SSB02F - Request for Tenders to establish a Multi Supplier Framework Agreement for the provision of Technical Assistance and Support to Ireland’s Open Data Initiative

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The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (the “Contracting Authority”) is issuing this Request for Tender (“RFT”) as a central purchasing body for use by the Framework Clients. The Office of Government Procurement (the “OGP”) is an office within the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform tasked with sourcing goods and services on behalf of the public service.  References to the Contracting Authority will be deemed to include the OGP.

The Contracting Authority invites tenders (“Tenders”) from economic operators (“Tenderers”) for appointment to a multi-supplier framework agreement  (the “Framework Agreement”) for the provision of Technical Assistance and Support to Ireland’s Open Data Initiative, as described in Appendix 1 to this RFT (“the Services”).

In summary, the Services comprise the provision of technical assistance and support on the implementation of Ireland’s Open Data initiative (as part of the Open Government Partnership project).  This includes technical assistance and support for the following aspects of Open Data:

•             Open Data Management

•             Auditing data

•             Data publishing

•             Linking data

•             Use Case analysis

•             Data analytics

•             Development of visualisation tools and visualisation applications

These reflect the lifecycle approach outlined in the Foundation Document for the development of an Open Data Strategy.

Regards,

The Office of Government Procurement