On the 26th of October of 2017, DG Informatics (DIGIT) launched an invitation letter for all market participants to bid on a new framework contract called DIGIT-TM.
DIGIT-TM is a 1 Billion Euro contract from the European Commission for IT services across Europe, which was awarded on the 21st of July 2018. The intention of DIGIT-TM is to replace and aggregate other existent framework contracts like DESIS 3, STIS14, etc. in one single framework contract.
Source – https://etendering.ted.europa.eu/cft/cft-display.html?cftId=2969
Who will use DIGIT-TM framework contract?
DIGIT-TM intends to subcontract around 2.000 IT professionals during its 4 years of duration. Those specialists will be working largely for the different Directorate General (DG) of the European Commission, and other European institutions such as:
- Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency (CHAFEA)
- Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA)
- Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME)
- European Research Council Executive Agency (ERCEA)
- Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA)
- Research Executive Agency (REA)
How is DIGIT-TM organized?
DIGIT-TM is planned to be split into 4 distinct lots, each lot representing a different geographical region. The lots are:
- Lot 1 – Consultancy services related to IS conception, development and implementation – Belgium based, with a value of 657.6 Milion € or 58% of the total budget
- Lot 2 – Consultancy services related to IS conception, development and implementation – Luxembourg based, with a value of 115.9 Milion € or 10% of the total budget
- Lot 3 – Consultancy services related to IS conception, development and implementation-Ispra and other Commission sites outside Belgium and Luxembourg: Seville (ES), Petten (NL), Co. Meath (IE), Karlsruhe (DE), with a value of 125.1 Milion € or 11% of the total budget
- Lot 4 – Administration and support of information systems and ICT configurations for all Commission sites), with a value of 235.6 Milion € or 21% of the total budget
For all the lots, there are 3 transversal profile category levels. (some profiles only exist on Lot 4)
Profile Category 1 and Category 2: Request that the consultants have a Bachelor Degree or 3 years of higher education. The list of available profiles is as follows:
- APPLICATION DEVELOPER
- GIS DEVELOPER
- CONFIGURATION / DEPLOYMENT MANAGER
- BUSINESS ANALYST
- QUALITY ASSURANCE MANAGER
- IS TESTER
- UX/UI SPECIALIST
- INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEM ENGINEER
- SERVICE DESK AGENT (Lot 4)
- USER DOCUMENTATION AND TRAINING PERSON (Lot 4)
- DATABASE / APPLICATION ADMINISTRATOR (lot 4)
- WEB OPERATION MANAGER (lot 4)
- SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR (lot 4)
Profile Category 3: Requests that the consultants have a Master Degree or 5 years of higher education. The list of available profiles is a follows:
- APPLICATION ARCHITECT
- PROJECT MANAGER
- ENTERPRISE ARCHITECT
- ICT SECURITY MANAGER
- TECHNOLOGY EXPERT
- SUPPORT MANAGER (lot 4)
Source: https://talents.cri-group.eu/digit-tm
Awarded/winning companies
Due to the complexity of each lot on the framework contract, companies often join forces and form a consortium to bid together. Winners are ranked by cascades, meaning that the company/consortium that has the best offer will be placed on the first cascade, and the remaining companies/consortiums will be placed on the following cascades according to their rank.
Winners on Lot 1 – Consultancy services related to IS conception, development, and implementation – Belgium based
Cascade 1: XPE Group
Cascade 2: ARHS Developments S.A. | everis Spain S.L.U., succursale en Belgique | Serco Belgium S.A. | Cegeka Groep N.V. | SWORD Technologies S.A.
Cascade 3: Cronos International | Sopra Steria Benelux | Computer Resources International (Luxembourg) | Computer Task Group IT Solutions | Engineering Ingegneria Informatica | Engineering International Belgium | Ordina Belgium
Cascade 4: EUROPEAN DYNAMICS LUXEMBOURG SA | AlmavivA S.p.A.
Cascade 5: TRASYS International EEIG | Atos Belgium | Atos Luxembourg PSF | CAPGEMINI Belgium | Fujitsu Technology Solutions | INTRASOFT International S.A. | I.R.I.S. Solutions & Experts S.A. | UniSystems Information Technology Systems Commercial SA | Unisys Belgium
Winners on Lot 2 – Consultancy services related to IS conception, development and implementation – Luxembourg based
Cascade 1: TRASYS International EEIG | Atos Belgium | Atos Luxembourg PSF | Fujitsu Technology Solutions | INTRASOFT International S.A. | I.R.I.S. Solutions & Experts S.A. | Sogeti Luxembourg | UniSystems Information Technology Systems Commercial SA | Unisys Belgium
Cascade 2: C-Dev | Cronos International | Computer Resources International (Luxembourg) | Computer Task Group IT Solutions | Ordina Belgium | Sopra Steria Benelux
Cascade 3: EUROPEAN DYNAMICS LUXEMBOURG SA | AlmavivA S.p.A.
Winners on Lot 3 – Consultancy services related to IS conception, development and implementation-Ispra and other Commission sites outside Belgium and Luxembourg: Seville (ES), Petten (NL), Co. Meath (IE), Karlsruhe (DE)
Cascade 1: FINCONS SPA | Unisystems Information Technology Systems Commercial SA | Societat d’estudis informatics i d’organitzacio (SEIDOR) | TRASYS International EEIG
Cascade 2: ARHS Developments S.A. | everis Spain S.L.U., succursale en Belgique | Serco Belgium S.A.
Cascade 3: Engineering Ingegneria Informatica | Leonardo S.p.A. | Piksel S.r.l. | Sopra Steria Benelux | Computer Resources International (Luxembourg) | C-Dev | I.R.I.S. Solutions & Experts S.A.
Winners on Lot 4 – Administration and support of information systems and ICT configurations for all Commission sites)
Cascade 1:Cronos International | Computer Resources International (Luxembourg) | Computer Task Group IT Solutions | Ordina Belgium | Sopra Steria Benelux
Cascade 2: Unisys Belgium | Atos Belgium | Atos Luxembourg PSF | CAPGEMINI Belgium | Fujitsu Technology Solutions | INTRASOFT International S.A. | I.R.I.S. Solutions & Experts S.A. | Sogeti Luxembourg | TRASYS International EEIG | Unisystems Information Technology Systems Commercial SA;
Cascade 3: everis Spain S.L.U., succursale en Belgique | ARHS Developments S.A. | Serco Belgium S.A. | Cegeka Groep N.V. | SWORD Technologies S.A.
As this can seem confusing, we have prepared a table that summarises all the lots and cascades per company.
Source: https://ted.europa.eu/TED/notice/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:316729-2018:TEXT:EN:HTML
DIGIT-TM CV
DIGIT-TM intends to subcontract around 2.000 IT professionals during its 4 years life cycle. All those professionals will need to use a specific CV template imposed by the rules of the framework contract. You can view an example of that template by clicking on the following link: DIGIT-TM CV template.
We have great news for all the consultants and companies involved with DIGIT-TM! Currently, DIGIT-TM CV is fully supported by Sprint CV. By using the CV Generator, consultants and recruiters will be able to generate a perfect DIGIT-TM CV in less than 30 seconds! We believe this automated process will be of great help for all the market participants.
