Invitation to Tender for the Provision of an Enterprise Database Monitoring Software Solution for National HSE ICT

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Health Service Executive (HSE) ran this procurement for “Invitation to Tender for the Provision of an Enterprise Database Monitoring Software Solution for National HSE ICT” as an operational contract requiring implementation and sustained service execution. The extracted pack showed qualification-stage material with references to later ITT technical depth; practical activity therefore centred on building, integrating, and operating the specified service stack with compliant reporting and handover obligations where stated. Constituent activities and named work elements in the supplied extracts:

• Buyer: Health Service Executive (HSE)
• lation to the Specific Services or Products Being Tendered for Insurance Type HSE Standard Requirement Levels held by Tenderer Product Liability € 6.5m € Professional Liability € 6
• Provide a minimum of one relevant example, where a Database Monitoring service similar to the HSE’s requirement, provided within the last three years, indicating the software solution(s) implemented and
• Provide a minimum of one relevant example, where a Database Monitoring service similar to the HSE’s requirement, provided within the last three years, indicating the software solution(s) implemented and version(s), with
• indicates a minimum requirement the system proposed must be capable of meeting
• Is the supplier ISO 27001 certified? If yes, please supply a copy of
• Is the cloud service provider ISO 27001 certified? If yes, please
• Is the cloud service provider ISO 27017 certified? If yes, please
• Is the cloud service provider ISO 27018 certified? If yes, please
• b) If the Cloud service is compliant with ISO 19941
• HSE ICT for Health Service Executive
• The Health Service Executive (HSE) invites tenders from suitably qualified Non-binding monetary references in the source were treated as context only and were not used as qualification thresholds.

3. Background & buyer context

The buyer context reflected a formal Irish public-procurement route, with pre-qualification used to control entry into the tender stage.

• and waste disposal policy and procedure in compliance with ISO 14000 or equivalent
• future similar requirements across the HSE and HSE funded Hospitals and
• or employed by voluntary hospitals and bodies funded by the HSE. The budget of
• establishment of the HSE represented the beginning of the largest programme of

4. Eligibility & selection criteria

• Turnover requirement — — use these verbatim for insurance / turnover. If a category (insurance, turnover) has no entry here, treat it as 'not specified' for THIS tender.
• Insurance — — use these verbatim for insurance / turnover. If a category (insurance, turnover) has no entry here, treat it as 'not specified' for THIS tender.; lation to the Specific Services or Products Being Tendered for Insurance Type HSE Standard Requirement Levels held by Tenderer Product Liability € 6.5m € Professional Liability € 6; 5m € Public Liability € 6.5m € Employers Liability €12
• Certifications — not specified for this tender
• Past experience — not specified for this tender
• Personnel — not specified for this tender
• Geographic / facility constraints — not specified for this tender Additional binding lines surfaced in the deterministic extract:
• — use these verbatim for insurance / turnover. If a category (insurance, turnover) has no entry here, treat it as 'not specified' for THIS tender.
• lation to the Specific Services or Products Being Tendered for Insurance Type HSE Standard Requirement Levels held by Tenderer Product Liability € 6.5m € Professional Liability € 6
• 5m € Public Liability € 6.5m € Employers Liability €12
• Insurance The Candidate confirms that it has in place (or has the ability to obtain) insurances of the following levels: Product Liability Insurance - €6.5m Professional Indemnity Insurance - €6
• 5m Public Liability Insurance - €6.5m Employer’s Liability Insurance - €12

5. Award criteria & scoring

6. Submission requirements

• Method statement / response document (template/page limits) — Appendix 1 questionnaire/PQQ response was required.
• CVs (page count, named roles) — not specified in extract.
• Pricing schedule (format/template) — expected at ITT stage.
• Case studies (number/value range) — client references/comparable project evidence was referenced.
• Declarations (ESPD/Bona Fides/Tax/COI) — ESPD/declaration/statement-of-confirmation language was present.
• Mandatory site visit — not specified in extract.
• Submission portal and formatting — eTenders portal and PDF electronic copies were referenced. Submission-related source lines:
• (where relevant) and returned to the HSE within 2 weeks (14 days) of the questionnaire having been issue
• [Invitation to Tender (ITT) HSE 21445 Database Monitoring Software.pdf] INVITATION TO TENDER
• Appendix 1 (Appendix 1 Database Monitoring Software Solution Tech Spec).
• [Invitation to Tender (ITT) HSE 21445 Database Monitoring Software.pdf] required for the system. See section
• providers’ and a HSE perspective, it is requested that service providers only submit
• [Invitation to Tender (ITT) HSE 21445 Database Monitoring Software.pdf] a response to every single

7. Key dates & process

8. Contract terms that matter

Contract duration in the extract: 5 year. Payment cycle, SLA/KPI schedule, and penalty regime were not fully disclosed in the snippets unless listed below.

• VERIFIED PHRASES (deterministic regex extract from the documents — treat as authoritative for numerical claims)
• is aware of the multiple participation of the particular member and (b)
• 3 Location, Ownership & Outsourcing
• • Within 15 days of receipt of the Contract, the selecte
• Within 15 days of receipt of the Contract, the selecte
• can be used across Multiple Database product ( MS SQL, Oracle,
• that allows access to All Database estate on Multiple Active Directory Domains
• and across multiple subnets in the HSE. The setup involves an agentless

9. Risks, red flags & unusuals

• Qualification gate: the deterministic extract included a turnover threshold line (— use these verbatim for insurance / turnover. If a category (insurance, turnover) has no entry here, treat it as 'not specified' for THIS tender.), which can materially narrow bidder pool composition.
• The two-step process (PQQ then ITT) shifted effort to compliance evidence early, with competitive scoring detail potentially deferred.
• Technical and contractual granularity appeared ITT-dependent, increasing ambiguity at qualification stage for non-incumbent bidders.

10. SME fit assessment

This competition looked most accessible to firms with established public-sector tender capability, documented financial capacity, and direct operational experience in the relevant service category.

• Credible bidder profile — mid-sized to large specialist with formal QA/compliance process.
• Consortium / sub-contracting — allowed or addressed in the extracts (Appendix references and reliance provisions).
• Indicative bid-prep effort — 6 to 12 working days for evidence collation, form completion, and review cycles at PQQ level.
• Pwin signal — strongest for bidders with reusable qualification artefacts, comparable references, and low-friction mobilisation capability.

11. Where to dig deeper

• Source RFT/PQQ filenames: Invitation to Tender (ITT) HSE 21445 Database Monitoring Software.pdf, ITT) HSE 21445 Database Monitoring Software.pdf] INVITATION TO TENDER, Appendix 1 (Appendix 1 Database Monitoring Software Solution Tech Spec)..
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: Contract Notice. The ESPD is a self-declaration that.
• Clarification contact / portal: eTenders message portal (email not surfaced in extract).
• Key attachments to prioritise: ITT) HSE 21445 Database Monitoring Software.pdf] required for the system. See secti, ITT) HSE 21445 Database Monitoring Software.pdf] a response to every single, ITT) HSE 21445 Database Monitoring Software.pdf] successful tenderer..