CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address

1.2

Address from which documentation may be obtained

1.3

Completed documents must be returned to:

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

Design, Development and Commissioning of a Community Engagement Platform.

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

To provide an on-line community of practice for research practitioners across Europe.

The platform should have functionality to enable community development, activity and monitoring providing opportunities for information sharing, group discussion, profile searching, event management and similar community practices.

The overriding requirement for the platform from an architectural and functional perspective is that it:

Should be easy to navigate and intuitive to use. Users should find the information they require quickly and efficiently.

The platform should allow for future update and development especially against changing operational requirements and new technical environments.

The solution must be able to support clean and flexible multi-user usage through a web-based client across multiple PC’s and browsers, working with Windows 7, Windows 8 and Apple OS-X.

Software upgrades must be timely with prior notice and schedule provided, well supported and easily applied with minimum downtime (maximum 1 day) with demonstrated development procedures, which are documented and approved.

The solution should be able to handle a significant number of users at any one time with no dip in performance levels.

The solution should be able to support access by users from multiple non-trusted domains.

If the solution is a hosted cloud-based solution, tenderers must provide copies of their security protocols for the hosted environment.

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Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.

2.3

Notice Coding and Classification

2.4

Total quantity or scope of tender

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

UWTSD1920/127

4.3

Time Limits

4.5

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

4.6

Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

Additional Information

(WA Ref:100971)

Relates to the following project/programme financed by EU Community Funds: Project funded by EU Horizon 2020 framework and entitled FNS-Cloud

5.2

Additional Documentation

5.3

Publication date of this notice