Contract award notice

Information

Published

Date of dispatch of this notice: 18/02/2021

External Reference: 2021-220574

TED Reference: 2021/S 037-093025

Contract award notice

Contract award notice

Results of the procurement procedure

Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)

Name and addresses

National Transport Authority
N/A
Dun Sceine, Harcourt Lane, Iveagh Court
Dublin 2
D02 WT20
IE
Contact person: David Rice
Telephone: +353 18798300
Fax: +353 18798333
Internet address(es):
I.4)

Type of the contracting authority

National or federal agency/office
I.5)

Main activity

Other activity:  Transport

Section II: Object

II.1)

Scope of the procurement

II.1.1)

Title

Provision of Business Intelligence Development Services
II.1.2)

Main CPV code

72212480  -  Sales, marketing and business intelligence software development services
II.1.3)

Type of contract

Services
II.1.4)

Short description

At its core the Authority strives to develop and implement key strategies that will ultimately provide and promote high quality, accessible, sustainable transport connecting people in communities across Ireland.
The aim of Business Intelligence and Data Analytics (“BI & DA”) function within the Authority is to provide high quality, robust, repeatable, maintainable and automated data and reporting to all relevant stakeholders. This will be achieved by acquiring data from various data sources; integrating the data where possible and presenting the data in formats the users can interact with and which enables them to extract maximum value from the data.
II.1.6)

Information about lots

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

Total value of the procurement

Value excluding VAT:  9979200.00  EUR
II.2)

Description

II.2.2)

Additional CPV code(s)

72000000  -  IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
72212461  -  Analytical or scientific software development services
72212482  -  Business intelligence software development services
72600000  -  Computer support and consultancy services
II.2.4)

Description of the procurement

At its core the Authority strives to develop and implement key strategies that will ultimately provide and promote high quality, accessible, sustainable transport connecting people in communities across Ireland.
The aim of Business Intelligence and Data Analytics (“BI & DA”) function within the Authority is to provide high quality, robust, repeatable, maintainable and automated data and reporting to all relevant stakeholders. This will be achieved by acquiring data from various data sources; integrating the data where possible and presenting the data in formats the users can interact with and which enables them to extract maximum value from the data.
II.2.5)

Award criteria

Criteria below
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Relevant experience and qualifications of Primary Roles.  /  Weighting:  25
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Relevant experience and qualifications of Secondary Roles.  /  Weighting:  10
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Quality of the Tenderer’s approach to discharging the services  /  Weighting:  35
Price  -  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

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Description

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

Restricted 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 071-168938
IV.2.9)

Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice

The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: 1

Title: Provision of Business Intelligence Development Services

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

Award of contract

V.2.1)

Date of conclusion of the contract

03/02/2021
V.2.2)

Information about tenders

Number of tenders received:  2
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:  2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators :  no
V.2.3)

Name and address of the contractor

Ernst & Young
IE 4554695L
Harcourt Centre, Harcourt Street
Dublin
Dublin
IE
Telephone: +353 4794074
Internet address: http://www.ey.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:  9979200.00  EUR

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3)

Additional information

The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers relating to this contract award procedure irrespective of the outcome of the competition, or if the competition is postponed or cancelled. All costs incurred by interested parties in participating in this competition must be borne by them.
Any contract award will be subject to a number of preconditions, including production of a current tax clearance certificate or tax clearance statement from the Revenue Commissioners in Ireland. The contracting authority may terminate this competition (or any part thereof), change the basis of and the procedures for the bidding process, at any time, or procure the project by alternative means if it appears that the project can thereby be more advantageously procured. The most economically advantageous or any tender will not automatically be accepted. Refer to procurement documents for further information.
VI.4)

Procedures for review

VI.4.1)

Review body

High Court of Ireland
Four Courts, Ground Floor (East Wing), Inns Quay
Dublin
D7
IE
Telephone: +353 18886125
Fax: +353 18886125
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie

VI.4.3)

Review procedure

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: 
As set out in S.I. No. 130/2010 European Communities (Public Authorities' Contracts) (Review Procedures) Regulations 2010 (in particular Regulation 7 thereof).