Framework for international removal services for the staff of the Department of Foreign Affairs

Department of Foreign Affairs / An Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha

Good quality, cost efficient, and reliable removal service operators are sought to provide a door-to-door removals service (including packing and unpacking of household effects and furniture) for staff of the Department who are transferred to, from, and between postings overseas.
Full details of the requirements are set out in the Request for Tenders Document, downloadable from www.etenders.gov.ie.
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=199896.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2011-04-07. The procurement was published on 2011-02-22.

Suppliers

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

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2011-02-22 Contract notice
2011-08-24 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2011-02-22)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: relocation services
Quantity or scope:
The total quantity of assignments offered will depend on the number of staff posted to or from overseas destinations in any particular year. There were approximately 200 such moves in 2010 but there can be no guarantee that the business will remain at that level over the lifetime of the Framework. Further details may be viewed in the Request for tenders document published with this notice which may be downloaded free of charge from www.e-tenders.gov.ie.Please note that associated insurance cover for goods in transit is being tendered for separately and does not come within the scope of this competition.
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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: Relocation 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: Molesworth street
Postal town: Dublin 2
Contact
Internet address: http://www.dfa.ie 🌏
Phone: +353 14082000 📞

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2011-02-22 📅
Submission deadline: 2011-04-07 📅
Publication date: 2011-02-26 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2011/S 40-065566
OJ-S issue: 40
Additional information
Please see the Request for Tenders document published with this notice which may be downloaded free of charge from www.e-tenders.gov.ie. (ET Ref: 199896).

Object
Scope of the procurement
Frequency of contracts to be awarded:
Mini-tenders for specific requirements will be held as and when required. Please see the attached RFT for more information.
Short description:
Good quality, cost efficient, and reliable removal service operators are sought to provide a door-to-door removals service (including packing and unpacking of household effects and furniture) for staff of the Department who are transferred to, from, and between postings overseas.
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Full details of the requirements are set out in the Request for Tenders Document, downloadable from www.etenders.gov.ie.
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=199896.
Lot number: 2
Title of the lot: Category (B) Great Britain and the European Economic Area (except Brussels)
Short description:
Assignments for removals of officers' effects to/from locations in Britain and the EEA where the Department has offices.
Quantity or scope: Will depend on the number of staff moves in a particular year.
Additional information about the lots:
Please see Request for Tenders published with this notice which may be downloaded free of charge from www.e-tenders.gov.ie.
Lot number: 3
Title of the lot: Category (C) North America
Short description:
Assignments for removals of officers' effects to/from locations in North America where the Department has offices.
Quantity or scope: Will depend on the number of officers moved in any particular year.
Lot number: 1
Title of the lot: Category A: Brussels
Short description: Assignments for removals of staff to/from the Department's offices in Brussels.
Quantity or scope: Will depend on the number of officers moved to/from Brussels in a particular year.
Additional information about the lots:
Please see detailed Request for Tenders published with this notice which can be downloaded free of charge from www.e-tenders.gov.ie.
Lot number: 4
Title of the lot: Category D: Rest of World
Short description:
Assignments to remove officers' household effects to/from destinations not specified in Lots 1-3, including cross-postings involving locations across one or more of Lots 1-4.
Quantity or scope: Will depend on the numbers of staff postings to/from relevant destinations in any particular year.
The total quantity of assignments offered will depend on the number of staff posted to or from overseas destinations in any particular year. There were approximately 200 such moves in 2010 but there can be no guarantee that the business will remain at that level over the lifetime of the Framework. Further details may be viewed in the Request for tenders document published with this notice which may be downloaded free of charge from www.e-tenders.gov.ie.
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Please note that associated insurance cover for goods in transit is being tendered for separately and does not come within the scope of this competition.
Description of options:
The Framework Agreement will have an initial duration of one year but may be extended annually for a further three years at the Department's sole discretion for a maximum total duration of 4 years, always subject to satisfactory performance and the Department's business needs.
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Provisional timetable for use of options: 12 months
Number of possible renewals: 3
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Ireland and Worldwide.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:
Please see the Request for Tenders document published with this notice which may be downloaded free of charge from www.e-tenders.gov.ie.
Economic and financial standing:
Please see the Request for Tenders document published with this notice which may be downloaded free of charge from www.e-tenders.gov.ie.
The Department reserves the right to conduct independent commercial credit checks to determine the financial capacity of tenderers.
Minimum level(s) of standards:
Please see the Request for Tenders document published with this notice which may be downloaded free of charge from www.e-tenders.gov.ie.
Technical and professional ability:
Please see the Request for Tenders document published with this notice which may be downloaded free of charge from www.e-tenders.gov.ie.
Contract execution
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
Please see the Request for Tenders Document published with this notice which may be downloaded free of charge from www.e-tenders.gov.ie.
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
Please see the Request for Tenders document published with this notice which may be downloaded free of charge from www.e-tenders.gov.ie.
Other particular conditions:
Please see the Request for Tenders document published with this notice which may be downloaded free of charge from www.e-tenders.gov.ie.
Names and professional qualifications of the staff ✅

Procedure
Maximum number of operators of the framework agreement: 5
Duration of the framework agreement in years: 4
Tender validity period: 3 months
Tender opening date: 2011-04-08 📅
Place of opening: Dublin.
Place: Dublin.
Information about authorised persons and opening procedure:
Tenders will be opened in the presence of at least two officials of the Department of Foreign Affairs.
Languages
Language: English 🗣️
Other languages: Irish.

Contracting authority
Identity
Awarding authority name: Department of Foreign Affairs / An Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha
Contact
Contact point: Finance/Procurement Unit
Laura Broomfield
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.etenders.gov.ie/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA01498 🌏

Reference
Dates
Publication date: 2007-03-03 📅
Identifiers
Notice number in the OJ S: 2007/S 44-054209
Additional information
Please see the Request for Tenders document published with this notice which may be downloaded free of charge from www.e-tenders.gov.ie.
(ET Ref: 199896).

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Phone: +353 1888600/6442/6511/6512 📞
Internet address: www.courts.ie 🌏
Information about review deadlines: Please consult your legal advisors.
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: Central Office of the High Court
Recurrent procurement
Assuming the framework continues for the maximum period of four years, the next tender for this requirement would take place in 2015.
Source: OJS 2011/S 040-065566 (2011-02-22)
Contract award notice (2011-08-24)
Object
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Contracting authority
Identity
Postal address: Molesworth Street,
Postal code: 2
Postal town: Dublin

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2011-08-24 📅
Publication date: 2011-08-26 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2011/S 163-268961
Refers to notice: 2011/S 40-065566
OJ-S issue: 163
Additional information
(ET Ref:295272).

Procedure
Award criteria
Criterion: 1. Quality of proposed management, Service & Quality Assurance (40)
2. Experience, skills & capacity (30)
3. Indicative Rates (Cost) (30)

Award of contract

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Date of contract conclusion: 2011-06-08 📅
Postal address: Whitehall, Parteen
Postal town: Limerick
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Internet address: www.careline.ie 🌏

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Postal address: 21 The Boulevard, Grange Rath, County Meath
Postal town: Colpe
Internet address: www.aim-moving.com 🌏

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Postal address: Unit D6 Action Enterprise Centre Bawnogue Road, Clondalkin
Postal town: Dublin 22
Internet address: www.movemasters.ie 🌏

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Postal address: Sarsfield House, Airton Road, Tallaght
Postal town: Dublin 24
Internet address: www.beverlysmyth.ie 🌏

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Postal address: Unit 14/15, Block 13A, Ashbourne Business Park
Postal town: Ashbourne
Internet address: www.householdmoving.ie 🌏

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Postal address: 507B Northwest Business Park, Mitchelstown Road, Ballycoolin
Postal town: Dublin 15
Internet address: www.crownworldwide.com 🌏

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Postal address: The Elms, Punchestown
Postal town: Naas
Internet address: www.arpiningroup.com 🌏

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Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 12
11
Source: OJS 2011/S 163-268961 (2011-08-24)
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