External Consultancy Performance Improvement Unscheduled Care

Department of Health

The Minister for Health has established a Special Delivery Unit (SDU) within his Department. The development of the Unit is a key part of plans to radically reform the health system in Ireland. The priorities encompass waiting times for unscheduled and scheduled care and the introduction of a major upgrade in the performance capabilities of the Irish health system.
While the role of the SDU is evolving, its immediate priorities, set by the Minister for Health encompass:
— emergency departments – waiting times for admission,
— in-patient waiting times,
— out-patient waiting times – the time from gp referral to an appointment,
— access to diagnostics.
In order to allow the SDU to deliver on its mandate, the Department is seeking to procure external consultancy services in relation to Performance Improvement for Unscheduled Care, on a fixed-term contract for services basis.
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=353492.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2012-01-23. The procurement was published on 2011-12-12.

Suppliers

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

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2011-12-12 Contract notice
2012-04-24 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2011-12-12)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: project management consultancy 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: Project management consultancy 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
Awarding authority name: Department of Health
Postal address: Hawkins House, Hawkins Street
Postal town: Dublin 2
Contact
Internet address: http://www.doh.ie 🌏
E-mail: jim_o'sullivan@health.gov.ie 📧
Phone: +353 16354000 📞
Fax: +353 16354001 📠

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2011-12-12 📅
Submission deadline: 2012-01-23 📅
Publication date: 2011-12-14 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2011/S 240-389550
OJ-S issue: 240
Additional information
(ET Ref:353492).

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
The Minister for Health has established a Special Delivery Unit (SDU) within his Department. The development of the Unit is a key part of plans to radically reform the health system in Ireland. The priorities encompass waiting times for unscheduled and scheduled care and the introduction of a major upgrade in the performance capabilities of the Irish health system.
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While the role of the SDU is evolving, its immediate priorities, set by the Minister for Health encompass:
— emergency departments – waiting times for admission,
— in-patient waiting times,
— out-patient waiting times – the time from gp referral to an appointment,
— access to diagnostics.
In order to allow the SDU to deliver on its mandate, the Department is seeking to procure external consultancy services in relation to Performance Improvement for Unscheduled Care, on a fixed-term contract for services basis.
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=353492.
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Department of Health, Hawkins House, Dublin 2.

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 they have not committed an act of grave misconduct in the course of their business or profession.
(3) 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.
(4) 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.
Technical and professional ability:
(1) Samples, descriptions and/or photographs, the authenticity of which must be certified if the contracting authority so requests.
(2) 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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Contract execution
Names and professional qualifications of the staff ✅

Procedure
Tender opening date: 2012-01-23 📅
Place of opening: Department of Health, Hawkins House, Dublin 2.
Place: Department of Health, Hawkins House, Dublin 2.
Languages
Language: English 🗣️

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Special Delivery Unit
Jim O'Sullivan
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.etenders.gov.ie/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA01499 🌏
Name: Department of Health
URL for further information: http://www.doh.ie 🌏
URL for documents: http://www.doh.ie 🌏
URL for participation: http://www.doh.ie 🌏
Source: OJS 2011/S 240-389550 (2011-12-12)
Contract award notice (2012-04-24)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: systems and technical consultancy services
Total value of the procurement: 492 000 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Systems and technical consultancy services 📦

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2012-04-24 📅
Publication date: 2012-04-26 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2012/S 81-132517
Refers to notice: 2011/S 240-389550
OJ-S issue: 81
Additional information
(ET Ref:415972).

Procedure
Award criteria
Criterion: 1. Comprehensive proposal (30)
2. Capability to deliver (40)
3. Ultimate cost (30)

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2012-03-26 📅
Name: Lis Nixon Associates
Postal address: PO Box 3511, Chalfont St Peter
Postal town: Gerrards Cross
Postal code: SL9 9BZ
Country: United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Source: OJS 2012/S 081-132517 (2012-04-24)
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