The aim of this competitive dialogue tendering process is to select a suitable supplier to provide, host, implement, secure and support a Library Services Platform .
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2025-05-19.
The procurement was published on 2025-04-15.
Contract notice (2025-04-15) Object Scope of the procurement
Title: Single Party Framework Agreement for a Library Services Platform
Short description:
โThe aim of this competitive dialogue tendering process is to select a suitable supplier to provide, host, implement, secure and support a Library Services Platform .โ
Short description
The aim of this competitive dialogue tendering process is to select a suitable supplier to provide, host, implement, secure and support a Library Services Platform .
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Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Library management services๐ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 28 000 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Description
Description of the procurement:
โThe aim of this competitive dialogue tendering process is to select a suitable supplier to provide, host, implement, secure and support a Library Services Platform .โ
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 Library Services Platform .
Procedure Type of procedure
Competitive dialogue โ Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2025-05-19 12:00:00 ๐
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐ฃ๏ธ 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 โ Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with several operators โ Description
In the case of framework agreements, provide justification for any duration exceeding 4 years:
โThe LSP requires integration with many systems in the various EduCampus client community systems. The justification for the extended framework duration is...โ
In the case of framework agreements, provide justification for any duration exceeding 4 years
The LSP requires integration with many systems in the various EduCampus client community systems. The justification for the extended framework duration is based on experience and knowledge that there is a significant transition period for these major deployments across the EduCampus client base to ensure stable and secure implementation and integration. With 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. It is also the case that such systems are generally embedded in an organisation and tendering for a reduced period would not make business or economic sense. Furthermore, 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: Dublin๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie๐ง
Phone: +353 1 8886000๐ Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic payment will be used
Source: OJS 2025/S 076-253593 (2025-04-15)