Establishment of a Single Party framework agreement for Office 365/M365 Design and Implementation Project. Initial contract: Microsoft 365 Architecture, Security, and Enablement Services Contract

Wicklow County Council

WCC seeks Microsoft Certified Partners to support its IT modernisation through the migration to Microsoft 365 (M365), enabling a secure, collaborative, and efficient workplace. The project focuses on developing internal capability, ensuring adoption and compliance with governance standards, and enhancing operational efficiency for approximately 700 Active Directory users. The selected service provider will assess WCC’s existing IT infrastructure, develop a phased roadmap for M365 adoption, and identify gaps in architecture, tools, security, and skills. This roadmap will incorporate robust governance, security, and compliance measures, ensuring minimal disruption during implementation while fostering sustainable operations through staff training and upskilling. The scope of services includes a comprehensive discovery and assessment phase to evaluate WCC’s current IT environment and deliver a future state architecture with a 3-to-5-year roadmap. Following this, the service provider will implement the proposed architecture, establish governance frameworks, and execute the adoption of M365 modern workplace and collaboration tools. Deliverables include a detailed current state assessment, a roadmap, and a phased implementation design focused on data governance, endpoint management, and advanced security. The project’s ultimate goal is to position WCC for long-term success in managing a modern, secure, and collaborative IT environment. Further details will be provided at stage 2.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2025-03-14. The procurement was published on 2025-02-10.

Who?

• Wicklow County Council

What?

Where?

• Aττική › Βόρειος Τομέας Αθηνών
• Eastern and Midland › Dublin
• Southern › South-East

Procurement history

Date	Document
2025-02-10	Contract notice

Contract notice (2025-02-10)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Establishment of a Single Party framework agreement for Office 365/M365 Design and Implementation Project. Initial contract: Microsoft 365 Architecture, Security, and Enablement Services Contract
Short description:
“WCC seeks Microsoft Certified Partners to support its IT modernisation through the migration to Microsoft 365 (M365), enabling a secure, collaborative, and...”
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Information technology requirements review services 📦
Description
Internal identifier: 0
Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 000 000 EUR 💰
Description of the procurement:
“WCC seeks Microsoft Certified Partners to support its IT modernisation through the migration to Microsoft 365 (M365), enabling a secure, collaborative, and...”
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Information technology requirements review services 📦
Additional products/services: Software package and information systems 📦
IT software package 📦
Aim of strategic procurement: Reduction of environmental impacts

“Please see tender documents for details”
Approach to reducing environmental impacts: Climate change mitigation
Green Procurement Criteria: National Green Public Procurement criteria
Main site or place of performance:
“Please see tender documents for details”
Town: Wicklow
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Place of performance: South-East 🏙️
Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged minimum number: 5
Maximum number: 5
Envisaged number of candidates: 5
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001
Scope of the procurement
Additional products/services: Software package and information systems 📦
IT software package 📦

Procedure
Type of procedure
Restricted procedure ✅
Legal basis: Directive 2014/24/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2025-03-14 12:00:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
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 ✅
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with several operators ✅
Maximum number of participants: 1
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Electronic invoicing: Required
Electronic ordering will be used ✅
Electronic payment will be used ✅

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Wicklow County Council
National registration number: IE0015233H
Postal address: County Buildings, Station Road, Wicklow Town, Co. Wicklow
Postal code: A67 FW96
Postal town: Wicklow Town
Region: South-East 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Contact point: Michael Faughey
E-mail: mfaughey@wicklowcoco.ie 📧
Phone: 040420100 📞
URL: https://www.wicklow.ie/ 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.wicklow.ie/ 🌏
Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
Main activity
General public services
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=5093960 🌏
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=5093960 🌏
There is a maximum number of candidates to be invited for the second stage of the procedure ✅
The criteria will be used to select the candidates to be invited for the second stage of the procedure ✅
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 📞
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
“Please see tender documents for details”
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic payment will be used
Source: OJS 2025/S 030-096115 (2025-02-10)

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