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The e-Gov Project shall together with Ministry of Education and Science develop and implement software application for online submission of student requests for lodging at the state owned dormitories and scholarships and student loans. The software application will also cover the automatic processing of the requests, their evaluation and granting.

Starting from this year the process of application will be fully automated and no requests submitted in hard copy will be accepted.

The e-Gov Project has published the tender on March 2, 2007.

All interested bidders should take a note that the tender documents consist of the Invitation to Submit Bids, System Description

In adittion to this two documents, you can find other two forms requested to be submited as the company registration and company reference templates and Draft Contract. You can access this document by clicking on the links here or through the Documents section of this web site.

Time table of activities is following:

End of period for questions: Friday, 23rd March 2007 at 15:00 local time

End of tender period: Friday, 30th March 2007 at 15:00 local time

The following companies submitted tender documentation

1. Accent
2. Artisoft
3. Babilon software Solutions
4. Infinite Solutions
5. Neocom
6. Next Sense
7. Pexim
8. Phoenix Interactive doo
9. Seavus
10. Sigma - SB

After reviewing and evaluating bids received, e-Gov Project decided to sign contract for development for software application with Seavus

 

Important notifications for bidders:

Please read and carefully study the formal requirements before submitting the offer. Submissions that will not meet the formal requirements shall not be taken into consideration at the evaluation phase.

Only questions submitted on line to info (at) eGov dot org dot mk can be answered.No discussion with any staff member of the team, or the Parnter insitution identified in the request for proposal document, is allowed in order to clarify any issues related to the tender.

Questions and Answers

1. From where will this system will be accessible or be a part of?
From http://www.uslugi.gov.mk or from http://www.mon.gov.mk/ or from both of the web sites.

- Not decided at this stage.

2. This system should exist as a separate website or should be integrate with some other system?

- The bidder is invited to offer suitable solution.

3. Can you describe how the Personal Identification Number (PIN) shall be use in verification of the submitted application form?

- The system should give possibility to applicant to you his/her PIN number as identification, and the system shall automatically check validity of this number.

Meaning, that before the application form is submitted the system checks validity of the Personal Identification Number. If the PIN is valid then the form is submitted otherwise rejected and the applicant is asked to correct/re-enter the PIN.

4. What type of data, privacy policy should contain?
For example, should it be just a text that will display information, or some fields that needs to complete in order to continue with filling the application form.

- Text display.

5. Does the system should be able to handle internal organization of the dormitories or the goal is just to provide a list of students that has grant for lodging at the state dormitories?

- The system should provide just a list of students granted for lodging.

5.1 How the system should manage with dormitories and rooms in the dormitories?

- The system only gives a list of students granted for lodging not the specific rooms.

5.2 How the system should handle exchange in case two students decide to switch the dormitory or rooms?

- The system will not cover possible exchange of lodging between students

6. The documentation should be on Macedonian or English language?

- The Bidding documentation in English.
- The system display language should be in Macedonian and Albanian

7. Do you plan to upgrade to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007?

- No plans for upgrade for the time being.

7.1 If yes will it be an Intranet or public Internet type license?

7.2 Do you plan to upgrade MS Office version to 2007? (including InfoPath 2007)?

- NO plans for upgrade for the time being.

7.3 Do you plan to use MS InfoPath as form designer with combination with SharePoint?

- The bidder is invited to offer suitable solution.

7.4 Do you plan to use workflows for publishing the forms and reports?

- The bidder is invited to offer suitable solution.

 


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