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| 357774-2010 IRL-Dublin: computer audit consultancy and hardware consultancy services |
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| Company |
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
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| Notice Type |
Contract
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| Tender Scope |
NA |
| Tender Value |
- -
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Closing Date |
11 January 2011 Tuesday 11:59 PM |
| Project Period |
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| Products |
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SECTION
I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1)NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S)
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food
Agriculture House, Kildare Street
Contact: Internal Audit
Attn: Tom Medlycott
Dublin 2
IRELAND
Tel. +353 16072000
E-mail: itaudit@agriculture.gov.ie
Internet address(es)
General address of the contracting authority
http://www.agriculture.gov.ie
Address of the buyer profile
http://www.etenders.gov.ie/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA02565
Further information can be obtained at: Department of Agriculture,
Fisheries & Food
Pavilion A, Grattan Business Park, Dublin Road, Portlaoise
Contact: IT Internal Audit
Attn: Declan Galvin
Laois
IRELAND
Tel. +353 578694415
E-mail: itaudit@agriculture.gov.ie
Internet: http://www.agriculture.gov.ie
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for
competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at:
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food
Pavilion A, Grattan Business Park, Dublin Road, Portlaoise
Contact: IT Internal Audit
Attn: Declan Galvin
Laois
IRELAND
Tel. +353 578694415
E-mail: itaudit@agriculture.gov.ie
Internet: http://www.agriculture.gov.ie
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: Department of
Agriculture, Fisheries & Food
Agriculture House, Kildare Street
Contact: Internal Audit
Attn: Tom Medlycott
Dublin 2
IRELAND
Tel. +353 16072000
E-mail: itaudit@agriculture.gov.ie
Internet: http://www.agriculture.gov.ie
I.2)TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their
regional or local sub-divisions
Other Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
II.1)DESCRIPTION
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority
IT audit support contract for the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and
Food, Ireland.
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance
Services
Service category: No 9
Main place of performance Ireland.
NUTS code IE
II.1.3)The notice involves
A public contract
II.1.4)Information on framework agreement
II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
Tender for IT audit support.
Note: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional
information please visit the eTenders web site at http://www.etenders.gov.ie/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=179932.
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
72150000
II.1.7)Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
Yes
II.1.8)Division into lots
No
II.1.9)Variants will be accepted
No
II.2)QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1)Total quantity or scope
Minimum 40 IT audit support days for 1 year contract which may be extended
on up to 2 further occasions, i.e. for a possible period not exceeding 3
years.
II.2.2)Options
Yes
description of these options: Minimum 40 IT audit support days for 1 year
contract which may be extended on up to 2 further occasions, i.e. for a
possible period not exceeding 3 years.
provisional timetable for recourse to these options: in months: 12 (from
the award of the contract)
Number of possible renewals 2
in the case of renewable supplies or service contracts, estimated timeframe
for subsequent contracts: in months: 12 (from the award of the contract)
II.3)DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION
Duration in months: 12 (from the award of the contract)
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1)CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required
None.
III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference
to the relevant provisions regulating them
Invoices will be required to support each payment. See Section 7.20 to 7.26
of IT audit support tender document.
III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom
the contract is to be awarded
Extract from "IT audit support request for tender".
(Ref 4.5) - If a Tenderer is a consortium or a number of parties that have
come together to submit a proposal, the Tenderer acting as prime contractor,
in addition to complying with Clause 7.35 of Section 7, shall confirm in
writing that each member of the consortium or, as the case may be, each of
the parties involved shall guarantee compliance by the tenderer of its obligations
under this RFT.
III.1.4)Other particular conditions to which the performance of the
contract is subject
No
III.2)CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION
III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements
relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are
met: (1) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or
declaration demonstrating that they are not bankrupt or the subject of an
administration order, are not being wound-up, have not granted a trust deed,
are not the subject of a petition presented for sequestration of their
estate, have not had a receiver, manager or administrator appointed and are
not otherwise apparently insolvent;
(2) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration
demonstrating that the candidate, their directors, or any other person who
has powers of representation, decision or control of the candidate has not
been convicted of conspiracy, corruption, bribery, or money laundering.
Failure to provide such a declaration will result in the candidate being
declared ineligible and they will not be selected to participate in this
procurement process;
(3) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration
demonstrating that they have not been convicted of a criminal offence
relating to the conduct of their business or profession;
(4) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration
demonstrating that they have not committed an act of grave misconduct in the
course of their business or profession;
(5) All candidates must comply with the requirements of the State in which
they are established, regarding registration on the professional or trade
register;
(6) Any candidate found to be guilty of serious misrepresentation in
providing any information required, may be declared ineligible and not
selected to continue with this procurement process;
(7) All candidates will have to demonstrate that they are licensed, or a
member of the relevant organisation, in the State where they are established,
when the law of that State prohibits the provision of the services, described
in this notice, by a person who is not so licensed or who is not a member of
the relevant organisation;
(8) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration
demonstrating that they have fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of
social security contributions under the law or of the relevant State in which
the candidate is established;
(9) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration
demonstrating that they have fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of
taxes under the law or of the relevant State in which the economic operator
is established.
III.2.2)Economic and financial capacity
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are
met: (1) All candidates will be required to provide evidence of relevant
professional risk indemnity insurance;
(2) All candidates will be required to provide a statement, covering the 3
previous financial years including the overall turnover of the candidate and
the turnover in respect of the activities which are of a similar type to the
subject matter of this notice.
III.2.3)Technical capacity
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are
met:
(1) Details of the educational and professional qualifications of their
managerial staff; and those of the person(s) who would be responsible for
providing the services or carrying out the work or works under the
contract;
(2) All candidates will be required to provide certification drawn up by an
independent body attesting the compliance of the economic operator with
quality assurance standards based on the relevant European standards;
(3) Certificates drawn up by official quality control institutes or
agencies of recognised competence attesting the conformity of products
clearly identified by references to specifications or standards;
(4) Samples, descriptions and/or photographs, the authenticity of which
must be certified if the contracting authority so requests;
(5) A statement of the principal goods sold or services provided by the
supplier or the services provider in the past 3 years, detailing the dates on
which the goods were sold or the services provided; the consideration
received; the identity of the person to whom the goods were sold or the
services were provided;
(6) A check may be carried out by the contracting authority or by a
competent official body of the State in which the candidate is established,
to verify the technical capacity of the candidate; and if relevant, on the
candidates study and research facilities and quality control measures;
(7) A statement of the candidate's technical facilities; measures for
ensuring quality; and their study and research facilities;
(8) An indication of the proportion of the contract which the services
provider intends possibly to subcontract;
(9) A statement of the technicians or technical services available to the
candidate to carry out the work under the contract; or be involved in the
production of goods or the provision of services under the contract;
particularly those responsible for quality control, whether or not they are
independent of the candidate;
(10) A statement of the tools, plant or technical equipment available to
the service provider or contractor for carrying out the contract
III.2.4)Reserved contracts
III.3)CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO SERVICES CONTRACTS
III.3.1)Execution of the service is reserved to a particular
profession
III.3.2)Legal entities should indicate the names and professional
qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service
Yes
SECTION IV: PROCEDURE
IV.1)TYPE OF PROCEDURE
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
Open
IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender
or to participate
IV.1.3)Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or
dialogue
IV.2)AWARD CRITERIA
IV.2.1)Award criteria
The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated
below
1. Quality of proposal. Weighting 30
2. Expertise and experience. Weighting 30
3. Reliability and quality of service. Weighting 30
4. Cost. Weighting 80
5. Training. Weighting 30
IV.2.2)An electronic auction will be used
No
IV.3)ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional
documents
Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents
13.12.2010
IV.3.4)Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
11.1.2011 - 12:00
IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to
selected candidates
IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn
up
English.
IV.3.7)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the
tender
Until 11.4.2011
IV.3.8)Conditions for opening tenders
Date: 11.1.2011 - 15:00
Place
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Agriculture House, Kildare
Street, Dublin 2, IRELAND.
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.1)THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT
VI.2)CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU
FUNDS
VI.3)ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
All enquiries regarding this tender should contain the text “ IT audit
support tender query” in the subject line and be emailed to:
itaudit@agriculture.gov.ie. The final date for the submission of queries
in
Relation to this tender will be the 13th of December 2010 at 17:00
hours.
(ET Ref:179932)
VI.4)PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures
Tom Medlycott
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Agriculture House, Kildare
Street
Dublin 2
IRELAND
E-mail: itaudit@agriculture.gov.ie
Internet: http://www.agriculture.gov.ie
VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: 14 days from issue
of notices to unsuccessful bidders
VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be
obtained
IT Audit Unit
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Pavilion A, Grattan Business
Park, Dublin Road Portlaoise
Laois
IRELAND
E-mail: itaudit@agriculture.gov.ie
Internet: http://www.agriculture.gov.ie
VI.5)DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE:
29.11.2010 |
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