Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice (VEAT) for Direct Award of Contract to Brightly Software Ltd. for the provision of ongoing software and service support of the Dublin City Council Confirm Enterprise Transportation Asset Management System (TAMS)

Dublin City Council gives notice to invoke Article 32.2 (b) for a derogation from tendering where the works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator. Dublin City Council intend to award a contract to Brightly Software Ltd. The contract involves the provision of support services …

CPV: 72000000 IT-Dienste: Beratung, Software-Entwicklung, Internet und Hilfestellung, 72212222 Entwicklung von Webserversoftware, 72212000 Programmierung von Anwendersoftware, 72263000 Software-Implementierung, 72212610 Entwicklung von Datenbanksoftware, 72260000 Dienstleistungen in Verbindung mit Software, 72261000 Software-Unterstützung, 72262000 Software-Entwicklung, 72265000 Software-Konfiguration, 72266000 Software-Beratung, 72267000 Software-Wartung und -Reparatur
Ausführungsort:
Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice (VEAT) for Direct Award of Contract to Brightly Software Ltd. for the provision of ongoing software and service support of the Dublin City Council Confirm Enterprise Transportation Asset Management System (TAMS)
Vergabestelle:
Dublin City Council
Vergabenummer:
1

1. Buyer

1.1 Buyer

Official name : Dublin City Council
Legal type of the buyer : Local authority
Activity of the contracting authority : General public services

2. Procedure

2.1 Procedure

Title : Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice (VEAT) for Direct Award of Contract to Brightly Software Ltd. for the provision of ongoing software and service support of the Dublin City Council Confirm Enterprise Transportation Asset Management System (TAMS)
Description : Dublin City Council gives notice to invoke Article 32.2 (b) for a derogation from tendering where the works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator. Dublin City Council intend to award a contract to Brightly Software Ltd. The contract involves the provision of support services relating to Software and Service Support for the Dublin City Council Confirm Enterprise Transportation Asset Management System (TAMS). The Confirm Software is a proprietary system which Brightly Software Ltd own and hold the Intellectual Property Rights for. The provision of an enterprise asset management system for Dublin City Council was subject of a tender process in 2014 and the Confirm system was implemented by the successful tenderer at that time. For details of the services to be covered by this support contract please see section 5.1. Dublin City Council intends to award the contract to cover the software licence period 2025 with the option to extend by 12 months to end of 2026 at a value of €615,000.
Procedure identifier : 49edaab8-25af-4c5b-a6b2-d8d751d624ab
Type of procedure : Negotiated without prior call for competition

2.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services
Main classification ( cpv ): 72000000 IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Additional classification ( cpv ): 72212222 Web server software development services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 72212000 Programming services of application software
Additional classification ( cpv ): 72263000 Software implementation services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 72212610 Database software development services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 72260000 Software-related services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 72261000 Software support services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 72262000 Software development services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 72263000 Software implementation services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 72265000 Software configuration services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 72266000 Software consultancy services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 72267000 Software maintenance and repair services

2.1.2 Place of performance

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

2.1.4 General information

Legal basis :
Directive 2014/24/EU

5. Lot

5.1 Lot technical ID : LOT-0001

Title : Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice (VEAT) for Direct Award of Contract to Brightly Software Ltd. for the provision of ongoing software and service support of the Dublin City Council Confirm Enterprise Transportation Asset Management System (TAMS)
Description : The following Software and Support Services shall be provided by Brightly Software Ltd. for the Dublin City Council Confirm Enterprise Confirm Transportation Asset Management System (TAMS): 1) Access to the latest Confirm application version and releases; 2) Remote diagnosis of Incidents; 3) The provision of workarounds to Bugs and Errors; 4) The provision of fixes for Bugs and Errors; 5) The provision of Functional Releases and Maintenance Releases; 6) Support for Confirm Host, Confirm Web and ConfirmConnect. 7) Support for developed components – customisations, reports and integration points insofar as those components were developed by Brightly Software Ltd. as part of the implementation of The Confirm TAMS System and/or as a result of development under previous support contracts. 8) The provision of monthly service reports 9) Confirm Upgrades shall be undertaken periodically and at not greater than two yearly intervals. The upgrade may require input from other third parties supporting DCC IS Department with other IS applications and infrastructure and Brightly Software Ltd. shall co-operate and work with these third parties as required to facilitate the successful upgrade of the Confirm System. Support shall extend to cover dealing with and resolving any issues that may be identified as a result of testing of the application following upgrade to the latest version of Confirm. 10) The provision of other support services as may be required from time to time to support DCC with development projects relating to the expansion of The Confirm TAMS System within the Departments and Sections of DCC, integrations with other DCC information systems and also to support improvements and changes to existing functionality within existing modules and user groups and also a range of other IS supported related services, where expertise is available, to support the Confirm application and infrastructure.
Internal identifier : 1

5.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services
Main classification ( cpv ): 72000000 IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

5.1.2 Place of performance

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

5.1.6 General information

Procurement Project not financed with EU Funds.
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) : yes
Additional information : The date of conclusion of the contract is expected to take place no sooner than 3rd October 2025. Name and address of the contractor: Brightly Software Ltd. Unit 1 - 3 First Floor Fitted Rigging House, Main Gate Road, The Historic Dockyard, CHATHAM, ME4 4TZ UK

5.1.7 Strategic procurement

Aim of strategic procurement : No strategic procurement

5.1.16 Further information, mediation and review

Review organisation : The High Court of Ireland
Organisation providing more information on the review procedures : The High Court of Ireland

6. Results

Value of all contracts awarded in this notice : 615 000 Euro
Direct award :
Justification for direct award : The contract can be provided only by a particular economic operator because of an absence of competition for technical reasons
Other justification : Dublin City Council proposes to invoke Article 32.2(b) of Directive 2014/24/EU which states that the negotiated procedure without prior publication may be used where the works, supplies or services can only be supplied by a particular economic operator for the following reasons (ii) competition is absent for technical reasons, and (iii) the protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights. Dublin City Council intends to directly award a contract to Brightly Software Ltd. for ongoing software and service support of the Dublin City Council Confirm Enterprise Transportation Asset Management System to cover the software licence period 2025, with the option for Dublin City Council to extend by 12 months to end of 2026, until such time as a review of the longer-term support needs for the system can be considered. As Brightly Software Ltd. have developed the application and own the Intellectual Property rights, they are the only company that have the technical knowledge and skills to provide software and service support for the Dublin City Council Confirm Enterprise Transportation Asset Management System. Failure to award such contract would put the continued use of the Confirm software at risk resulting in the management of Dublin City Council’s Transportation Assets in the Environment and Transportation Department being affected and key services being unable to operate.
Direct award :
Justification for direct award : The contract can be provided only by a particular economic operator because of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights
Other justification : Dublin City Council proposes to invoke Article 32.2(b) of Directive 2014/24/EU which states that the negotiated procedure without prior publication may be used where the works, supplies or services can only be supplied by a particular economic operator for the following reasons (ii) competition is absent for technical reasons, and (iii) the protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights. Dublin City Council intends to directly award a contract to Brightly Software Ltd. for ongoing software and service support of the Dublin City Council Confirm Enterprise Transportation Asset Management System to cover the software licence period 2025, with the option for Dublin City Council to extend by 12 months to end of 2026, until such time as a review of the longer-term support needs for the system can be considered. As Brightly Software Ltd. have developed the application and own the Intellectual Property rights, they are the only company that have the technical knowledge and skills to provide software and service support for the Dublin City Council Confirm Enterprise Transportation Asset Management System. Failure to award such contract would put the continued use of the Confirm software at risk resulting in the management of Dublin City Council’s Transportation Assets in the Environment and Transportation Department being affected and key services being unable to operate.

6.1 Result lot ldentifier : LOT-0001

6.1.2 Information about winners

8. Organisations

8.1 ORG-0001

Official name : Dublin City Council
Postal address : Civic Offices, Wood Quay
Town : Dublin
Postcode : D08 RF3F
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Dublin ( IE061 )
Country : Ireland
Telephone : 01 2222222
Internet address : https://www.dublincity.ie
Roles of this organisation :
Buyer

8.1 ORG-0002

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
Organisation providing more information on the review procedures

8.1 ORG-0003

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

Notice information

Notice identifier/version : dc68aa5d-15b7-43c2-8c57-74cc0222df82 - 01
Form type : Direct award preannouncement
Notice type : Voluntary ex-ante transparency notice
Notice dispatch date : 02/09/2025 14:53 +01:00
Languages in which this notice is officially available : English
Notice publication number : 00577058-2025
OJ S issue number : 169/2025
Publication date : 04/09/2025