ETENDERS

Contract award notice

Information

Published

Date of dispatch of this notice: 27/11/2020

External Reference: 2020-251547

TED Reference: 2020/S 235-580587

Contract award notice

Contract award notice

Results of the procurement procedure

Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)

Name and addresses

Intellectual Property Office of Ireland (IPOI)
N/A
Government Offices, Hebron Road, Kilkenny
Kilkenny
R95 H4XC
IE
Contact person: John Tuffy
Telephone: +353 567720190
E-mail: john.tuffy@ipoi.gov.ie
Internet address(es):
Main address: http://www.ipoi.gov.ie
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1203

I.4)

Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local agency/office
I.5)

Main activity

General public services

Section II: Object

II.1)

Scope of the procurement

II.1.1)

Title

RFT for the Technical application support and maintenance of eBusiness Services components for the Intellectual Property Office of Ireland
Reference number:  IPOI 176911
II.1.2)

Main CPV code

72000000  -  IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
II.1.3)

Type of contract

Services
II.1.4)

Short description

Support and maintenance of a suite of Intellectual Property Office of Ireland (IPOI) eBusiness Services, comprising the following online services - efiling of Trade Marks and Designs, efiling of Patents and Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs), Template tool for Patent applications, TMView and DesignView, and related eServices for the Intellectual Property Office of Ireland
II.1.6)

Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: no
II.2)

Description

II.2.2)

Additional CPV code(s)

72000000  -  IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
II.2.3)

Place of performance

Main site or place of performance:  
Kilkenny
II.2.4)

Description of the procurement

The Intellectual Property Office of Ireland (IPOI), an Office under the aegis of the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation (DBEI), has a requirement for application support, maintenance and future potential developments for its suite of systems which provides customers with access to online filing, and online payment of fees, for Intellectual Property rights associated with Trade Marks (TM), Designs (DS), Patents (PT) and Supplementary Protection certificates (SPC). In addition, this contract includes support for an application wizard (referred to as the Patent template tool) for nonprofessional Patent applicants. These services are referred to collectively as the eBusiness services and the servers on which they reside as the eBusiness servers. References to the department are references to the Department of Business Enterprise and Innovation (DBEI).
The office is currently in the process of upgrading and migrating to Linux it’s Trademark and Design View systems. These systems were originally developed in partnership with the European Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) as is the upgrade and migration. The tools allow the office to supply information to a portal hosted by the EUIPO though which internet users can search for information relating to Trademarks and Designs from the subscribing countries, either collectively or individually. The new servers may be live at the time of commencement of this contract or shortly thereafter. Once live, support, maintenance and potential future development of the View systems will become part of this contract.
II.2.5)

Award criteria

Criteria below
Cost criterion  -  Name:  Overall Cost  /  Weighting:  400/1000
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

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Description

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

Open procedure
IV.1.8)

Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement : yes
IV.2)

Administrative information

IV.2.1)

Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number in the OJ S: 2020/S 190-458903

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: 1

Title: RFT for the Technical application support and maintenance of eBusiness Services components for the Intellectual Property Office of Ireland

A contract/lot is awarded: no
V.1)

Information on non-award

The contract/lot is not awarded
Other reasons (discontinuation of procedure)

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3)

Additional information

The Intellectual Property Office of Ireland has been obliged to cancel the tender due to a substantive change in requirements which has only recently come to light.
As the IPOI’s requirements are now materially different from those advertised in the original tender notice a new RFT will be advertised on e-tenders.
VI.4)

Procedures for review

VI.4.1)

Review body

Intellectual Property Office of Ireland
Government Offices, Hebron Rd,
Kilkenny
R95 H4XC
IE
E-mail: john.tuffy@ipoi.gov.ie
Internet address: www.ipoi.gov.ie