ETENDERS

Contract award notice

Information

Published

Date of dispatch of this notice: 22/01/2021

External Reference: 2021-221452

TED Reference: 2021/S 018-042266

Contract award notice

Contract award notice

Results of the procurement procedure

Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)

Name and addresses

Public Appointments Service
N/A
Chapter House
Dublin 1
26-30 Upper Abbey St
IE
Contact person: Rian O'Farrell
Telephone: +353 18587460
E-mail: rian.ofarrell@publicjobs.ie
Internet address(es):
Main address: http://www.publicjobs.ie
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/554

I.2)

Joint procurement

The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4)

Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law
I.5)

Main activity

Other activity:  Recruitment

Section II: Object

II.1)

Scope of the procurement

II.1.1)

Title

IT System Maintenance, Support and Development
Reference number:  Software Maintenance and Support
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

The Public Appointments Service is the centralised provider of recruitment, assessment and selection services for the Civil and Public Service.
PAS wishes to invite tenders from suppliers / service providers for the provision of maintenance, support and development services for its recruitment application environment. At a minimum, this will include:
• One dedicated resource providing maintenance, support and development for all elements of the bespoke application STAR and associated systems.
• Remote Database & OS monitoring, support and patching
• Additional development resources may be required to work on specific systems and projects over the life of the contract.
II.1.6)

Information about lots

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

Total value of the procurement

Value excluding VAT:  171160.00  EUR
II.2)

Description

II.2.2)

Additional CPV code(s)

72212200  -  Networking, Internet and intranet software development services
72212210  -  Networking software development services
72267000  -  Software maintenance and repair services
II.2.4)

Description of the procurement

The Public Appointments Service is the centralised provider of recruitment, assessment and selection services for the Civil Service. We also provide recruitment and related human resource advisory services to Local Authorities, the Health Service Executive, An Garda Síochána and other public bodies.
PAS manages recruitment competitions ranging from large volume uniform, clerical or administrative posts to senior executive and top level appointments.
STAR is the suite of web-based recruitment management modules that allows PAS to manage all aspects of its work. It includes candidate, client and employee web portals and the stateboards.ie website. The Publicjobs.ie website is built on a separate content management system (Joomla). The application deals with data of a highly confidential and classified nature. The websites and application handle large numbers of simultaneous transactions and traffic.
PAS wishes to invite tenders from suppliers / service providers for the provision of maintenance, support and development services for its recruitment application environment. At a minimum, this will include:
• One dedicated resource providing maintenance, support and development for all elements of the bespoke application STAR and associated systems.
• Remote Database & OS monitoring, support and patching
• Additional development resources may be required to work on specific systems and projects over the life of the contract.
II.2.5)

Award criteria

Criteria below
Price
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 192-463086

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: 1

Title: IT System Maintenance, Support and Development

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

Award of contract

V.2.1)

Date of conclusion of the contract

09/01/2021
V.2.2)

Information about tenders

Number of tenders received:  1
Number of tenders received from SMEs:  0
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

Version 1
257302
Millennium House, Millennium Walkway
Dublin 1
Dublin
IE
Telephone: +353 18657800
E-mail: TenderNotices@version1.com
Fax: +353 18657801
Internet address: http://www.version1.com

The contractor is an SME : no
V.2.4)

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

Total value of the contract/lot:  171160.00  EUR

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.4)

Procedures for review

VI.4.1)

Review body

Public Appointments Service
Chapter House, 26-30 Upper abbey Street, Dublin 1
Dublin
IE
E-mail: rian.ofarrell@publicjobs.ie