ESB Networks intends to procure a single contract for the supply, implementation, licencing, support, and maintenance for a Cloud-based (and hosted) SaaS Asset Health Investment Decision Support Tool to inform decision making on asset investment, to facilitate optimisation of maintenance programmes and assist in regulatory risk reporting. The Decision Support Tool will be required to integrate with a Synapse Azure SQL Database to retrieve the relevant asset data for model input.
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2023-03-28.
The procurement was published on 2023-02-20.
Object Scope of the procurement
Title:
“SS/CON/6766 - Investment Decision Support Tool for ESB Networks Advanced Asset Management
SS/CON/6766”
Products/services: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support📦
Short description:
“ESB Networks intends to procure a single contract for the supply, implementation, licencing, support, and maintenance for a Cloud-based (and hosted) SaaS...”
Short description
ESB Networks intends to procure a single contract for the supply, implementation, licencing, support, and maintenance for a Cloud-based (and hosted) SaaS Asset Health Investment Decision Support Tool to inform decision making on asset investment, to facilitate optimisation of maintenance programmes and assist in regulatory risk reporting. The Decision Support Tool will be required to integrate with a Synapse Azure SQL Database to retrieve the relevant asset data for model input.
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Additional products/services: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland🏙️
Description of the procurement:
“ESB Networks intends to procure a single contract for the supply, implementation, licencing, support, and maintenance for a Cloud-based (and hosted) SaaS...”
Description of the procurement
ESB Networks intends to procure a single contract for the supply, implementation, licencing, support, and maintenance for a Cloud-based (and hosted) SaaS Asset Health Investment Decision Support Tool to inform decision making on asset investment, to facilitate optimisation of maintenance programmes and assist in regulatory risk reporting. The Decision Support Tool will be required to integrate with a Synapse Azure SQL Database to retrieve the relevant asset data for model input.
The key aspects of the Asset Health Investment Decision Support Tool will be as follows:
Commercial off-the-shelf functionality that will inform decision making on asset investment, facilitate optimisation of maintenance programmes and assist in regulatory risk reporting.
A single and proven solution already in service in Utility Companies within the European Union and Great Britain that are of similar scale as ESB.
The solution must be Cloud-based with the capability to integrate with a Synapse Azure SQL Database to retrieve the relevant structured SQL asset data.
The solution must be capable of integrating with SAP PM.
The data must be secured and stored in accordance with the relevant jurisdictional data protection regulations.
The purpose of the tendering process is to engage with a third-party provider to supply, implement, licence, support and maintain a Cloud-based (and hosted) SaaS Asset Health Investment Decision Support Tool to inform decision making on asset investment, facilitate optimisation of maintenance programmes and assist in regulatory risk reporting for ESB Networks with the following core functionality (non-exhaustive list – high level scope):
The solution must run on a cloud platform either hosted internal within ESB or external to ESB.
Capability to integrate with a Synapse Azure SQL Database and retrieve Structured SQL data.
Capability to integrate with SAP PM to send data from the decision support tool
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Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 36
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:
“As stated in Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 233363” Description
Additional information:
“As stated in Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 233363”
Legal, economic, financial and technical information Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions:
“As stated in Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 233363” 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 for participation
List and brief description of rules and criteria:
“As stated in Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 233363”
Deposits and guarantees required:
“As stated in Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 233363”
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
“As stated in Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 233363”
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
“As stated in Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 233363” Conditions related to the contract
Contract performance conditions:
“As stated in Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 233363” Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract
Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract
Procedure Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
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
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2023-03-28
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
“As stated in Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 233363” Review body
Name: Chief Registrar
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000📞
URL: http://www.courts.ie🌏
Source: OJS 2023/S 040-115262 (2023-02-20)