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CfT: Request for Tenders for the provision of the hosting, maintenance, management, development and 24/7/365 support of Met Éireann's Weather Warning Solution.

Name of Contracting Authority:
Met Eireann
Title:
Request for Tenders for the provision of the hosting, maintenance, management, development and 24/7/365 support of Met Éireann's Weather Warning Solution.
CfT CA Unique ID:
Evaluation Mechanism:
Most Economically Advantageous Tender (MEAT)
Description:
Met Éireann is looking to procure a weather warning solution which will allow operational forecast staff to create, update and issue weather and marine warnings, publish them on the Met Éireann digital channels with corresponding communication through SMS, email and push notifications. Warnings are currently issued at a county level in line with emergency response co-ordination. The weather warning solution will be provided by system and services, which must combine to ensure that the system is both operational and functional 24/7/365. The system will comprise of an application and supporting infrastructure which must have high availability, georesilience and disaster recovery/backup capability. The application will consist of an editor, where warnings can be created, managed and accessed, plus a core component which will send warning notifications on the appropriate channels once issued, and will have APIs which are used to display and manage the warnings through Met Éireann’s Digital System. The hosting infrastructure for the warning application core should have the ability to flex to deal with rapid increases in demand on the APIs. The services will comprise of technical support of the system and its integration with Met Éireann’s Digital System. The successful Tenderer will need to: 1. Set up suitable hosting infrastructure. 2. Deploy a new Weather Warning System 3. Integrate the new Weather Warning System with Met Éireann’s Digital System and switchover, allowing the existing Weather Warning System to move to operational EOL 4. Manage and support the Weather Warning Solution as it develops over the Contract term.
Procurement Type:
Services
CPC Category:
Computer and related services
Directive:
2014/24/EU (Classic)
Procedure:
Open
CfT Involves:
A Public Contract
CPV Codes:
72000000-IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
72200000-Software programming and consultancy services
72210000-Programming services of packaged software products
72230000-Custom software development services
72260000-Software-related services
Contact Point:
Graeme Morrison
Award per Item:
No
Inclusion of e-Auctions :
No
NUTS codes:
IE
Estimated value (EUR):
650,000
Awarded (CAN) value:
598,574
Above or Below threshold:
Above
Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
13/09/2024 17:00
Deadline for dispatching invitations:
End of clarification period:
30/08/2024 17:00
Upload of documents within the clarifications:
Yes
Tenders Opening Date:
13/09/2024 17:30
Allow suppliers to make an online Expression Of Interest:
Yes
Contract awarded in Lots:
No
Contract duration in months or years, including any options and renewals:
2 years
Validity of Tender in days or months:
180 days
EU funding:
No
Multiple tenders will be accepted:
No
Date of Publication/Invitation:
03/07/2024 07:51
TED links for published notices:
https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:395192-202...
https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:440641-202...
https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:463817-202...
https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:40406-2025...
Date of Awarding:
20/01/2025 11:22
Language of publication:
EN
Number of openers:
Two