Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-10-20
Buyer: Met Éireann, a line division of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (DHLGH)
Country: IE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 48222000 | 48460000 | 48462000 | 71351600 | 72000000
Estimated value: 580000 EUR
Submission deadline: 2020-11-16
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Υπηρεσίες τεχνολογίας των πληροφοριών: παροχή συμβουλών, ανάπτυξη λογισμικού, Διαδίκτυο και υποστήριξη
Met Éireann intend to engage in a competitive process for the establishment of a framework agreement for the development, installation, support, and hosting of a FEWS Integrator for the Flood Forecasting Centre. The framework agreement will be established on foot of this tender competition/a competition for an initial contract for the development of a Delft-FEWS platform in an operational setting, integrating data management and forecasting tasks for several larger catchments (hereafter referred to as Hydrometric Areas) into a National Scale Flood Forecasting system. The working platform must facilitate flood forecasting at both a National and Catchment level. The tender will be required to integrate 3rd party hydrological model software into the Delft-FEWS platform. The platform will be cloud based and be geo-resilient. The initial contract will be awarded to the successful tenderer shortly after the formal establishment of the framework agreement.
The max. duration of the framework agreement will be 7 years subject to satisfactory annual review of performance. The justification for a framework longer than the standard 4 years is the complex nature of the services required and the consequent disruption to the day-to-day operations of the contracting authority in acquiring and implementing any new functionality envisaged under the framework.
The initial contract will be awarded to the successful tenderer shortly after the formal establishment of the framework agreement. The initial contract will be awarded to the successful tenderer for 3 years with the option of awarding extensions of one, two or 3 years’ extensions during the life of the framework.
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 178057
As stated in procurement documents available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 178057.
The justification for a framework longer than the standard 4 years, is the complex nature of the services required and the consequent disruption to the day-to-day operations of the Contracting Authority in acquiring and implementing any new functionality envisaged under the framework
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 (9 a.m. – 17.30 p.m. 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:178057) 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 178057.

Award value: 580000