Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2021-03-22
Buyer: Ministry of Development and Investments/General Secretariat of Commerce and Consumer Protection/Directorate General of Public Procurement
Country: GR
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 48490000 | 72227000: Software integration consultancy services | 72268000: Software supply services | 72416000: Application service providers

Technical requirements: The overall objective of the project is to create a fully functional post award e-procurement cloud solution focusing on e-catalogues (procure to pay), based on the Software as a Service (SaaS) principle with the capability for adjusting or customizing the solution according to special requirements. This platform will be used by most Greek public contracting authorities as well as economic operators.
The physical storage of transaction and master data must be based only within the EU to mitigate any risk of data protection issues.
The productive application itself must have a high level of usability for the end users. The interface and end user support must be available in Greek language. Also, a high rate of self-service functionality for end users and EOs should be available.
This RFI (Request of Information) is a preliminary market consultation before the launch of a formal tender, according to Article 40 of the EU procurement directive (2014/24/EU).
Awarding procedures of public contracts must comply with the European and national procurement law. The main principals of these norms are equal treatment, non-discrimination, and transparency.
This RFI (Request for Information) should deliver feedback of the market about the conditions and opportunities on how an e-catalogue purchase cloud solution for the Greek administration and other public entities can be established.
This RFI includes structured information about requested technology, functions and services. Participants of the RFI should compare these requests with capabilities of their available solution and services. We expect responses from the market participants (Economic Operators (EOs)) regarding the level of maturity of available solutions compared to our requirements. Your feedback should support us to establish tender documents with high probability of a successful implementation and operation of an E-shop.gov.gr in terms of time, quality and budget.
Before a contracting authority launches a tender, it must have a calculation about the futures spends. The law requests the purchase body to define an estimated value.
Receiving indications from the market about prices and conditions is the second driver for this RFI. If you are willing to take part on this, we request from you an indicative, non binding price and condition information.
This announcement is a pre-market consultation, according to the Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on public procurement and art. 46 and 47 of the Greek Public Procurement law (L. 4412/2016). Economic operators who wish to participate should take into consideration any potential conflicts with their legal framework that do not comply with the EU law.