Request for Tenders for the provision of the hosting, maintenance, management, development and 24/7/365 support of Met Éireann's Weather Warning Solution.

Met Eireann

Met Éireann is looking to procure a weather warning solution which will allow operational forecast staff to create, update and issue weather and marine warnings, publish them on the Met Éireann digital channels with corresponding communication through SMS, email and push notifications. Warnings are currently issued at a county level in line with emergency response co-ordination. The weather warning solution will be provided by system and services, which must combine to ensure that the system is both operational and functional 24/7/365. The system will comprise of an application and supporting infrastructure which must have high availability, georesilience and disaster recovery/backup capability. The application will consist of an editor, where warnings can be created, managed and accessed, plus a core component which will send warning notifications on the appropriate channels once issued, and will have APIs which are used to display and manage the warnings through Met Éireann’s Digital System. The hosting infrastructure for the warning application core should have the ability to flex to deal with rapid increases in demand on the APIs. The services will comprise of technical support of the system and its integration with Met Éireann’s Digital System. The successful Tenderer will need to: 1. Set up suitable hosting infrastructure. 2. Deploy a new Weather Warning System 3. Integrate the new Weather Warning System with Met Éireann’s Digital System and switchover, allowing the existing Weather Warning System to move to operational EOL 4. Manage and support the Weather Warning Solution as it develops over the Contract term.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2024-08-30. The procurement was published on 2024-07-02.

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Procurement history
Date Document
2024-07-02 Contract notice
2024-07-19 Contract notice
2024-07-30 Contract notice
Contract notice (2024-07-02)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Request for Tenders for the provision of the hosting, maintenance, management, development and 24/7/365 support of Met Éireann's Weather Warning Solution.
Short description:
Met Éireann is looking to procure a weather warning solution which will allow operational forecast staff to create, update and issue weather and marine warnings, publish them on the Met Éireann digital channels with corresponding communication through SMS, email and push notifications. Warnings are currently issued at a county level in line with emergency response co-ordination. The weather warning solution will be provided by system and services, which must combine to ensure that the system is both operational and functional 24/7/365. The system will comprise of an application and supporting infrastructure which must have high availability, georesilience and disaster recovery/backup capability. The application will consist of an editor, where warnings can be created, managed and accessed, plus a core component which will send warning notifications on the appropriate channels once issued, and will have APIs which are used to display and manage the warnings through Met Éireann’s Digital System. The hosting infrastructure for the warning application core should have the ability to flex to deal with rapid increases in demand on the APIs. The services will comprise of technical support of the system and its integration with Met Éireann’s Digital System. The successful Tenderer will need to: 1. Set up suitable hosting infrastructure. 2. Deploy a new Weather Warning System 3. Integrate the new Weather Warning System with Met Éireann’s Digital System and switchover, allowing the existing Weather Warning System to move to operational EOL 4. Manage and support the Weather Warning Solution as it develops over the Contract term.
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Type of contract: Services
Products/services: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support 📦
Estimated value excluding VAT: 650 000 EUR 💰
Information about lots
Tenders may be submitted for maximum number of lots: 0
Description
Internal identifier: 0
Additional products/services:
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: 2024-08-30 17:00:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2024-08-30 17:30:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=3801879
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2024-08-30 17:30:00 📅
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=3801879
Electronic invoicing: Allowed
Electronic ordering will be used ✅
Electronic payment will be used ✅
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2024-08-16 12:00:00 📅

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Economic and financial standing
List and brief description of selection criteria: Please see Tender documents for complete list of Selection Criteria.
Conditions for participation
Exclusion ground: Bankruptcy
Description of exclusion grounds: Please see Tender documents for complete list of exclusion grounds.

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Met Eireann
National registration number: 0000
Postal address: Met Éireann Meteorological Centre, 65/67 Glasnevin Hill
Postal code: D09 Y921
Postal town: Dublin 9
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: shay.greene@met.ie 📧
Phone: 0035318064200 📞
URL: https://www.met.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.met.ie 🌏
Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
Main activity
General public services
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=3801879 🌏
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=3801879 🌏
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 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Phone: +353 1 8886000 📞
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Source: OJS 2024/S 128-395192 (2024-07-02)
Contract notice (2024-07-19)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 650 000 EUR 💰

Procedure
Tendering terms
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2024-08-16 17:00:00 📅

Changes
Other additional information
Main reason for change: Publisher correction
Information about modifications
Version of the previous notice to be changed: e37e7c95-a0a0-4cd7-9cdd-7b5bd63b1041-01
Source: OJS 2024/S 142-440641 (2024-07-19)
Contract notice (2024-07-30)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 650 000 EUR 💰

Procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2024-09-13 17:00:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2024-09-13 17:30:00 📅
Tendering terms
Opening date: 2024-09-13 17:30:00 📅
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2024-08-30 17:00:00 📅

Changes
New value
Text:
Appendix 1 - modification of timeline for Phase 1 and Phase 2 delivery due to deadline extension on page 15 with corresponding changes to Figure 1 on page 14.
Text to be corrected in the original notice
The procurement documents were changed on ✅
Change date of the procurement documents: 2024-07-30 📅
Other additional information
Main reason for change: Information updated
Information about modifications
Version of the previous notice to be changed: cbf4e9c5-089d-4223-a639-fda06af42f78-02
Source: OJS 2024/S 149-463817 (2024-07-30)
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