economic and financial standing
List and brief description of selection criteria:
Exclusion ground: Purely national exclusion grounds
Description of exclusion grounds:
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Environmental Protection Agency
National registration number:
Postal address: Johnstown Castle Estate
Postal code: Y35 W821
Postal town: Wexford
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: p.fanning@epa.ie ๐ง
Phone: 0539160600 ๐
Information exchange endpoint (URL): https://www.epa.ie ๐
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.epa.ie ๐
Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
Main activity
Environment
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=2851611 ๐
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/eawarding/showTenderList.do?resourceId=2851611 ๐
The criteria will be used to select the candidates to be invited for the second stage of the procedure โ
Electronic submission: Required
Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number:
Department: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐ง
Phone: +353 1 8886000 ๐
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Source: OJS 2023/S 242-762085 (2023-12-14)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Search Engine Solution
Short description:
The EPA wishes to procure a Search Engine Solution to search structured and non-structured data. The EPA has a wide range of information in a number of different formats, which it has collected since 1992. The nature of the EPAโs business means that information collected for one purpose can often be reused for other purposes. The wide range of information and the number of different formats (databases, documents, spreadsheets, maps, images, videos, emails etc.) presents a number of challenges not least the ability to find and retrieve information of relevance.
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Products/services: Web search engine providers ๐ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 234 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Other restrictions on the place of performance: Anywhere in the given country
Information about lots
Tenders may be submitted for maximum number of lots: 0
Description
Internal identifier:
1
Additional products/services: Information technology services ๐ฆ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Details of all award criteria are set out in the Prequalification Questionnaire
Title
Lot Identification Number:
LOT-0001
Procedure
Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition โ
Legal basis: Directive 2014/24/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2024-01-22 17:00:00 ๐
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=2851611
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐ฃ๏ธ
Information about negotiation
The contracting authority reserves the right to award the contract on the basis of the initial tenders without conducting negotiations โ
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with several operators โ
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=2851611
Electronic invoicing: Required
Electronic ordering will be used โ
Electronic payment will be used โ
Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Economic and financial standing
List and brief description of selection criteria:
Details of all selection criteria are set out in the Prequalification Questionnaire.: Details of all selection criteria are set out in the Prequalification Questionnaire.
Conditions for participation
Exclusion ground: Purely national exclusion grounds
Description of exclusion grounds:
Details of all selection criteria are set out in the Prequalification questionnaire.
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Environmental Protection Agency
National registration number:
6606490B
Postal address: Johnstown Castle Estate
Postal code: Y35 W821
Postal town: Wexford
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: p.fanning@epa.ie ๐ง
Phone: 0539160600 ๐
Information exchange endpoint (URL): https://www.epa.ie ๐
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.epa.ie ๐
Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
Main activity
Environment
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=2851611 ๐
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/eawarding/showTenderList.do?resourceId=2851611 ๐
The criteria will be used to select the candidates to be invited for the second stage of the procedure โ
Electronic submission: Required
Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number:
The High Court of Ireland
Department: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐ง
Phone: +353 1 8886000 ๐
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Source: OJS 2023/S 242-762085 (2023-12-14)
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