The aim of this competitive dialogue tendering process is to select a suitable supplier to provide, host, implement, secure and support a “Financial Management System”. The tendered solution must provide an up-to-date application/system (“Application”) and service to support the needs of the EduCampus Services DAC ("EduCampus”) Client community, namely, Universities and Higher Education & Research institutions in the Republic of Ireland.
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2025-03-19.
The procurement was published on 2025-02-18.
Contract notice (2025-02-18) Object Scope of the procurement
Title: Single Party Framework Agreement for a Financial Management System
Short description:
“The aim of this competitive dialogue tendering process is to select a suitable supplier to provide, host, implement, secure and support a “Financial...”
Short description
The aim of this competitive dialogue tendering process is to select a suitable supplier to provide, host, implement, secure and support a “Financial Management System”. The tendered solution must provide an up-to-date application/system (“Application”) and service to support the needs of the EduCampus Services DAC ("EduCampus”) Client community, namely, Universities and Higher Education & Research institutions in the Republic of Ireland.
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Type of contract: services
Products/services: Financial analysis software development services📦
Estimated value excluding VAT: 81 000 000 EUR 💰
Description
Description of the procurement:
“The aim of this competitive dialogue tendering process is to select a suitable supplier to provide, host, implement, secure and support a “Financial...”
Description of the procurement
The aim of this competitive dialogue tendering process is to select a suitable supplier to provide, host, implement, secure and support a “Financial Management System”. The tendered solution must provide an up-to-date application/system (“Application”) and service to support the needs of the EduCampus Services DAC ("EduCampus”) Client community, namely, Universities and Higher Education & Research institutions in the Republic of Ireland.
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Duration: 10 (YEAR)
The time frame below is expressed in number of years.
Duration
Start date: 2026-07-01 📅
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
Procedure Type of procedure
Competitive dialogue ✅ Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2025-03-19 16:00:00 📅
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 ✅ Description
In the case of framework agreements, provide justification for any duration exceeding 4 years:
“The framework agreement will be awarded for 10 years, as catered for under Art.33.1 of Directive 2014/ 24/EU, with an estimated value of up to €81M for all...”
In the case of framework agreements, provide justification for any duration exceeding 4 years
The framework agreement will be awarded for 10 years, as catered for under Art.33.1 of Directive 2014/ 24/EU, with an estimated value of up to €81M for all call-off contracts within the framework. This includes existing clients and potential new clients. It is emphasized, however, that this figure is provided strictly for indicative purposes only as there is no guaranteed expenditure under the framework agreement.
The justification for the extended framework duration is based on the following: EduCampus is brokering a solution from which any of the Higher Education institutions in Ireland can avail of; The FMS requires integration with many systems in the various EduCampus client community systems; Significant transition period for these major deployments across the EduCampus client base to ensure stable and secure implementation and integration; The amount of ongoing business, process and technology change within the Higher Education sector, major deployments/transitions can be disruptive and detrimental to EduCampus clients and their stakeholders. Complex projects such as these can take considerable time to both implement and furnish additional enhancements so that clients can benefit not just from a value for money point of view but also from increased efficiencies for their business needs; Such systems are generally embedded in an organisation and tendering for a reduced period would not make business or economic sense.
Given the complex IT security elements that are required, any lesser term arrangement has the potential to be disruptive and detrimental to EduCampus clients and their stakeholders.
Complementary information Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number: 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📞 Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: EduCampus Services DAC
National registration number: IE560681
Postal address: 5 Exchange Place, IFSC
Postal code: D01 EK83
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: tenders@educampus.ie📧
Phone: 00 353 1 531 2040📞
URL: https://www.educampus.ie🌏 Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic payment will be used
Source: OJS 2025/S 036-114140 (2025-02-18)