Information de base

Numéro de Référence

00002396421

Organisation émettrice

Royal British Columbia Museum

Type d’appel d’offres

AI - Avis d’intention (Informel)

Numéro d’appel d’offres

ON-003569

Titre

CMS Development Services

Code d’identité d’origine

SCRIBE

Détails

Emplacement

Colombie Britannique

Type d’achat

Non-mentionné

Dates

Publication

2020-11-04 08h21:00 HNE

Date de fermeture

2020-11-12 17h00:00 HNE

Information du contact

Gauthier, Jerry

250-387-7300

procurement@gov.bc.ca

Description

Collection Management System Upgrade

Notice is hereby given by the Royal BC Museum Corporation ("RBCM") of its intent to direct award a contract worth $74,500 to Quartech to provide collection management system (CMS) development services to the RBCM located at 675 Belleville Street in Victoria BC.

Over the past six years, Quartech built the Royal BC Museum's custom CMS and migrated over 1,000,000 object data records. The Royal BC Museum intends to engage their services again to develop a module to centralize museum and archival collections data, and add advanced inventory tracking. The project is a stop gap measure. The Royal BC Museum needs better inventory controls in anticipation of moving to a new collections building in 2024. Our current CMS will act as a back up system during the move while we actively pursue its replacement. A business case will be drafted in June for Executive approval to replace our current CMS. If approved, the project will go to tender and qualified vendors are encouraged to apply.

Development Services Provided

· Database architecture development
· Programming and application development
· Testing and Quality Control
· Implementation planning and execution

Rationale for Direct Award
· The museum CMS was built by Quartech, their knowledge of it is unmatched
· Quartech is intimately familiar with the data to be extracted from the archival CMS
· Quartech has an existing Service Level Agreement in place to provide emergency assistance for our museum and archival CMS
· Maintain the consistency, stability and quality of service leading up to a major relocation project

Vendors wishing to object to this decision should contact Jerry Gauthier, Procurement Specialist, Procurement Services Branch, by facsimile on or before 2:00 PM on November 12th, 2020 with specific reasons for the objection. A company's past experience providing similar services, and their ability to provide these services for the same or better cost within the same time frame will be key considerations for determining the validity of any objections.

Afficher davantage

Dérogation All amendments to the associated notice, including amended documents, plans and specifications (where applicable), are issued on bcbid.gov.bc.ca. MERX asks that you refer to bcbid.gov.bc.ca notice for these amendments. MERX stipulates that potential bidders may also be required to register with the buying authority as a bidder/plan taker. The contact information can be found within the notice abstract.