Interactive Web Applications Development and Support

The European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, Cedefop, referred to below as the contracting authority, is planning to award the contract resulting from the above procurement procedure. The procurement documents consist of the contract notice, this invitation letter, the draft contract and tender specifications with their respective annexes. All documents are available in the attached ZIP File.

The subject of the contract will be the provision of ICT services related to interactive web applications: consulting, elicitation of user requirements, construction of web applications, corrective and evolutionary maintenance (i.e. implement minor improvements and bug fixes), technical support, custom web programming, database development, documentation, and project management. The technologies to be used are mainly Drupal, PHP, MySQL and Microsoft SQL databases, however additional technologies may be applied as proposed by the contractor or by Cedefop for a needed solution. Additionally, the services needed are business analysis of needs and requirements coming from business, make-or-buy analysis, market survey for the selection of a solution either COTS (Commercial Off-The-shelf software) or open-source and the provision of corresponding support for the solution’s deployment and use.

Tasks for maintenance of existing applications and regular consulting will be requested and delivered on a “time and means” basis, i.e. the order forms will reflect Cedefop’s estimates and performed services will be invoiced subject to submission of relevant task completion reports accompanied by any necessary deliverables.

Tasks related to new development / activities will be performed on a “fixed price request” basis. Effort estimation (quote) and its approval by Cedefop will precede the issuance of order forms and execution of the services.

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