Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2021-08-27
Buyer: National University of Ireland, Galway (NUI Galway)
Country: IE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 22120000 | 30199790 | 48000000 | 48190000 | 48330000
Estimated value: 200000 EUR
Submission deadline: 2021-09-23
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Tender for the Provision and Support of an Academic Year Scheduling, Timetabling and Space Booking Solution
NUI Galway is embarking on this tender process to identify from the market an Academic Year Scheduling, Timetabling and Space Booking Solution to meet current and future business needs ensuring we maximise the benefits of technological advances. The new solution delivered will need to be future proofed to support all changes and innovation in the students experience at NUI Galway.
Please consult the associated documentation, which contains full instructions regarding the submission of tenders and is available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 197142.
As stated in procurement documents available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 197142.
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;
2)	Suppliers must register their interest on the eTenders web site (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications and to respond electronically to the competition. There is a maximum upload limit of 2GB per document on etenders. Documents larger than this should be divided into smaller files prior to upload or zipped.
3)	Should you experience difficulty when uploading documents please contact the eTenders Support Desk for technical assistance. Email etenders@eu-supply.com or Telephone: 353 (0) 21 243 92 77 (09:00am – 17:30pm GMT)
4)	All queries regarding this tender requirement or process must be submitted through the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal www.etenders.gov.ie (RFT ID:145645) as a specific question. Responses will be circulated to those tenderers that have registered an interest in this notice on www.etenders.gov.ie The details of the person making a query will not be disclosed when circulating the response
6)	The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers.
9)	At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process, the framework agreement or any contract awarded under the framework agreement at any time.
10)	Please note in relation to all documents, that where reference is made to a particular standard, make, source, process, trademark, type or patent, that this is not to be regarded as a de facto requirement. In all such cases it should be understood that such indications are to be treated strictly and solely for reference purposes only, to which the words "or equivalent" will always be appended.

Eligibility requirements: As stated in procurement documents available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 197142.

Award value: 200000