ETENDERS

Contract notice

Information

Published

Date of dispatch of this notice: 24/07/2014

Expire date: 03/09/2014

External Reference: 2014-689273

TED Reference: 2014/S 143-257297

Contract notice

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Contract notice

Classic Sector

Directive 2004/18/EC

Services

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)

Name, addresses and contact point(s)

Department of Education and Skills
N/A
Marlborough Street
Dublin 1  Dublin
IE
For the attention of: x y
Telephone: +353 018896400
E-mail: info@education.gov.ie
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: http://www.education.ie
Address of the buyer profile: http://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Supplier/CompanyInformation/Index/1142
Electronic access to information: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=78726&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE
Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=78726&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE
Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from:The above mentioned contact point(s)
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: The above mentioned contact point(s)
I.2)

Type of the contracting authority

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions
I.3)

Main activity

  • Education
I.4)

Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities

The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:

RFT for Oracle Support Services

II.1.2)

Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

Services
    Category No7:  Computer and related services
    Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance:

    Dublin

    NUTS code
    IRELAND
    II.1.3)

    Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)

    The notice involves a public contract
    II.1.5)

    Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

    This document constitutes a Request for Tenders to select a company to provide Oracle support to the Department’s IT Unit in respect of the Department’s Oracle estate.

    Specifics of the requirement are outlined in section 3 of this document. Prospective tenderers are requested to familiarise themselves with these specifics, as well as with the Public Procurement Rules, before submitting a proposal. A copy of the current Public Procurement Rules may be downloaded from the eTenders website (http://www.etenders.gov.ie).

    II.1.6)

    Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

    48610000   Database systems
    48440000   Financial analysis and accounting software package
    48441000   Financial analysis software package
    48442000   Financial systems software package
    48443000   Accounting software package
    48444000   Accounting system
    48444100   Billing system
    48445000   Customer Relation Management software package
    48482000   Business intelligence software package
    48600000   Database and operating software package
    48611000   Database software package
    48612000   Database-management system
    48812000   Financial information systems
    72600000   Computer support and consultancy services
    72610000   Computer support services
    72611000   Technical computer support services
    30000000   Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages
    72224000   Project management consultancy services
    72246000   Systems consultancy services
    72251000   Disaster recovery services
    72253000   Helpdesk and support services
    72253100   Helpdesk services
    72253200   Systems support services
    72261000   Software support services
    72262000   Software development services
    72265000   Software configuration services
    72267000   Software maintenance and repair services
    72320000   Database services
    72321000   Added-value database services
    72322000   Data management services
    II.1.7)

    Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

    The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):  no
    II.1.8)

    Lots

    This contract is divided into lots:  no
    II.1.9)

    Information about variants

    Variants will be accepted:  no
    II.2)

    Quantity or scope of the contract

    II.2.1)

    Total quantity or scope:

    This is outlined in Section 3 of the document attached to this notice

    II.2.2)

    Information about options

    Options: no
    II.2.3)

    Information about renewals

    This contract is subject to renewal: no
    II.3)

    Duration of the contract or time limit for completion

    Duration in months: 012 (from the award of the contract)

    Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

    III.1)

    Conditions relating to the contract

    III.1.4)

    Other particular conditions

    The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: no
    III.2)

    Conditions for participation

    III.2.3)

    Technical capacity

    Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:

    As outlined in Section 3 of the RFT documentation

    Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:

    As outlined in Section 3 of the RFT documentation

    III.3)

    Conditions specific to services contracts

    III.3.1)

    Information about a particular profession

    Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: no
    III.3.2)

    Staff responsible for the execution of the service

    Legal persons should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service: no

    Section IV: Procedure

    IV.1)

    Type of procedure

    IV.1.1)

    Type of procedure

    Open
    IV.2)

    Award criteria

    IV.2.1)

    Award criteria

    The most economically advantageous tender in terms of  the criteria stated below
    1. The capacity of the tenderer to deliver the requirements as demonstrated in their understanding of the requirements and their proposal as to how they will be met. . Weighting 150
    2. Experience of tenderer in providing similar services specific to the requirement - including reference sites where such work was carried out. . Weighting 150
    3. Skills, experience and qualifications of nominated personnel to be available under the contract as demonstrated by their qualifications and experience in undertaking similar work preferably within comparable organisations. . Weighting 300
    4. Cost . Weighting 400
    IV.2.2)

    Information about electronic auction

    An electronic auction will be used: no
    IV.3)

    Administrative information

    IV.3.1)

    File reference number attributed by the contracting authority

    RFT for Oracle Support Services

    IV.3.2)

    Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

    no
    IV.3.3)

    Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document

    Payable documents: no
    IV.3.4)

    Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

    03.09.2014 - 15:00
    IV.3.6)

    Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up

    EN
    IV.3.7)

    Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

    [DurationDays]: 090 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
    IV.3.8)

    Conditions for opening tenders

    Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: no

    Section VI: Complementary information

    VI.1)

    Information about recurrence

    This is a recurrent procurement: no
    VI.2)

    Information about European Union funds

    The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no