CfT to establish a Multi Supplier Framework Agreement for the delivery of the Department of Social Protection Technical Platform Development

The provision of external Information and Communications Technology ICT support to work with in-house and multi-vendor teams on a range of business applications and technical architectures in a secure and data sensitive environment. The work will cover but not limited to Design and development of new systems and solutions Support, maintenance and enhancement of existing applications Computer language and tool support Business intelligence/analytics Architecture and ongoing standards implementation. Up to the top five highest ranking Tenderers for the Framework shall be awarded a place on the Framework and entry to any future mini-competitions as hereinafter defined Mini-Competition initiated by way of a Supplementary Call for Tender sCfT. The first contract to be awarded pursuant to this competition is to deliver consultancy support for Household Benefits as more particularly described in Appendix 1 Part 2 the Initial Contract. Up to the top five highest ranking Tenderers for the Framework will proceed to be scored for the Initial Contract for HHB. The highest-ranking Tender at this stage may be awarded the Initial Contract for HHB. The Department reserve the right to not award an initial contract for HHB on foot of this Competition. Tenderers should note that is there is no guarantee that the initial contract for HHB will proceed. Tenderers should note that Projects and ICT supports procured under the Framework will need to interact with and potentially make changes to the Department’s Microsoft SharePoint platform, Oracle, General Register Office platform the Department’s Power Platform and on versions of the Department’s Business Object Model implementation BOMi platform. This is an non-exhaustive list. Please refer to Appendix 1 – Part 3 for more detail on the background to BOMi and systems used in DSP.