Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2022-08-22
Buyer: Dublin City Council
Country: IE
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 48460000 | 48461000 | 48482000
Estimated value: 500000 EUR
Submission deadline: 2022-09-28
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Dublin City Council seeks to establish a Single Party Framework for a maximum term of four (4) years. An initial contract will be awarded for a period of three (3) years from the awarding date with an option to extend for a further 3 periods of 12 months at the sole discretion of Dublin City Council under the same terms and conditions, based on annual reviews of operations.
The Tableau Server Management Add-ons and other online services have not been utilized to date but may be added later as indeed may other products and services as the product set develops.
Tenders are invited from suitably qualified parties for the supply of Tableau Licenses which include the following categories (but does not exclude purchase of other products and services in respect of Tableau both cloud and on premise now or during the term of this agreement) :
The scope of this tender includes all published upgrades, security bulletins and enhancements for the entire period of the tender.  These must be made available in a timely fashion.  During the course of this Framework Agreement Dublin City Council may award additional contracts in respect of additional products or services.
It is a requirement that the proposed system must be fully functional in Microsoft Windows desktop and Microsoft Server environments.
Further notices will be published at the expiration of the framework contract(s).  Ranges from 2025 to 2028
1.	Dublin City Council is subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act (FOI) 2014. If you consider that any of the information supplied by you is either commercially sensitive or confidential in nature, this should be highlighted and the reasons for the sensitivity specified. In such cases, the relevant material, will in response to the FOI request; be examined in the light of the exemptions provided for in the Acts.
2.	It will be a condition for the award of any contract by Dublin City Council that the successful Tenderer and all sub-contractors (if applicable) produce a valid Tax Clearance Certificate from the Revenue Commissioners in compliance with Circular (43) 2006 (or as amended) and that the certificate will be maintained for the duration of the contract and will be on a 12 month basis. In the case of a non-resident Tenderer, a statement of suitability from the Revenue Commissioners will be required.
3.	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.
4.	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.
5.	Please note also that 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. Dublin City Council will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties.
6.	Emailed/faxed/late tenders will not be accepted. Tenders may be submitted in English or in the Irish language.
7.	All queries regarding this tender must be submitted through the etenders messaging facility, RFT ID 220717. Queries must be in question format. Responses will be circulated to those candidates/tenderers that have registered an interest in this notice on the Irish Government procurement opportunities portal www.etenders.gov.ie. The details of the party making the query will not be disclosed when circulating the response. All queries must be submitted by 14th September 2022 at 12.00 noon to enable issue of responses to all interested parties.
8.	Please note that where documents are made available in both PDF and Word format, in the event that there is any discrepancy between the documents, the PDF version will take precedence.

Eligibility requirements: Must comply with Article 57.

Award value: 500000