CfT for the provision of Services to host, support and develop NCCA’s curriculumonline.ie website

The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) advises the Minister for Education on curriculum and assessment for early childhood education and for primary and post-primary schools. Full details of the organisation and its remit can be found on www.ncca.ie. As part of this remit, NCCA also manages and maintains …

CPV: 72222300 Informācijas tehnoloģijas pakalpojumi, 72253200 Sistēmu atbalsta pakalpojumi, 72413000 Globālā tīmekļa www lapu projektēšanas pakalpojumi, 72415000 Globālā tīmekļa www lapu mitināšanas pakalpojumi, 72212222 Tīmekļa servera programmatūras izstrādes pakalpojumi
Izpildes vieta:
CfT for the provision of Services to host, support and develop NCCA’s curriculumonline.ie website
Piešķīrēja iestāde:
National Council for Curriculum and Assessment
Piešķīruma numurs:
0

1. Buyer

1.1 Buyer

Official name : National Council for Curriculum and Assessment
Legal type of the buyer : Body governed by public law, controlled by a central government authority
Activity of the contracting authority : Education

2. Procedure

2.1 Procedure

Title : CfT for the provision of Services to host, support and develop NCCA’s curriculumonline.ie website
Description : The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) advises the Minister for Education on curriculum and assessment for early childhood education and for primary and post-primary schools. Full details of the organisation and its remit can be found on www.ncca.ie. As part of this remit, NCCA also manages and maintains www.curriculumonline.ie , the statutory website which houses all documentation around the curriculum for children aged 0-18 in Ireland. The breakdown of these curriculum areas includes: • Early Years education: the Aistear curriculum. This is currently being updated and work is expected to be required for this. • Primary education: The new draft Primary Curriculum Framework and a mixture of old and new curriculum areas and subject specifications and information. This is currently under development. • Junior Cycle education: The Junior Cycle Framework, 2015 and all new subject and short course specification as well as Level 1 and Level 2 curriculums. This sector is now undergoing a review stage and is also updated in each subject each year with additional material (mainly examples of student work). • Senior Cycle education: Consisting of four programmes, namely, Transition Year (TY), Leaving Certificate Established (LCE), Leaving Certificate Applied (LCA) and Leaving Certificate Vocational Preparation (LCVP). All areas of the Senior Cycle sector are currently under development and all subjects will be revised and added from 2024 onwards. The remainder of this Appendix lays out the details of the tender in the following order: 1. Objectives 2. Current build information 3. Hosting 4. Service Level Agreement 5. Accessibility 6. Documentation and training 7. Translation 8. Social media 9. Establishing and maintaining a Staging Area 10. Potential developmental work 11. References and curriculum vitaes 12. Indicative Procurement Timetable Responses to points numbered 2-11 are required in submissions to this tender and should, where relevant, outline: • how the tenderer will establish each on the website • how each will be controlled/maintained through the CMS • a costing for each. Responses should only be submitted through the Pro-Forma which accompanies this Call for Tender and bidders submitting the Pro Forma should keep their answers to within the stipulated word count maximum for each section. Diagrams may be added where they support points being made.
Procedure identifier : 310b417e-659e-4759-8879-ad640ae7f834
Previous notice : d0ee03e8-a098-4e96-b4bb-39ec3b4ae98b-01
Type of procedure : Open
The procedure is accelerated : no

2.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services
Main classification ( cpv ): 72222300 Information technology services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 72253200 Systems support services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 72413000 World wide web (www) site design services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 72415000 World wide web (www) site operation host services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 72212222 Web server software development services

2.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Ireland
Anywhere in the given country

2.1.3 Value

Estimated value excluding VAT : 300 000 Euro

2.1.4 General information

Legal basis :
Directive 2014/24/EU

5. Lot

5.1 Lot technical ID : LOT-0001

Title : CfT for the provision of Services to host, support and develop NCCA’s curriculumonline.ie website
Description : The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) advises the Minister for Education on curriculum and assessment for early childhood education and for primary and post-primary schools. Full details of the organisation and its remit can be found on www.ncca.ie. As part of this remit, NCCA also manages and maintains www.curriculumonline.ie , the statutory website which houses all documentation around the curriculum for children aged 0-18 in Ireland. The breakdown of these curriculum areas includes: • Early Years education: the Aistear curriculum. This is currently being updated and work is expected to be required for this. • Primary education: The new draft Primary Curriculum Framework and a mixture of old and new curriculum areas and subject specifications and information. This is currently under development. • Junior Cycle education: The Junior Cycle Framework, 2015 and all new subject and short course specification as well as Level 1 and Level 2 curriculums. This sector is now undergoing a review stage and is also updated in each subject each year with additional material (mainly examples of student work). • Senior Cycle education: Consisting of four programmes, namely, Transition Year (TY), Leaving Certificate Established (LCE), Leaving Certificate Applied (LCA) and Leaving Certificate Vocational Preparation (LCVP). All areas of the Senior Cycle sector are currently under development and all subjects will be revised and added from 2024 onwards. The remainder of this Appendix lays out the details of the tender in the following order: 1. Objectives 2. Current build information 3. Hosting 4. Service Level Agreement 5. Accessibility 6. Documentation and training 7. Translation 8. Social media 9. Establishing and maintaining a Staging Area 10. Potential developmental work 11. References and curriculum vitaes 12. Indicative Procurement Timetable Responses to points numbered 2-11 are required in submissions to this tender and should, where relevant, outline: • how the tenderer will establish each on the website • how each will be controlled/maintained through the CMS • a costing for each. Responses should only be submitted through the Pro-Forma which accompanies this Call for Tender and bidders submitting the Pro Forma should keep their answers to within the stipulated word count maximum for each section. Diagrams may be added where they support points being made.
Internal identifier : CfT for the provision of Services to host, support and develop NCCA’s curriculumonline.ie website

5.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services
Main classification ( cpv ): 72222300 Information technology services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 72253200 Systems support services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 72413000 World wide web (www) site design services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 72415000 World wide web (www) site operation host services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 72212222 Web server software development services

5.1.2 Place of performance

Anywhere
Additional information :

5.1.5 Value

Estimated value excluding VAT : 300 000 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

Aim of strategic procurement : No strategic procurement
Approach to reducing environmental impacts : Other
Green Procurement Criteria : EU Green Public Procurement criteria
Social objective promoted : Other

5.1.10 Award criteria

Criterion :
Type : Price
Name : services to host, support and develop NCCA’s curriculumonline.ie website
Description : The quality of the proposal submitted in terms of understanding the NCCA’s requirements and how it meets the needs identified in the specification of requirements. Technical merit and quality, including migration, hosting, backup, support and security as well as maintaining current builds and add-ons Approach to supporting potential development work Capacity, including each team members’ contribution to the project, their roles, responsibilities and time commitments
Description of the method to be used if weighting cannot be expressed by criteria : 60:40

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 : HIGH COURT OF IRELAND
Information about review deadlines : 14 days
Organisation providing offline access to the procurement documents : National Council for Curriculum and Assessment
Organisation signing the contract : National Council for Curriculum and Assessment

6. Results

Value of all contracts awarded in this notice : 300 000 Euro

6.1 Result lot ldentifier : LOT-0001

At least one winner was chosen.

6.1.2 Information about winners

Winner :
Official name : i3 Digital is the trading name of Biznet IIS Ltd
Tender :
Tender identifier : 000084058
Identifier of lot or group of lots : LOT-0001
Value of the tender : 300 000 Euro
The tender was ranked : yes
Rank in the list of winners : 1
The tender is a variant : no
Subcontracting : No
Contract information :
Identifier of the contract : 417047
Date on which the winner was chosen : 02/12/2024
Date of the conclusion of the contract : 09/01/2025
Organisation signing the contract : National Council for Curriculum and Assessment

6.1.4 Statistical information

Received tenders or requests to participate :
Type of received submissions : Requests to participate
Number of tenders or requests to participate received : 5

8. Organisations

8.1 ORG-0001

Official name : National Council for Curriculum and Assessment
Registration number : ORG-001
Department : National Council for Curriculum and Assessment
Postal address : Smithfield Hall, Smithfield Dublin 2
Town : Dublin
Postcode : Dublin 2
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Dublin ( IE061 )
Country : Ireland
Contact point : National Council for Curriculum and Assessment
Telephone : 01661 7177
Internet address : https://ncca.ie/en/
Buyer profile : https://ncca.ie/en/
Roles of this organisation :
Buyer
Organisation providing offline access to the procurement documents
Organisation signing the contract

8.1 ORG-0002

Official name : i3 Digital is the trading name of Biznet IIS Ltd
Size of the economic operator : Medium
Registration number : i3 Digital
Postal address : 39 Dargan road
Town : Belfast
Postcode : BT3 9JU
Country : United Kingdom
Telephone : +4402890447800
Roles of this organisation :
Tenderer
Winner of these lots : LOT-0001

8.1 ORG-0003

Official name : 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

Notice information

Notice identifier/version : 1590a979-6fd3-460f-9c79-08d8b615dcc5 - 02
Form type : Result
Notice type : Contract or concession award notice – standard regime
Notice dispatch date : 24/10/2025 11:53 +01:00
Languages in which this notice is officially available : English
Notice publication number : 00706577-2025
OJ S issue number : 206/2025
Publication date : 27/10/2025