Request for Tenders for the provision of Printing, Scanning and Cloud Data Processing Services for Census 2027

The delivery of the Census Processing Services (“CPS”) for the 2027 Census Project will comprise: a) typesetting, printing and scanning of Census 2027 paper Forms; b) integration with the CSO’s Customer Relationship Management system (“CRM”) and electronic questionnaire platform (”eQ”); c) the design, development, installation, and testing of a data …

CPV: 72310000 Data-processing services, 72314000 Data collection and collation services, 72611000 Technical computer support services, 79800000 Printing and related services, 79823000 Printing and delivery services, 79824000 Printing and distribution services, 79810000 Printing services, 79811000 Digital printing services, 30236200 Data-processing equipment, 30210000 Data-processing machines (hardware), 42965000 Information-processing equipment, 48313000 Optical-character-recognition (OCR) software package, 48217000 Transaction-processing software package, 72200000 Software programming and consultancy services, 72212313 Optical-character-recognition (OCR) software development services, 48318000 Scanner software package, 72212318 Scanner software development services, 72212328 Image-processing software development services, 48328000 Image-processing software package, 72300000 Data services, 72311200 Batch processing services, 72313000 Data capture services
Place of execution:
Request for Tenders for the provision of Printing, Scanning and Cloud Data Processing Services for Census 2027
Awarding body:
Central Statistics Office
Award number:
0

1. Buyer

1.1 Buyer

Official name : Central Statistics Office
Legal type of the buyer : Central government authority
Activity of the contracting authority : General public services

2. Procedure

2.1 Procedure

Title : Request for Tenders for the provision of Printing, Scanning and Cloud Data Processing Services for Census 2027
Description : The delivery of the Census Processing Services (“CPS”) for the 2027 Census Project will comprise: a) typesetting, printing and scanning of Census 2027 paper Forms; b) integration with the CSO’s Customer Relationship Management system (“CRM”) and electronic questionnaire platform (”eQ”); c) the design, development, installation, and testing of a data processing system; d) the provision of the necessary technical infrastructure (servers; scanners; network components; thin clients etc.) including their build, installation, testing and commissioning; e) the provision of training services; system maintenance; and dedicated support (including system and infrastructure) during the testing and operational phases. f) a single hyper-scale public cloud infrastructure to host the computing and IT storage services.
Procedure identifier : 70bfe9bf-adae-473d-bdfa-d61aa1a62fd6
Previous notice : dc74b01e-e03f-4636-be2f-ba3918bdebd3-01
Type of procedure : Open
The procedure is accelerated : no
Justification for the accelerated procedure :
Main features of the procedure :

2.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services
Main classification ( cpv ): 72310000 Data-processing services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 72314000 Data collection and collation services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 72611000 Technical computer support services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 79800000 Printing and related services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 79823000 Printing and delivery services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 79824000 Printing and distribution services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 79810000 Printing services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 79811000 Digital printing services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 30236200 Data-processing equipment
Additional classification ( cpv ): 30210000 Data-processing machines (hardware)
Additional classification ( cpv ): 42965000 Information-processing equipment
Additional classification ( cpv ): 48313000 Optical-character-recognition (OCR) software package
Additional classification ( cpv ): 48217000 Transaction-processing software package
Additional classification ( cpv ): 72200000 Software programming and consultancy services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 72212313 Optical-character-recognition (OCR) software development services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 48318000 Scanner software package
Additional classification ( cpv ): 72212318 Scanner software development services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 72212328 Image-processing software development services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 48328000 Image-processing software package
Additional classification ( cpv ): 72300000 Data services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 72311200 Batch processing services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 72313000 Data capture services

2.1.2 Place of performance

Country subdivision (NUTS) : Dublin ( IE061 )
Country : Ireland

2.1.3 Value

Estimated value excluding VAT : 8 000 000 Euro

2.1.4 General information

Legal basis :
Directive 2014/24/EU

5. Lot

5.1 Lot technical ID : LOT-0001

Title : Request for Tenders for the provision of Printing, Scanning and Cloud Data Processing Services for Census 2027
Description : The delivery of the Census Processing Services (“CPS”) for the 2027 Census Project will comprise: a) typesetting, printing and scanning of Census 2027 paper Forms; b) integration with the CSO’s Customer Relationship Management system (“CRM”) and electronic questionnaire platform (”eQ”); c) the design, development, installation, and testing of a data processing system; d) the provision of the necessary technical infrastructure (servers; scanners; network components; thin clients etc.) including their build, installation, testing and commissioning; e) the provision of training services; system maintenance; and dedicated support (including system and infrastructure) during the testing and operational phases. f) a single hyper-scale public cloud infrastructure to host the computing and IT storage services.
Internal identifier : 0

5.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services
Main classification ( cpv ): 72310000 Data-processing services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 72314000 Data collection and collation services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 72611000 Technical computer support services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 79800000 Printing and related services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 79823000 Printing and delivery services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 79824000 Printing and distribution services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 79810000 Printing services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 79811000 Digital printing services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 30236200 Data-processing equipment
Additional classification ( cpv ): 30210000 Data-processing machines (hardware)
Additional classification ( cpv ): 42965000 Information-processing equipment
Additional classification ( cpv ): 48313000 Optical-character-recognition (OCR) software package
Additional classification ( cpv ): 48217000 Transaction-processing software package
Additional classification ( cpv ): 72200000 Software programming and consultancy services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 72212313 Optical-character-recognition (OCR) software development services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 48318000 Scanner software package
Additional classification ( cpv ): 72212318 Scanner software development services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 72212328 Image-processing software development services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 48328000 Image-processing software package
Additional classification ( cpv ): 72300000 Data services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 72311200 Batch processing services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 72313000 Data capture services

5.1.2 Place of performance

Country subdivision (NUTS) : Dublin ( IE061 )
Country : Ireland
Additional information :

5.1.5 Value

Estimated value excluding VAT : 8 000 000 Euro

5.1.6 General information

Procurement Project not financed with EU Funds.
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) : yes

5.1.7 Strategic procurement

5.1.10 Award criteria

Criterion :
Type : Quality
Name :
Description : MEAT
Weight (percentage, exact) : 75
Criterion :
Type : Price
Name :
Description : MEAT
Weight (percentage, exact) : 25
Description of the method to be used if weighting cannot be expressed by criteria :
Justification for not indicating the weighting of the award criteria :

5.1.12 Terms of procurement

Information about review deadlines : NA

5.1.15 Techniques

Framework agreement :
No framework agreement
Information about the dynamic purchasing system :
No dynamic purchase system

5.1.16 Further information, mediation and review

Review organisation : The High Court of Ireland
Organisation providing offline access to the procurement documents : Central Statistics Office
TED eSender : European Dynamics S.A.

6. Results

Value of all contracts awarded in this notice : 11 019 427,1 Euro

6.1 Result lot ldentifier : LOT-0001

At least one winner was chosen.

6.1.2 Information about winners

Winner :
Official name : CACI
Tender :
Tender identifier : 000070957
Identifier of lot or group of lots : LOT-0001
Value of the tender : 11 019 427,1 Euro
Subcontracting : Not yet known
Contract information :
Identifier of the contract : 412347
Date on which the winner was chosen : 24/09/2024
Date of the conclusion of the contract : 16/10/2024
The contract is awarded within a framework agreement : no

6.1.4 Statistical information

Received tenders or requests to participate :
Type of received submissions : Tenders
Number of tenders or requests to participate received : 1

8. Organisations

8.1 ORG-0001

Official name : Central Statistics Office
Registration number : NA
Postal address : CSO, Skehard Road, Cork
Town : Cork
Postcode : T12 X00E
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Dublin ( IE061 )
Country : Ireland
Telephone : 021 453 5000
Internet address : https://www.cso.ie
Buyer profile : https://www.cso.ie
Roles of this organisation :
Buyer
Organisation providing offline access to the procurement documents

8.1 ORG-0002

Official name : CACI
Registration number : CACI
Postal address : CACI House Kensington Village, Avonmore Road ,
Town : London
Postcode : W14 8TS
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Camden and City of London ( UKI31 )
Country : United Kingdom
Telephone : 44 2076026000
Internet address : https://www.caci.co.uk/
Roles of this organisation :
Tenderer
Winner of these lots : LOT-0001

8.1 ORG-0003

Official name : The High Court of Ireland
Registration number : The High Court of Ireland
Department : The High Court of Ireland
Postal address : Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Town : Dublin
Postcode : D07 WDX8
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Dublin ( IE061 )
Country : Ireland
Telephone : +353 1 8886000
Roles of this organisation :
Review organisation

8.1 ORG-0004

Official name : European Dynamics S.A.
Registration number : 002024901000
Department : European Dynamics S.A.
Town : Athens
Postcode : 15125
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Βόρειος Τομέας Αθηνών ( EL301 )
Country : Greece
Telephone : +30 2108094500
Roles of this organisation :
TED eSender

11. Notice information

11.1 Notice information

Notice identifier/version : 9ac2e190-f6d8-41a4-a831-99e9992247e7 - 01
Form type : Result
Notice type : Contract or concession award notice – standard regime
Notice dispatch date : 21/01/2025 16:16 +00:00
Languages in which this notice is officially available : English

11.2 Publication information

Notice publication number : 00049705-2025
OJ S issue number : 16/2025
Publication date : 23/01/2025