Contract award notice

Information

Published

Date of dispatch of this notice: 26/06/2020

External Reference: 2020-233483

TED Reference: 2020/S 124-304556

Contract award notice

Contract award notice

Results of the procurement procedure

Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)

Name and addresses

Environmental Protection Agency
N/A
Headquarters
Johnstown Castle Estate
PO Box 3000
IE
Contact person: Margaret Kinsella
Telephone: +353 05360600
Internet address(es):
Main address: http://www.epa.ie

I.4)

Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law
I.5)

Main activity

Environment

Section II: Object

II.1)

Scope of the procurement

II.1.1)

Title

SharePoint Service Partnership Framework Agreement
II.1.2)

Main CPV code

72222300  -  Information technology services
II.1.3)

Type of contract

Services
II.1.4)

Short description

The successful Vendor will provide SharePoint services to the EPA as a part of an ICT team.
The requirement is for one vendor to provide resources as needed to help support EPA SharePoint requirements. The expectation is that the vendor will have the skills required and the EPA will draw down on the resources as needed.
This support is required in 3 activity areas of the ICT Team;
- ICT Delivery Team (Data Management activity) requires regular maintenance and monitoring of EPAs SharePoint databases.
- ICT Delivery Team (Development activity) requires 3rd line support for such in-house systems as LEMA, CRM integrations, GMO, InfoPath technology (used in HR, Publishing, Emails & Outlook), Security roles and the extranet for EDEN.
- ICT Operations Management Team (Service Desk activity) requires support for 1st & 2nd line requests for help.
II.1.6)

Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: no
II.1.7)

Total value of the procurement

Value excluding VAT:  280000.00  EUR
II.2)

Description

II.2.2)

Additional CPV code(s)

48800000  -  Information systems and servers
48810000  -  Information systems
72222000  -  Information systems or technology strategic review and planning services
72222100  -  Information systems or technology strategic review services
72222200  -  Information systems or technology planning services
72223000  -  Information technology requirements review services
72267100  -  Maintenance of information technology software
72267200  -  Repair of information technology software
II.2.3)

Place of performance

Main site or place of performance:  
Wexford, Ireland
II.2.4)

Description of the procurement

The successful Vendor will provide SharePoint services to the EPA as a part of an ICT team.
The requirement is for one vendor to provide resources as needed to help support EPA SharePoint requirements. The expectation is that the vendor will have the skills required and the EPA will draw down on the resources as needed.
This support is required in 3 activity areas of the ICT Team;
- ICT Delivery Team (Data Management activity) requires regular maintenance and monitoring of EPAs SharePoint databases.
- ICT Delivery Team (Development activity) requires 3rd line support for such in-house systems as LEMA, CRM integrations, GMO, InfoPath technology (used in HR, Publishing, Emails & Outlook), Security roles and the extranet for EDEN.
- ICT Operations Management Team (Service Desk activity) requires support for 1st & 2nd line requests for help. Calls need to be escalated to the contracted partner/vendor, call resolved, and the call fix shared with EPA Service Desk, so knowledge is captured in tool for future calls.
This support is required for EPA HQ in Wexford and all regional offices. The ICT Team is primarily based in Wexford. The contract requirement is for both on-site (mainly based in EPA Headquarters Wexford) and Off-site resources (Remote Access Clients Base) as specified by the EPA.
The EPA is establishing a single operator framework agreement for the procurement of for provision of SharePoint services from one partner/vendor who will have the required skills that match the work being requested at any given time from the EPA. It is expected that the successful tenderer will have a pool of resources rather than a single resource.
II.2.5)

Award criteria

Criteria below
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Quality of technical and human resources offered  /  Weighting:  25%
Cost criterion  -  Name:  Daily Rate  /  Weighting:  30%
II.2.11)

Information about options

Options: no
II.2.13)

Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
II.2.14)

Additional information

All information is provided in the procurement documents

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Description

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

Open procedure
IV.1.3)

Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system

The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
IV.1.8)

Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement : no
IV.2)

Administrative information

IV.2.1)

Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number in the OJ S: 2019/S 231-566702

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: 1

Title: SharePoint Service Partnership

A contract/lot is awarded: yes
V.2)

Award of contract

V.2.1)

Date of conclusion of the contract

19/05/2020
V.2.2)

Information about tenders

Number of tenders received:  1
Number of tenders received from SMEs:  1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States:  0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States:  0
Number of tenders received by electronic means:  1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators :  no
V.2.3)

Name and address of the contractor

Hibernia Services Ltd. t/a Evros Technology Group
N/A
Hibernia House, Cherrywood Business Park, Dublin 1
Dublin
Dublin
IE
Telephone: +353 872887253

The contractor is an SME : yes
V.2.4)

Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Lowest offer:  10000.00  EUR / Highest offer:  280000.00  EUR   taken into consideration

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3)

Additional information

All information is provided in the procurement documents
VI.4)

Procedures for review

VI.4.1)

Review body

High Court
Four Courts
Dublin
7
IE
Telephone: +353 18886000
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie