NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Core System Replacement (LifeLink) - 0701265

This Request for Tender (RFT) covers the acquisition and implementation of a replacement core business system (LifeLink) for the Registry. At a high level the solution must enable the Registry to:

Fulfil its mandate of registering the life events of individuals in NSW;

Enable the linking of life events to produce a person-centric database;

Produce products (i.e. certificates, birth cards etc);

Process payments for these products; and

Minimise Fraud.

Suppliers are invited to submit responses, which deliver to the business and technical requirements defined in Part E of this RFT. Acceptable solutions include; implementation of existing packages, bespoke (custom) development or a combination of both..

Responses may include a fixed price for the entire project or a fixed price for the initial Project initiation and design stages with an indicative quote for the total project (see Part A, Section 5.3.1).

The Registry has decided to replace its core computerised system, LifeData, after eleven years of operation.
The new system will be known as LifeLink.
The new Registry system will support the core business services of the Registry and all its areas of business. It includes all the main business and support services of the Registry required to fulfil its operational mandate, which includes the following:

Registration of births, deaths and marriages in New South Wales (NSW)

Registration of adoption information

Registration of changes of name

Registration of changes of sex

Keeping of registers for recording and preserving information about births, adoptions, deaths, marriages and change of name and sex in perpetuity

Provision of access to the information in the registers in appropriate cases by government or private agencies and members of the public from within and outside the state

Issue of certified information from the registers

Collection and dissemination of statistical information.

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Pre-tender Briefing.
A pre-tender briefing for all prospective Tenderers will be held on the date, and at the time and place, as nominated below or in the advertisement.
Place: Mercure Hotel, Sydney. 818-820 George Street, Sydney. NSW. 2000
Date: 26 September 2007
Time: 10:00 am

NSW Regions: Central West, Far West, Hunter, Illawarra, Mid North Coast, Murray, Murrumbidgee, Northern, North Western, Richmond Tweed, South Eastern, Sydney

Open Tenders - An invitation to tender by public advertisement with no restriction placed on who may tender. Tenderers will normally be required to demonstrate in their tender that they have the necessary skills, resources, experience, financial capacity, and in some cases licences, accreditations, etc., to fulfil the tender requirements.

Z_RFT_0701265 .pdf ( 1.02 MB)

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Documents available for this RFT (as issued on 13/09/2007):

Only a softcopy (electronic downloadable files, including one Dmax Lite v5.0 format) of the RFT documentation is available.

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The main RFT documentation is in a "* . DTT" format file
This file requires Dmax Lite V5.0 software to open, read and also to prepare your tender.

Summary Document:

There is a file in *.pdf format available for viewing only that provides information to assist in your decision whether to participate in the tendering process, without purchasing software or becoming a recorded prospective tenderer.

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Obtaining the RFT Documents:

First time visitors to this web site who wish to participate ie. download, will need to self-register on this web site to gain access to the RFT documents, or a new copy of the software.

Download all files - they will include the following files:
* . DTT - this is the main RFT documentation in a Dmax Lite database format.
In addition there are some other files which are handy guides and a transmittal form for the tender - do not incorporate this in the Dmax tender response file.

• A full soft copy of the RFT documents can be downloaded from this web site.
• You must download to your own computer all the files provided (including any addenda), by clicking on the blue "DOWNLOAD A SOFT COPY" link at the bottom of this page and following the on-screen instructions.
  
  

Obtaining the required DMax Lite V5.0 software:

The RFT documents are made available in "* . DTT" format only. This format is specific to the software, 'DMax Lite', that is manufactured by 'DecisionMax Pty Ltd'.

Please note and act on the following -

To open the RFT main document file and to prepare your tender you will need to use the 'Dmax Lite' software.

If you do not already have a current and licenced copy of 'Dmax Lite' v5.0 software, a copy of the software can be purchased and downloaded from this site as part of your download process.
After you log in and access the RFT more options will be presented to you relating to the software.

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Lodging a tender:

Your completed tender in the required software format MUST be lodged electronically via this RFT web page.
Click on the blue "LODGE A RESPONSE" link at the bottom of this page and follow the on-screen instructions.
As the tenderer you must be a registered user of this tendering web site.
Ensure that your tender includes a file in *.DTR format.

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The tenderer is responsible for the provision and installation of all necessary software.