Catering services at the Department of Education and Skills in Tullamore

Department of Education & Skills

Supply of a self-service canteen facility at the Department of Education and Skills, Portlaoise Road, Tullamore, Co Offaly for a 1 year period, renewable annually at the discretion of the Minister for education and skills, up to three years in total.
Note: to register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the eTenders web site at http://www.etenders.gov.ie/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=195175.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2011-03-09. The procurement was published on 2011-01-28.

Suppliers

The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2011-01-28 Contract notice
2011-06-20 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2011-01-28)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: canteen and catering services
Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Canteen and catering services 📦

Procedure
Procedure type: Open procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Postal address: Portlaoise Road, Co. Offaly
Postal town: Tullamore
Contact
Internet address: http://www.education.gov.ie 🌏
E-mail: sean_desmond@education.gov.ie 📧
Phone: +353 18896400 📞

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2011-01-28 📅
Submission deadline: 2011-03-09 📅
Publication date: 2011-02-02 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2011/S 22-035779
OJ-S issue: 22
Additional information
(ET Ref:195175).

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
Supply of a self-service canteen facility at the Department of Education and Skills, Portlaoise Road, Tullamore, Co Offaly for a 1 year period, renewable annually at the discretion of the Minister for education and skills, up to three years in total.
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Note: to register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the eTenders web site at http://www.etenders.gov.ie/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=195175.
Description of options:
One year contract renewable annually at the discretion of the Minister for Education and Skills, up to a maximum of 3 years in total.
Provisional timetable for use of options: 12 months
Number of possible renewals: 2
Time frame for subsequent contracts: 12 months
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance:
Department of Education and Skills, Portlaoise Road, Tullamore, Co Offaly, Ireland.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:
(1) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they are not bankrupt or the subject of an administration order, are not being wound-up, have not granted a trust deed, are not the subject of a petition presented for sequestration of their estate, have not had a receiver, manager or administrator appointed and are not otherwise apparently insolvent.
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(2) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that the candidate, their directors, or any other person who has powers of representation, decision or control of the candidate has not been convicted of conspiracy, corruption, bribery, or money laundering. Failure to provide such a declaration will result in the candidate being declared ineligible and they will not be selected to participate in this procurement process.
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(3) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have not been convicted of a criminal offence relating to the conduct of their business or profession.
(4) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have not committed an act of grave misconduct in the course of their business or profession.
(5) All candidates must comply with the requirements of the State in which they are established, regarding registration on the professional or trade register.
(6) Any candidate found to be guilty of serious misrepresentation in providing any information required, may be declared ineligible and not selected to continue with this procurement process.
(7) All candidates will have to demonstrate that they are licensed, or a member of the relevant organisation, in the State where they are established, when the law of that State prohibits the provision of the services, described in this notice, by a person who is not so licensed or who is not a member of the relevant organisation.
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(8) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions under the law or of the relevant state in which the candidate is established
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(9) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes under the law or of the relevant state in which the economic operator is established.
Economic and financial standing:
(1) All candidates will be required to provide a reference from their bank.
(2) All candidates will be required to provide evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance.
(3) All candidates will be required to provide a statement, covering the 3 previous financial years including the overall turnover of the candidate and the turnover in respect of the activities which are of a similar type to the subject matter of this notice.
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(4) All candidates will be required to provide statements of accounts or extracts from those accounts relating to their business.
Technical and professional ability:
(1) A statement of the candidate's average annual number of staff and managerial staff over the previous 3 years.
(2) Details of the educational and professional qualifications of their managerial staff; and those of the person(s) who would be responsible for providing the services or carrying out the work or works under the contract;
(3) All candidates will be required to provide certification from an independent body attesting conformity to environmental management standards in accordance with the Community Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS); or the European standard BS EN ISO 14001.
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(4) All candidates will be required to provide certification drawn up by an independent body attesting the compliance of the economic operator with quality assurance standards based on the relevant European standards.
(5) Certificates drawn up by official quality control institutes or agencies of recognised competence attesting the conformity of products clearly identified by references to specifications or standards.
(6) A statement of the principal goods sold or services provided by the supplier or the services provider in the past 3 years, detailing the dates on which the goods were sold or the services provided; the consideration received; the identity of the person to whom the goods were sold or the services were provided.
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(7) A check may be carried out by the contracting authority or by a competent official body of the State in which the candidate is established, to verify the technical capacity of the candidate; and if relevant, on the candidates study and research facilities and quality control measures.
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(8) A statement of the candidate's technical facilities; measures for ensuring quality; and their study and research facilities.
Contract execution
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: "Section 5.6 payment arrangements" of the request for tender.
Names and professional qualifications of the staff ✅

Procedure
Tender validity period: 2011-09-09 📅
Languages
Language: English 🗣️

Contracting authority
Identity
Awarding authority name: Department of Education & Skills
Contact
Contact point: Accommodation and Services Unit
Sean Desmond
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.etenders.gov.ie/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA01495 🌏
Name: Department of Education & Skills
Postal address: Portlaoise Road, Co Offaly
URL for further information: http://www.education.gov.ie 🌏
URL for documents: http://www.education.gov.ie 🌏
URL for participation: http://www.education.gov.ie 🌏

Reference
Dates
Start date: 2011-04-01 📅
End date: 2012-03-31 📅
Source: OJS 2011/S 022-035779 (2011-01-28)
Contract award notice (2011-06-20)
Object
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Contracting authority
Contact
Phone: +353 579324300 📞

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2011-06-20 📅
Publication date: 2011-06-23 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2011/S 119-195970
Refers to notice: 2011/S 22-035779
OJ-S issue: 119
Additional information
(ET Ref:257052).

Procedure
Award criteria
Criterion: 1. Ability to deliver on specified services having regard to the experience, financial status and understanding of requirements of the department (15)
2. Arketing strategies proposed for the promotion of facility (5)
3. Relevant catering experience (10)
4. Cost (40)
5. Performance monitoring (tenderers must provide evidence of the quality of food used / proposed hygiene controls /and the level of service proposed (30)

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2011-04-04 📅
Postal address: Togherstown, Loughnavalley, Co Westmeath
Postal town: Mullingar
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Internet address: www.uisneachcatering.ie 🌏
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 6

Complementary information
Review body
Name: Corporate Services
Postal address: Department of Education and Skills Marlborough Street Dublin 1
Postal town: Dublin 1
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: corporateservices@education.gov.ie 📧
Phone: +353 18896400 📞
Internet address: www.education.gov.ie 🌏
Source: OJS 2011/S 119-195970 (2011-06-20)
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