The Services comprise: a single integrated system, supported by a managed service provider (MSP), in the form of a dynamic and configurable customer relationship management (CRM) Solution, for use as part of 2027 Census Field Operation. The CRM Solution must meet, at a minimum, the following high-level functional requirements: i) It must allow the FSOs to complete the Census Field Operation in both a real-time online mode and in an offline mode. ii) It must allow the CSO to operate a dedicated Census omnichannel contact centre. iii) It must contain automated workflows to reduce manual interactions for Census staff. iv) It must record every interaction with each household and provide a single customer view to all Census staff. v) It must integrate with existing CSO systems, including the CSOโs online data collection eQ Platform which will be used by householders to complete their online Census forms. vi) It must integrate with Microsoft Outlook and Teams to facilitate communication between Census staff. vii) It must provide telephony and messaging services. viii) It must be an enterprise software as a service (SaaS) based solution. The successful Tenderer will initially build and administer the CRM Solution, on behalf of the CSO, to provide the functionality required to deliver the 2027 Census project. The account with the underlying CRM Solution service provider must be in the CSOโs name and the successful Tenderer will be given the required permissions to administer the account on behalf of the CSO for the duration of the Services Contract. Throughout the duration of the Service Contract the successful Tenderer will use knowledge transfer to upskill designated CSO staff members to the point where the CSO can administer the CRM Solution themselves without the assistance of the successful Tenderer. The successful Tenderer will hand over the administration of the CRM Solution to the CSO upon the expiry of the contract Term. There is also an optional drawdown requirement for the CSO to potentially re-use the CRM Solution for other CSO surveys over the Term of the Contract. The decision as to whether or not any additional drawdown requirements will be required, lies entirely with the CSO. At the end of the Contract Term, further licensing requirements, if any, may be sought by the CSO via a separate tender process.
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2023-08-23.
The procurement was published on 2023-06-29.
Object Scope of the procurement
Title:
โProvision of a configurable Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Solution, for use as part of 2027 Census Field Operation and the wider CSO surveys.โ
Products/services: Data services๐ฆ
Short description:
โThe Services comprise: a single integrated system, supported by a managed service provider (MSP), in the form of a dynamic and configurable customer...โ
Short description
The Services comprise: a single integrated system, supported by a managed service provider (MSP), in the form of a dynamic and configurable customer relationship management (CRM) Solution, for use as part of 2027 Census Field Operation. The CRM Solution must meet, at a minimum, the following high-level functional requirements: i) It must allow the FSOs to complete the Census Field Operation in both a real-time online mode and in an offline mode. ii) It must allow the CSO to operate a dedicated Census omnichannel contact centre. iii) It must contain automated workflows to reduce manual interactions for Census staff. iv) It must record every interaction with each household and provide a single customer view to all Census staff. v) It must integrate with existing CSO systems, including the CSOโs online data collection eQ Platform which will be used by householders to complete their online Census forms. vi) It must integrate with Microsoft Outlook and Teams to facilitate communication between Census staff. vii) It must provide telephony and messaging services. viii) It must be an enterprise software as a service (SaaS) based solution. The successful Tenderer will initially build and administer the CRM Solution, on behalf of the CSO, to provide the functionality required to deliver the 2027 Census project. The account with the underlying CRM Solution service provider must be in the CSOโs name and the successful Tenderer will be given the required permissions to administer the account on behalf of the CSO for the duration of the Services Contract. Throughout the duration of the Service Contract the successful Tenderer will use knowledge transfer to upskill designated CSO staff members to the point where the CSO can administer the CRM Solution themselves without the assistance of the successful Tenderer. The successful Tenderer will hand over the administration of the CRM Solution to the CSO upon the expiry of the contract Term. There is also an optional drawdown requirement for the CSO to potentially re-use the CRM Solution for other CSO surveys over the Term of the Contract. The decision as to whether or not any additional drawdown requirements will be required, lies entirely with the CSO. At the end of the Contract Term, further licensing requirements, if any, may be sought by the CSO via a separate tender process.
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Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 7 000 000 ๐ฐ
The Services comprise: a single integrated system, supported by a managed service provider (MSP), in the form of a dynamic and configurable customer relationship management (CRM) Solution, for use as part of 2027 Census Field Operation. The CRM Solution must meet, at a minimum, the following high-level functional requirements: i) It must allow the FSOs to complete the Census Field Operation in both a real-time online mode and in an offline mode. ii) It must allow the CSO to operate a dedicated Census omnichannel contact centre. iii) It must contain automated workflows to reduce manual interactions for Census staff. iv) It must record every interaction with each household and provide a single customer view to all Census staff. v) It must integrate with existing CSO systems, including the CSOโs online data collection eQ Platform which will be used by householders to complete their online Census forms. vi) It must integrate with Microsoft Outlook and Teams to facilitate communication between Census staff. vii) It must provide telephony and messaging services. viii) It must be an enterprise software as a service (SaaS) based solution. The successful Tenderer will initially build and administer the CRM Solution, on behalf of the CSO, to provide the functionality required to deliver the 2027 Census project. The account with the underlying CRM Solution service provider must be in the CSOโs name and the successful Tenderer will be given the required permissions to administer the account on behalf of the CSO for the duration of the Services Contract. Throughout the duration of the Service Contract the successful Tenderer will use knowledge transfer to upskill designated CSO staff members to the point where the CSO can administer the CRM Solution themselves without the assistance of the successful Tenderer. The successful Tenderer will hand over the administration of the CRM Solution to the CSO upon the expiry of the contract Term. There is also an optional drawdown requirement for the CSO to potentially re-use the CRM Solution for other CSO surveys over the Term of the Contract. The decision as to whether or not any additional drawdown requirements will be required, lies entirely with the CSO. At the end of the Contract Term, further licensing requirements, if any, may be sought by the CSO via a separate tender process.
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Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 7 000 000 ๐ฐ
Duration
Start date: 2023-10-16 ๐
End date: 2027-12-31 ๐
Information about options
Options โ
Description of options: As per appendix 1: Section A4.3 of the RFT
Scope of the procurement
Information about European Union funds: Nrrp
Legal, economic, financial and technical information Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Procedure Type of procedure
Open procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2023-08-23
12:00 ๐
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐ฃ๏ธ
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 4
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2023-08-24
10:00 ๐
Complementary information Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
Review body
Name: High Court
Postal address: Dublin 7
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
Source: OJS 2023/S 126-399105 (2023-06-29)
Contract award notice (2023-07-12) Contracting authority Name and addresses
E-mail: procurement@cso.ie๐ง
Object Description
Main site or place of performance: Dublin
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): See Tender documents
Quality criterion (weighting): See Tender documents
Cost criterion (name): See Tender documents
Cost criterion (weighting): See Tender documents
Scope of the procurement
Information about European Union funds: National Recovery & Resilience Plan
Description
Additional information:
โThis Public Procurement Competition is being cancelled by the Contracting Authority as the relevant documentation uploaded with the original Contract Notice...โ
Additional information
This Public Procurement Competition is being cancelled by the Contracting Authority as the relevant documentation uploaded with the original Contract Notice is incorrect and cannot be used for the purposes of responding to the Request for Tender RFT. A new RFT process including all the revised and updated documentation will be published imminently. Any interested Parties who have previously downloaded the earlier version of the RFT and associated documents must disregard all of these documents and re-submit their interest under the revised imminent Contract Notice. This cancellation process will also have a knock-on effect on all dates provided in the original RFT so Interested Parties must ensure they are fully aware of any/all revised dates.
Procedure Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2023/S 126-399105
Award of contract
1๏ธโฃ
Contract Number: 1
Information on non-award
Other reasons (discontinuation of procedure)
Complementary information Additional information
โThis Public Procurement Competition is being cancelled by the Contracting Authority as the relevant documentation uploaded with the original Contract Notice...โ
This Public Procurement Competition is being cancelled by the Contracting Authority as the relevant documentation uploaded with the original Contract Notice is incorrect and cannot be used for the purposes of responding to the Request for Tender (RFT). A new RFT process including all the revised and updated documentation will be published imminently. Any interested Parties who have previously downloaded the earlier version of the RFT and associated documents must disregard all of these documents and re-submit their interest under the revised imminent Contract Notice. This cancellation process will also have a knock-on effect on all dates provided in the original RFT so Interested Parties must ensure they are fully aware of any/all revised dates.
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Postal town: Dublin 7
Source: OJS 2023/S 135-430284 (2023-07-12)