Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2023-02-01
Buyer: Fáilte Ireland-National Tourism Development Authority
Country: IE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 72212440
Estimated value: 3000000 EUR
Submission deadline: 2023-03-09
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: 1.	A modern Enterprise Resource Planning cloud-based SaaS Finance solution or solutions which has a Partner network of accredited Vendors that support and maintain their solution or solutions, that will replace the existing on-premise finance system wit a cloud based finance system enabling process improvements and greater efficiencies.
The existing Finance system in Fáilte Ireland is used to perform overall financial management, including supporting production of the monthly management accounts, financial and operational reporting, annual budget process, all accounts payable and receivable functionality, and the annual financial statements. Fáilte Ireland has currently circa 40 day-to-day finance/ administration users, plus circa 380 additional users throughout the organisation who utilise the application primarily to raise requisitions, carry out approvals; claim expenses, update Procurement card information, monitor budgets and reporting.
1.	A modern Enterprise Resource Planning cloud-based SaaS Finance solution or solutions which has a Partner network of accredited Vendors that support and maintain their solution or solutions, that will replace the existing on-premise finance system wit a cloud based finance system enabling process improvements and greater efficiencies.
1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications. All information relating to attachments, including clarifications and changes, will be published on the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal (www.etenders.gov.ie) only. Registration is free of charge. The contracting authority will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties
3) The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates, participants or tenderers.
5) If for any reason it is not possible to conclude the contract with the designated successful tenderer emerging from this competitive process; or if having concluded contract  the contracting authority considers that the successful tenderer has not met, or cannot meet its obligations; the contracting authority reserves the right to contract with the next highest scoring tenderer on the basis of the same terms at any time during the tender validity period. This shall be without prejudice to the right of the contracting authority to cancel this competitive process and/or initiate a new contract award procedure at its sole discretion.
6) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process, at any time.
7) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of tender responses with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, tenderers are advised to ensure that they return FULLY COMPLETED tenders in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition at the evaluation stage.
The contracting authority will not conclude this contract to which a standstill period applies in accordance with Irish Statutory Instrument SI 130 of 2010, until after the expiry of the standstill period which commences on the day following the date of notification of concerned candidates and tenderers. The duration of the standstill period will be 14 calendar days where notifications are sent electronically or by fax and 16 calendar days where these are sent by any other means. The Statutory Instrument mentioned above provides that review procedures are available in the High Court to a person who has or has had an interest in obtaining the contract and alleges that he or she has been harmed or is at risk of being harmed by an infringement of the law in relation to that contract.

Eligibility requirements: As stated in the ITT documentation available for downloading from www.etenders.gov.ie

Award value: 3000000