Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-02-20
Buyer: Irish Water
Country: IE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 71900000 | 72212100: Industry specific software programming services | 72212700: Utility software programming services
Submission deadline: 2020-03-20
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The contracting entity is undertaking a competitive tender process to establish a vendor to provide a commercial off the shelf (cots) ‘Laboratory Information Management System’ (LIMS)
This competition will cover 2 separate contracts. The first contract will cover the supply, design, build, implementation, testing, data migration, and configuration, have the capability to integrate with analytical instruments and IW applications e.g. Line of Business (LOB) systems, documentation, training and licencing.
The contracting entity is undertaking a competitive tender process to establish a vendor to provide a commercial off the shelf (cots) ‘Laboratory Information Management System’ (LIMS)
This competition will cover 2 separate contracts. The first contract will cover the supply, design, build, implementation, testing, data migration, and configuration, have the capability to integrate with analytical instruments and IW applications e.g. Line of Business (LOB) systems, documentation, training and licencing.
The selected system will be capable of demonstrating compliance with the requirements of ISO 17025 and will have the ability to offer enterprise class reporting, business intelligence and reporting dashboards across all modules.
The system will manage sampling across Ireland and the processing of approximately 250 000 samples per year and 1 800 000 accredited tests per year.
You must submit through the etenders system before the deadline. The submission deadline is strict and no submissions will be possible after the date and time specified in the PQQ documents. Please note that all tenders are electronic, as such NO paper copies will be accepted or read. Please submit via the etenders system not later than 12.00 local time 20.3.2020.
Requests to participate may be submitted by single entities or by groups of service providers. A group will not be required to convert into a specific legal form in order to submit a request to participate, but may if the contracting entity considers it necessary to ensure that the contract is carried out to its satisfaction, be required to do so prior to award of the contract. The contracting entity also reserves the right to contract with each member of the group on the basis of joint and several liability, or with one member of the group as a main contractor with a number of sub-contractors or on any other basis as the contracting entity considers appropriate.
You must submit through the etenders system before the deadline. The submission deadline is strict and no submissions will be possible after the date and time specified in the PQQ documents. Please note that all tenders are electronic, as such no paper copies will be accepted or read. Please submit via the etenders system not later than 12.00 local time 20.3.2020.

Eligibility requirements: Refer to tender documents.