Ireland – Software support services – Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice (VEAT) for award of contract to IEG4/ Agile for provision of support and maintenance of APAS Planning Management System

Dublin City Council gives notice to invoke Article 32(2)(b) of Directive 2014/24/EU which states that the negotiated procedure without prior publication may be used where the works, supplies or services can only be supplied by a particular economic operator for the following reasons (ii) competition is absent for technical reasons, and (iii) the protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights. Dublin City Council intends to directly award a contract for ongoing support and maintenance of the existing Planning Management System (APAS) with Service Level Agreement which includes an option for further developments under contract from January 2025 to December 2027. IEG4/Agile are the providers of APAS, the Planning Management System, used across Dublin City Council. APAS is a modern Planning Application processing system that provides the necessary functionality to produce all documentation associated with processing planning applications from lodgement to decision. There are modules for each of the Planning processes: • Planning Applications • Planning Enforcement • Building Control • Financial Contributions • Citizen Portal web site for Planning Observations Online Planning Applications and Objections can be submitted on-line via the Local Government Management Agency portal and integrated into the APAS application. Dublin City Council requires support for the existing locally hosted system used by the Dublin City Council Planning Department. As IEG4/Agile have developed the application and own the intellectual property rights they are the only company that have the technical knowledge and skills to provide support for an essential service.