Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-08-18
Buyer: Residential Tenancies Board
Country: IE
Region: Dublin
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive dialogue
CPV classification: 32412110 | 32424000 | 48214000 | 50312300 | 72000000
Estimated value: 5000000 EUR
Submission deadline: 2016-09-12
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Υπηρεσίες τεχνολογίας των πληροφοριών: παροχή συμβουλών, ανάπτυξη λογισμικού, Διαδίκτυο και υποστήριξη
The Residential Tenancies Board invites expressions of interest to be considered for participation in a competitive dialogue procedure for the award of a single party framework agreement. The framework relates to providers who have access to a minimum of 2 data centres located within the European Economic Area (EEA) and which are subject to the provisions of EU law in relation to data storage and transmission and where the data centres that have been certified to ISO 27001 or similar. The services under the framework relate to hosting, managed service and migration.
The Residential Tenancies Board invites expressions of interest to be considered for participation in a competitive dialogue procedure for the award of a single party framework agreement. The framework relates to providers who have access to a minimum of 2 data centres located within the European Economic Area (EEA) and which are subject to the provisions of EU law in relation to data storage and transmission and where the data centres that have been certified to ISO 27001 or similar. The services under the framework include:
— Provision of a managed hosting service for all of RTB's current (and potentially future) suite of applications including provision and management of all licensing other than RTB specific applications software licences;
— Provision of a managed support service for the cloud hosted RTB suite of applications (including any residual on-site infrastructure footprint and desktop/laptop estate) including management of operational relationship of other third party suppliers;
— Provision of a project management service to support and deliver migration and related projects associated with the above ensuring that the projects are implemented in a timely, efficient and cost-effective manner;
— Provision of a mechanism, based on daily rates, to instigate necessary change, enhancement, improvements, etc. to the infrastructure (virtual and physical) to support the needs of the organisation into the future for the duration of the framework.
The framework will be for a maximum of 7 years, however RTB reserves the right to cancel the framework at any time. It should be noted that contracts awarded under the framework may extend beyond the life of the framework.
It is anticipated that a maximum of 5 firms will be invited to the dialogue stage subject to that number meeting the qualification criteria and rules contained in the questionnaire available to download from: www.etenders.gov.ie only.
Please refer to the questionnaire available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 108252 only.
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 or tenderers;

Eligibility requirements: Please refer to the questionnaire available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 108252 only.

Award value: 5000000