Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-06-28
Buyer: Electricity Supply Board (ESB)
Country: IE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 72000000 | 72600000
Submission deadline: 2018-07-26
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Υπηρεσίες τεχνολογίας των πληροφοριών: παροχή συμβουλών, ανάπτυξη λογισμικού, Διαδίκτυο και υποστήριξη
ESB is requesting expressions of interest from suitable vendors to provide an on-site IT Managed service for the support of its core IT trading capability which is FIS Aligne (Aligne) centric. This is a highly integrated environment that interfaces with applications supporting ESB’s ISEM and GB trading capability.
ESB is requesting expressions of interest from suitable vendors to provide an on-site IT Managed Service for ESB’s core IT trading capability which is FIS Aligne centric. This is a highly integrated environment that interfaces with applications supporting ESB’s ISEM and GB trading capability. The successful vendor will be required to deliver projects, upgrades and provide expertise to assist ESB in delivery of new business requirements whilst ensuring the day to day operations and interactions with other elements of the Trading environment continue to operate as expected. This particular service is currently provided as an-onsite external Managed service contract and is now being retendered.
Applicants will be assessed on the quality of their responses to the criteria and rules outlined in the Pre-qualification Questionnaire and at least the top scoring 3 firms will be invited to tender, subject to that number qualifying.
ESB retains the option of extending the Contract by 2 terms of up to 2 years per term by mutual consent. Therefore the total contract period will be up to 7 years.
As stated in Procurement Pre-qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 135904
As stated in Procurement Pre- Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 135904
1) It is our intention to use the Irish Government procurement portal (www.etenders.gov.ie) for this competition. Access to this Portal is free of charge. Interested parties must formally register their expression of interest for this competition on eTenders before they can gain access to the PQQ documentation. All information relating to and including the pre-qualification documents, any clarifications and changes will be issued/published via this portal. The Contracting entity will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties;
3) The Contracting entity will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers;
6) If for any reason it is not possible to admit to the contract one or more of the tenderers invited following the conclusion of this competitive process, or having awarded a contract under the conrtract, the Contracting entity reserves the right to invite the next highest scoring tenderer to join the Contract and/or deliver the Contract as appropriate to the circumstances pertaining to the said contract;
7) At its absolute discretion, the Contracting entity may elect to terminate this procurement process, the Contract at any time;
8) 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 Pre-qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 135904