ITS20: European Parliament framework contract

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On March 20th, 2021, European Parliament’s Directorate-General for Innovation and Technological Support (ITEC) launched the PE/ITEC-ITS20 (ITS20), inviting all market participants to bid on this new framework contract. In this article, you can explore this framework contract, which profiles will be hired, and, above all, how you can generate this CV template automatically.

The ITS20 framework contract

ITS20 is the European Parliament’s 400 million Euro contract for IT services across Europe, awarded on January 11th, 2022. Therefore, this new framework contract replaces the previous framework PE/ITEC-ITS17 and ITS14 (source: ted.europa.eu).

This contract aims to subcontract around 700 IT professionals during along 4 years. The specialists will be working in different European Parliament’s locations, such as Brussels (BE), Strasbourg (FR), Cologne (DE), and Lisbon (PT). It provides a contractual way for the European Parliament to subcontract highly specialized expertise in distinct fields and policy areas related to Information Technology. Besides Consultancy Services related to the management of specific operating systems, it also includes the following services in the field of information systems: 

  • Development  and support consultancy
  • Testing and quality assurance consultancy
  • Operations consultancy
  • Data related services
  • Security consultancy
  • Consultancy services related to interoperability and trans-European e-Government services
  • Consultancy services in digital business solutions
EUROPEAN COMMISSION HEADQUARTERS IN BRUSSELS

EUROPEAN COMMISSION HEADQUARTERS IN BRUSSELS

The four lots of  the ITS20 framework contract

ITS20 framework contract aims to enable the provision of services for the design, consultancy, development, deployment, and maintenance of production information systems. The framework contract is divided into four lots according to the location and the types of services concerned:

1: Core Business Systems Brussels and Other Locations (103 million €) 

2: Core Business Systems Luxembourg (90 million €)

3: Supporting and Steering Business Systems Brussels and other Locations (102 million €)

4: Supporting & steering business systems Luxembourg (92 million €)

These lots are based on functions and location.

Lots 1 and 2

These lots mostly dedicated to the design, consultancy, development, deployment, and maintenance of production information systems in the field of the ‘core business’. It relates to the development of new information systems in this field (except for the development in fixed-price off-site mode), as well as the tailoring and maintenance of existing systems. In addition, it may also relate to the integration with other applications.

Production information systems in the field of core business are those systems that process information of the Institution relating to:

  • Legislative, budgetary, and non-legislative powers of the EP;
  • Empowering parliamentary work;
  • Political engagement and relationship management;

Lots 3 and 4

These lots are mostly dedicated to the design, consultancy, development, deployment and maintenance of production information systems in the fields of ‘Supporting and steering business’. It concerns the development of new information systems in this field (except for the development in fixed-price off-site mode) as well as the tailoring and maintenance of existing ones. In addition, it may also concern integration with other applications.

Production information systems in the field of supporting and steering business are those systems that process the Institution’s information related with:

  • Planning
  • Monitoring & reporting
  • Governance
  • Human Capital
  • Facilities and Auxiliary Services
  • Financial & Accounting services
  • Infrastructure
  • Information Technology
  • Logistics
  • Security
  • Communication

Types of profiles that will be hired under the ITS20

ITS20 framework contract foresees 8 different profiles where IT professionals will have to fit in:

  • Analyst (PANL)
  • Project Manager (PPRM)
  • Project Assistant (PPRA)
  • Solution Specialist (PSSP)
  • Technical Architect (PTAR)
  • Web Designer and Developer (PWDD)

The winners of the ITS20

Each lot has different winners that are ranked at different levels. Therefore, the consortium with the lowest rank (eg. rank 1), will be the one to have priority to answer the requests from the European Parliament within a period of 2 weeks. If they don’t find the right candidate, then the request is sent to the consortium of the following rank (eg. rank 2).

− Lot 1: Core Business Systems Brussels and Other Locations (103 million €) 

  • Rank 1: INTRASOFT International S.A. (Atlas Consortium),  Capgemini Belgium N.V.m Sword Technologies S.A., NTT Data Belgique SRL
  • Rank 2: ARHS Developments S.A.
  • Rank 3: European Dynamics SA

− Lot 2: Core Business Systems Luxembourg (90 million €)

  • 1st Rank: CGI Luxembourg S.A. (stEPup), Edda Luxembourg S.A., UniSystems Luxembourg S.à.r.l.,
  • 2nd Rank: Cronos International S.A. (Cronos Consortium), C-Dev S.A.
  • 3rd Rank: Fujitsu Technology Solutions NV/SA (ELPIS), Fujitsu Technology Solutions (Luxembourg) Sa, Computer Resources International SA,  Leonardo S.p.a., Sopra Steria Benelux NV/SA

− Lot 3: Supporting and Steering Business Systems Brussels and other Locations (102 million €)

  • 1st Rank: INTRASOFT International S.A. (Atlas),  Capgemini Belgium N.V.m Sword Technologies S.A., NTT Data Belgique SRL
  • 2nd Rank: Cronos International S.A. (Cronos Consortium), C-Dev S.A.
  • 3rd Rank: European Dynamics SA

− Lot 4: Supporting & steering business systems Luxembourg (92 million €)

  • 1st Rank: ARHS Developments S.A.
  • 2nd Rank: CGI Luxembourg S.A. (stEPup), UniSystems Luxembourg S.à.r.l., Edda Luxembourg S.A.
  • 3rd Rank: Fujitsu Technology Solutions NV/SA (ELPIS), Fujitsu Technology Solutions (Luxembourg) Sa, Computer Resources International SA,  Leonardo S.p.a., Sopra Steria Benelux NV/SA

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