ETENDERS

Contract notice

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Published

Date of dispatch of this notice: 26/06/2015

Expire date: 05/08/2015

External Reference: 2015-625426

TED Reference: 2015/S 124-227793

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)

The Pensions Authority
N/A
Verschoyle House
28/30 Lr Mount Street  Dublin 2
IE
Contact point(s): Ciaran Holahan
For the attention of: Kieran O' Dea
Telephone: +353 16131942
E-mail: kodea@pensionsauthority.ie
Fax: +353 16318602
Internet address(es):
Address of the buyer profile: http://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Supplier/CompanyInformation/Index/1189
Electronic access to information: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=89644&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE
Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=89644&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

National or federal agency/office
I.3)

Main activity

  • Economic and financial affairs
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:

Appointment of a single Service Provider to a Framework Agreement for Software Application Support and Development.

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 2

    NUTS code
    IRELAND
    II.1.3)

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

    The notice involves the establishment of a framework agreement
    II.1.4)

    Information on framework agreement

    Framework agreement with a single operator
    Duration of the framework agreement
    Duration in years: 4
    Justification for a framework agreement, the duration of which exceeds four years: 
    Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement
    Estimated cost excluding VAT: 500000  EUR
    Frequency and value of the contracts to be awarded:
    II.1.5)

    Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

    Under the Framework Agreement, the Service Provider will provide:

    1. technical support and maintenance activities for the Pensions Authority‘s

    Interactive Scheme Information System (ISIS); and.

    2. development services to deliver key enhancements to ISIS as identified by the

    Authority.

    The Authority’s Interactive Scheme Information System (“ISIS”) went live in

    January 2011. ISIS is used to hold data on all occupational pension schemes and

    allows Registered Administrators (RAs) and interested parties (external users) to

    submit and manage data to the Authority including:

    • Scheme registrations

    • Annual Scheme Information (ASI) submissions

    • Actuarial Funding Certificate (AFC) submissions

    • Funding Standard Reserve Certificate (FSRC) submissions

    • Annual Actuarial Data Returns (AADR)

    • Scheme fee payments

    • Scheme data amendments and updates (e.g. names of trustees, etc.)

    II.1.6)

    Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

    Main vocabulary
    48600000   Database and operating software package
    Supplementary vocabulary
    48000000   Software package and information systems
    48610000   Database systems
    48611000   Database software package
    48612000   Database-management system
    48613000   Electronic data management (EDM)
    48614000   Data-acquisition system
    48627000   Real-time operating system software package
    48800000   Information systems and servers
    48810000   Information systems
    72211000   Programming services of systems and user software
    72212000   Programming services of application software
    72212100   Industry specific software development services
    72212170   Compliance software development services
    72212600   Database and operating software development services
    72212610   Database software development services
    72212920   Office automation software development services
    72230000   Custom software development services
    72232000   Development of transaction processing and custom software
    72240000   Systems analysis and programming services
    72241000   Critical design target specification services
    72243000   Programming services
    72244000   Prototyping services
    72246000   Systems consultancy services
    72253000   Helpdesk and support services
    72254000   Software testing
    72254100   Systems testing services
    72261000   Software support services
    72262000   Software development services
    72263000   Software implementation services
    72264000   Software reproduction services
    72265000   Software configuration services
    72266000   Software consultancy services
    72267000   Software maintenance and repair services
    72267100   Maintenance of information technology software
    72267200   Repair of information technology software
    72268000   Software supply services
    72310000   Data-processing services
    72311000   Computer tabulation services
    72311100   Data conversion services
    72311200   Batch processing services
    72312000   Data entry services
    72313000   Data capture services
    72314000   Data collection and collation services
    72315000   Data network management and support services
    72316000   Data analysis services
    72317000   Data storage services
    72318000   Data transmission services
    72319000   Data supply services
    72321000   Added-value database services
    72322000   Data management services
    72330000   Content or data standardization and classification services
    72410000   Provider services
    72416000   Application service providers
    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:

    The objective of this Request for Tenders (“RFT”) is to appoint a single Service Provider (“the Service Provider”) to a Framework Agreement for Application Support and Application Development. The Framework Agreement will be for a three (3) year team with a right for the Authority to extend it for a maximum of one additional twelve (12) month period.

    Estimated cost excluding VAT: 500000  EUR
    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

    Starting  01. 10. 2015  Completion  02. 10. 2019

    Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

    III.1)

    Conditions relating to the contract

    III.1.1)

    Deposits and guarantees required:

    See RFT documentation

    III.1.2)

    Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them

    See RFT documentation

    III.1.3)

    Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

    See RFT documentation

    III.1.4)

    Other particular conditions

    The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: yes
    Description of particular conditions: 

    See RFT documentation

    III.2)

    Conditions for participation

    III.2.1)

    Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

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

    See RFT documentation

    III.2.2)

    Economic and financial ability

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

    See RFT documentation

    Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:

    See RFT documentation

    III.2.3)

    Technical capacity

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

    See RFT documentation

    Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:

    See 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 in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document
    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

    TPA RFT June 2015

    IV.3.2)

    Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

    no
    IV.3.3)

    Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document

    Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 24.07.2015 - 00:00
    Payable documents: no
    IV.3.4)

    Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

    05.08.2015 - 18:30
    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

    Duration in months: 006 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
    IV.3.8)

    Conditions for opening tenders

    Date: 06.08.2015 - 08:30
    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