ETENDERS

Contract award notice

Information

Published

Date of dispatch of this notice: 15/02/2021

External Reference: 2021-295786

TED Reference: 2021/S 035-087257

Contract award notice

Contract award notice

Results of the procurement procedure

Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)

Name and addresses

The Heritage Council
N/A
Aras Na hOidreachta
Kilkenny
Church Lane
IE
Contact person: Mike McGrath
Telephone: +353 868984422
E-mail: mike@avro.ie
Internet address(es):
Main address: http://www.heritagecouncil.ie
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/276

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

Appointment of an Operator for the National Biodiversity Data Centre.
Reference number:  NBDC
II.1.2)

Main CPV code

72322000  -  Data management services
II.1.3)

Type of contract

Services
II.1.4)

Short description

The Heritage Council (the “Contracting Authority”) invites tenders (“Tenders”) to this request for tenders (“RFT”) from economic Operators (“Tenderers”) for the provision of the services as described in Appendix 1 to this RFT (the “Services”).
In summary, the Services comprise providing the delivery of one of the Heritage Council’s key strategic programmes, to operate a service which is known as National Biodiversity Data Centre (NBDC) from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2022 (24 months in total). Please see www.biodiversityireland.ie.
II.1.6)

Information about lots

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

Total value of the procurement

Value excluding VAT:  1000000.00  EUR
II.2)

Description

II.2.2)

Additional CPV code(s)

72300000  -  Data services
72310000  -  Data-processing services
72311100  -  Data conversion services
72312000  -  Data entry services
72312100  -  Data preparation services
72313000  -  Data capture services
72314000  -  Data collection and collation services
72316000  -  Data analysis services
72317000  -  Data storage services
90714100  -  Environmental information systems
II.2.4)

Description of the procurement

The Heritage Council (the “Contracting Authority”) invites tenders (“Tenders”) to this request for tenders (“RFT”) from economic Operators (“Tenderers”) for the provision of the services as described in Appendix 1 to this RFT (the “Services”).
In summary, the Services comprise providing the delivery of one of the Heritage Council’s key strategic programmes, to operate a service which is known as National Biodiversity Data Centre (NBDC) from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2022 (24 months in total). Please see www.biodiversityireland.ie.
II.2.5)

Award criteria

Criteria below
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Approach and Methodology  /  Weighting:  35
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Technical Merit of Staffing Solution  /  Weighting:  35
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Added Value and Innovation  /  Weighting:  5
Price  -  Weighting:  25
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 109-264970

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: 1

Title: Appointment of an Operator for the National Biodiversity Data Centre.

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

Award of contract

V.2.1)

Date of conclusion of the contract

01/01/2021
V.2.2)

Information about tenders

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

Compass Informatics Ltd
IE 263347
Block 8, Blackrock Business Park
County Dublin
Carysfort Avenue, Bl
IE
Telephone: +353 12104580
E-mail: goriain@compass.ie
Fax: +353 12789501
Internet address: http://www.compass.ie

The contractor is an SME : yes
V.2.4)

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

Total value of the contract/lot:  1000000.00  EUR

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.4)

Procedures for review

VI.4.1)

Review body

High Court
Dublin
IE