IT Consultancy Services for EMSA’s Horizontal Access Management System

Item Description:

The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) is planning to award the public contract referred to above. The procurement documents consist of this Invitation, the Tender Specifications with its appendix(es), and the draft contract. All documents are available in the attached ZIP File.

Background

EMSA contributes to the enhancement of the overall maritime safety system in the European Union. Its goals are, through its tasks, to reduce the risk of maritime accidents, marine pollution from ships and the loss of human lives at sea.

The Agency develops and operates software applications that support member states in implementing European maritime legislation.

In order to achieve its tasks the Agency has the need to be supported by a solid ICT infrastructure.

EMSA Applications are using a unique digital identity across the agency Maritime Applications; accesses to EMSA Maritime Applications are centrally controlled by a common horizontal Access Management System. The purpose of this procurement is to establish an acquisition channel for Access Management IT services.

Objective

The purpose of this procurement is to establish an acquisition channel for Access Management IT services. This will enable EMSA to acquire high quality services to support the ICT Sector of EMSA in:

• Supporting the development, enhancement and operations of EMSA horizontal Access Management software components and modules in line with EMSA technical architecture that will be integrated and/or work together with existent or new Maritime Applications;
• Maintenance services related to newly developed and/or enhanced Horizontal Access Management system, related technologies, components and technical capabilities, using the profiles defined in section Error! Reference source not found.;
• Performing studies, assessments, recommendations and other types of investigations in the different fields and components defined in the EMSA System Landscape present in the General Conditions of the ICT Framework Contract;

The detailed technical needs are presented in the attached documents and in the different Appendixes to the Tender Specification.

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