CfT to establish a Multi Supplier Framework Agreement for the delivery of the Department of Social Protection Technical Platform Development
Department of Social Protection_349
The provision of external Information and Communications Technology (ICT) support to work with in-house and multi-vendor teams on a range of business applications and technical architectures in a secure and data sensitive environment. The work will cover, but not limited to: • Design and development of new systems and solutions. • Support, maintenance and enhancement of existing applications. • Computer language and tool support. • Business intelligence/analytics. • Architecture and ongoing standards implementation. Up to the top five (5) highest ranking Tenderers for the Framework shall be awarded a place on the Framework and entry to any future mini-competitions (as hereinafter defined “Mini-Competition”) initiated by way of a Supplementary Call for Tender (“sCfT”). The first contract to be awarded pursuant to this competition is to deliver consultancy support for Household Benefits (HHB) as more particularly described in Appendix 1 Part 2, (the “Initial Contract”). Up to the top five (5) highest ranking Tenderers for the Framework will proceed to be scored for the Initial Contract for HHB. The highest-ranking Tender at this stage may be awarded the Initial Contract for HHB. The Department reserve the right to not award an initial contract for HHB on foot of this Competition. Tenderers should note that is there is no guarantee that the initial contract for HHB will proceed. Tenderers should note that Projects and ICT supports procured under the Framework will need to interact with and potentially make changes to the Department’s Microsoft SharePoint platform, Oracle, General Register Office (GRO) platform, the Department’s Power Platform and on versions of the Department’s Business Object Model implementation (BOMi) platform. This is an non-exhaustive list. Please refer to Appendix 1 – Part 3 for more detail on the background to BOMi and systems used in DSP. Prior Information Notice - https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:122441-2024:PDF:EN:HTML
DeadlineThe time limit for receipt of tenders was 2025-01-15. The procurement was published on 2024-11-29.
SuppliersThe following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
Who? What?- • Administration, defence and social security services
- • IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- • Research and development services and related consultancy services
- • Software package and information systems
- • Aττική › Βόρειος Τομέας Αθηνών
- • Eastern and Midland › Dublin
Procurement history
| Date | Document |
|---|---|
| 2024-11-29 | Contract notice |
| 2025-05-08 | Contract award notice |
Contract notice (2024-11-29)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: CfT to establish a Multi Supplier Framework Agreement for the delivery of the Department of Social Protection Technical Platform Development
Short description:
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support 📦
Information about lots
Tenders may be submitted for maximum number of lots: 0
Description
Internal identifier:
Additional products/services:
Aim of strategic procurement: Reduction of environmental impacts
Refer to CfT Documents
Approach to reducing environmental impacts: Other
Green Procurement Criteria: EU Green Public Procurement criteria
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Place of performance: Dublin 🏙️
Duration: 4 years
Title
Lot Identification Number:
Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure ✅
Legal basis: Directive 2014/24/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2025-01-15 14:00:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2025-01-15 14:30:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=4774542
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with several operators ✅
Maximum number of participants: 5
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2025-01-15 14:30:00 📅
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=4774542
Electronic invoicing: Allowed
Electronic ordering will be used ✅
Electronic payment will be used ✅
Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of rules and criteria: Please refer to CfT documents
Exclusion ground: Purely national exclusion grounds
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Department of Social Protection_349
National registration number:
Postal address: Summerhill, College Road, Sligo
Postal code: F91 T3823
Postal town: Sligo
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: projectoffice@welfare.ie 📧
Phone: +353719157100 📞
URL: https://www.gov.ie/en/organisation/department-of-social-protection/ 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.gov.ie/en/organisation/department-of-social-protection/ 🌏
Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Main activity
Social protection
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=4774542 🌏
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=4774542 🌏
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
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Phone: +353 1 8886000 📞
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Source: OJS 2024/S 234-733064 (2024-11-29)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: CfT to establish a Multi Supplier Framework Agreement for the delivery of the Department of Social Protection Technical Platform Development
Short description:
The provision of external Information and Communications Technology (ICT) support to work with in-house and multi-vendor teams on a range of business applications and technical architectures in a secure and data sensitive environment. The work will cover, but not limited to: • Design and development of new systems and solutions. • Support, maintenance and enhancement of existing applications. • Computer language and tool support. • Business intelligence/analytics. • Architecture and ongoing standards implementation. Up to the top five (5) highest ranking Tenderers for the Framework shall be awarded a place on the Framework and entry to any future mini-competitions (as hereinafter defined “Mini-Competition”) initiated by way of a Supplementary Call for Tender (“sCfT”). The first contract to be awarded pursuant to this competition is to deliver consultancy support for Household Benefits (HHB) as more particularly described in Appendix 1 Part 2, (the “Initial Contract”). Up to the top five (5) highest ranking Tenderers for the Framework will proceed to be scored for the Initial Contract for HHB. The highest-ranking Tender at this stage may be awarded the Initial Contract for HHB. The Department reserve the right to not award an initial contract for HHB on foot of this Competition. Tenderers should note that is there is no guarantee that the initial contract for HHB will proceed. Tenderers should note that Projects and ICT supports procured under the Framework will need to interact with and potentially make changes to the Department’s Microsoft SharePoint platform, Oracle, General Register Office (GRO) platform, the Department’s Power Platform and on versions of the Department’s Business Object Model implementation (BOMi) platform. This is an non-exhaustive list. Please refer to Appendix 1 – Part 3 for more detail on the background to BOMi and systems used in DSP. Prior Information Notice - https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:122441-2024:PDF:EN:HTML
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Products/services: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support 📦
Information about lots
Tenders may be submitted for maximum number of lots: 0
Description
Internal identifier:
0
Additional products/services:
Refer to CfT Documents
Approach to reducing environmental impacts: Other
Green Procurement Criteria: EU Green Public Procurement criteria
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Place of performance: Dublin 🏙️
Duration: 4 years
Title
Lot Identification Number:
LOT-0001
Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure ✅
Legal basis: Directive 2014/24/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2025-01-15 14:00:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2025-01-15 14:30:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=4774542
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with several operators ✅
Maximum number of participants: 5
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2025-01-15 14:30:00 📅
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=4774542
Electronic invoicing: Allowed
Electronic ordering will be used ✅
Electronic payment will be used ✅
Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of rules and criteria: Please refer to CfT documents
Exclusion ground: Purely national exclusion grounds
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Department of Social Protection_349
National registration number:
4000094U
Postal address: Summerhill, College Road, Sligo
Postal code: F91 T3823
Postal town: Sligo
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: projectoffice@welfare.ie 📧
Phone: +353719157100 📞
URL: https://www.gov.ie/en/organisation/department-of-social-protection/ 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.gov.ie/en/organisation/department-of-social-protection/ 🌏
Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Main activity
Social protection
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=4774542 🌏
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=4774542 🌏
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
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Phone: +353 1 8886000 📞
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Source: OJS 2024/S 234-733064 (2024-11-29)
Contract award notice (2025-05-08)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: CfT to establish a Multi Supplier Framework Agreement for the delivery of the Department of Social Protection Technical Platform Development - Initial Contract for Household Benefits (HHB) Project
Short description:
Other restrictions on the place of performance: Anywhere in the given country
Description
Internal identifier:
Title: CfT to establish a Multi Supplier Framework Agreement for the delivery of the Department of Social Protection Technical Platform Development - Initial Contract for Household Benefits (HHB) Project
Description of the procurement:
Green Procurement Criteria: Other Green Public Procurement criteria
Duration
Start date: 2025-04-28 📅
End date: 2026-04-27 📅
Information about options
Options ✅
Description of options:
Cost criterion (name): Cost @ 35%
Cost criterion (weighting): 35
Quality criterion (name): Quality @ 65%
Quality criterion (weighting): 65
Procedure
Weight type: Weight (percentage, exact)
Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded ✅
Lot Identification Number:
Contract Number:
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2025-04-22 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 4
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: 1 979 200 EUR 💰
Tender identifier:
Identifier of lot or group of lots:
Information about tenders
Name of the tendering party: Accenture
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Accenture
National registration number:
Postal address: 1 Grand Central Square Grand Central Harbour
Postal code: D02 P820
Postal town: Dublin 2
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Department: Department of Social Protection
Postal address: Áras Mhic Dhiarmada, Store Street,
Postal code: D01 WY03
Postal town: Dublin 1
Phone: 017043000 📞
URL: https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-social-protection/ 🌏
Complementary information
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: Refer to CFT document
Source: OJS 2025/S 090-299162 (2025-05-08)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: CfT to establish a Multi Supplier Framework Agreement for the delivery of the Department of Social Protection Technical Platform Development - Initial Contract for Household Benefits (HHB) Project
Short description:
CfT to establish a Multi Supplier Framework Agreement for the delivery of the Department of Social Protection Technical Platform Development - Initial Contract for Household Benefits (HHB) Project
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): 1 979 200 EUR 💰
Other restrictions on the place of performance: Anywhere in the given country
Description
Internal identifier:
1
Title: CfT to establish a Multi Supplier Framework Agreement for the delivery of the Department of Social Protection Technical Platform Development - Initial Contract for Household Benefits (HHB) Project
Description of the procurement:
CfT to establish a Multi Supplier Framework Agreement for the delivery of the Department of Social Protection Technical Platform Development - Initial Contract for Household Benefits (HHB) Project
Refer to Framework CFT document
Green Procurement Criteria: Other Green Public Procurement criteria
Duration
Start date: 2025-04-28 📅
End date: 2026-04-27 📅
Information about options
Options ✅
Description of options:
The Client reserves the right to extend the Term for a period or periods of up to twelve (12) months with a maximum of one (1) such extensions permitted subject to its obligations at law.
Award criteria
Cost criterion (name): Cost @ 35%
Cost criterion (weighting): 35
Quality criterion (name): Quality @ 65%
Quality criterion (weighting): 65
Procedure
Weight type: Weight (percentage, exact)
Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded ✅
Lot Identification Number:
LOT-0001
Contract Number:
Accenture Contract
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2025-04-22 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 4
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: 1 979 200 EUR 💰
Tender identifier:
Accenture
Identifier of lot or group of lots:
LOT-0001
Information about tenders
Name of the tendering party: Accenture
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Accenture
National registration number:
340745
Postal address: 1 Grand Central Square Grand Central Harbour
Postal code: D02 P820
Postal town: Dublin 2
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Department: Department of Social Protection
Postal address: Áras Mhic Dhiarmada, Store Street,
Postal code: D01 WY03
Postal town: Dublin 1
Phone: 017043000 📞
URL: https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-social-protection/ 🌏
Complementary information
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: Refer to CFT document
Source: OJS 2025/S 090-299162 (2025-05-08)
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