Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2021-01-11
Buyer: Reykjavik Procurement Office
Country: IS
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Contract award without prior publication
CPV classification: 71621000 | 72130000 | 72150000 | 72246000 | 72266000: Software consultancy services
Estimated value: 185300 EUR
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The IT department of City of Reykjavík will enter into a contract with Gartner Ireland Ltd for access to supplier-independent research, analysis and consultancy services within ICT and the supplier market. The service is based on peer level advisors and partnerships. The service will include Gartners‘ IT market clock, hyper cycle and magic quadrant.
The IT Department of the City of Reykjavík, intends to enter into agreement with Gartner Ireland Ltd for the supply of services within research and consultant services.
— proven analytical models for ranking and positioning of suppliers in various markets and technology areas; and
— proven and well defined methods based on best practice for classic challenges within IT and the organisation of IT:
The service provider shall be able to provide membership-based contracts with a fixed price for the various services and with well defined deliverables such as:
— free access to analyses, methodologies, templates and tools included in the various Programs and available on the Internet through dedicated portals;
— provide analyses both at the strategic level, including reference architectures, as well as specific, tactical advice on implementation.
— easy to configure the portal for a person´s own needs (e.g. My Suppliers, My Library, My Analysists, My Key Initiatives);
— coaching of both strategic and tactical nature according to a fixed patterns and the need for IT senior management and selected IT management roles;
— at least two network meetings annually with other IT managers from the public sector, both in Iceland, Scandinavia and internationally in general;
— consultancy services to end-user organisations (‘users of technology’ — not suppliers) based on interviews, analysis and daily contact with other, equivalent organisations, amongst other things, to prepare best practice within different areas in application of technology in the organisations;
— monitoring of the participants (the suppliers) in different technology markets, for example when ranking suppliers within a given market, assessing of the supplier's own development based on approved methodologies;
— monitoring technology trends for use, analyses of the impact technology can have in various parts of society, analyses of the various phases a technology undergoes from conception to commercial availability in the market and in daily use in organisations;
— monitoring the market with market analyses that includes statistics on market shares, forecasts and market trends. The analyses should be both qualitative and quantitative in nature;
— the service provider shall provide consultancy services in close conjunction with and based on access to the same research and analysis material offered through the subscription services.


Winner: Gartner Ireland Ltd
Award value: 185300